MILLERSVILLE VS. SHIPPENSBURG
	Millersville Marauders 2015 Record: 8-11, 0-4 PSAC East Coach: Kathy Cummings, 22nd season Roster | Schedule | Statistics
	Shippensburg Raiders 2015 Record: 8-5, 3-3 PSAC East Coach: Bob Brookens, 15th season Roster | Schedule | Statistics
	Game Information Date: March 29, 2015 | Start Time: 2:30 p.m. Location: Millersville, Pa. (Millersville Softball Field) Live Stats | Video | Twitter | Instagram | #HoistTheColors Series Information Series vs. Ship: 25-89 Last Season: Ship, 3-1 First Meeting: 1979 (Ship 12, Ville 6) Last Meeting: 2014 (Ville 2, Ship 1)

PSAC East Play Begins
The Millersville softball team opened PSAC East play on Sunday, March 22 and did so with two of the toughest teams in the division and even the conference as a whole. The leage slate began against Kutztown and the Golden Bears took both games by scores of 6-2 and 6-5 (11 innings). The next day, West Chester, who was ranked No. 21 in the country at the time, came to Millersville Softball Field for a doubleheader. The Golden Rams shutout the Marauders in both games of the twinbill and did so with scores of 6-0 and 1-0. Those two teams are now a combined 32-12 and the schedule doesn't get any more favorable as Shippensburg is next.

Free Softball
Millersville has already played both a 10-inning game and an 11-inning game this season. Prior to the 2015 campaign, the Marauders hadn't done that since 2010. That season, Millersville played a 10-inning contest at home against West Chester on April 17 and lost 10-8. Earlier that year, the Marauders traveled to Indiana (Pa.) for a 12-inning marathon on April 3 in which IUP won by a score of 3-2. Since the beginning of the 2010 season, Millersville has a record of just 3-13 in extra-inning games.

Hitting Leaders
Jordan Sheffield - tied for second in doubles (8), tied for eighth in at-bats (59)
Stephanie Kulp - tied for second in triples (3), tied for fourth in sacrifice bunts (3)
Danielle DiFilippo - tied for third in triples (2), second in sacrifice bunts (7)
Brittany Smith - seventh in at-bats (60)
Heather Lutz - tied for first in hit-by-pitches (7)
Gabbie Berry - tied for third in hit-by-pitches (3)

Pitching Leaders
Cassidy Pinchorski - eighth in ERA (1.58), fifth in opponent's batting average (.209), second in innings pitched (66.1), first in strikeouts (51), tied for third in strikeouts looking (9), and tied for fourth in wins (4)
Brianna Andraos - fourth in innings pitched (59.1), tied for second in strikeouts (40), tied for third in strikeouts looking (9), and tied for fourth in wins (4)

Scouting the Raiders
Shippensburg is 8-5 overall with a 3-3 PSAC East mark and is coming off a two-game sweep of West Chester (7-1, 6-3) who just fell out of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll but still received one vote. The offensive leader for the Raiders has been Taylor Pattillo who is hitting .378 (14-for-37) with six runs scored, two doubles, one triple, and seven RBI's. Close behind her in the hitting stats are Maddie Justice (.378) and Liz Parkins (.370). Ship's offense has scored at least four runs in six games and owns a record of 5-1 in those contests. Parkins has been the one doing the work in the circle. The senior is first on the team in numerous pitching categories including ERA (2.02), complete games (3), shutouts (1), innings pitched (34.2), strikeouts (29), and opponent's batting average (.197).