MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - The Millersville softball team sent off its seniors in style Friday afternoon. With Rebecca Blatt, Devan Masciulli, Faith Willenbrock and Maddie Guinane playing their final games at Seaber Stadium, the Marauders piled up 29 runs, beating Mansfield by scores of 16-7 and 13-1.
The seniors were integral in the sweep. Willenbrock hit two home runs and drove in six in a 4-for-4 game one performance. She hit another solo shot in game two. Blatt hit the home run that ended game one in six innings and finished the day with three hits, three RBIs and four runs. Masciulli had a hit in each game and scored four runs. Guinane then earned the win in game two, allowing just one run over five innings.
Millersville (21-17, 14-16), which entered the the day ranked second in Division II in home runs per game, matched a season-high with five homers in game one, and it hit three more in game two. The 16 runs in game one were the most scored by the Marauders since March 9, 2018. The 29 total runs were the most in a doubleheader this season.
GAME ONE (MILLERSVILLE 16, MANSFIELD 7)
• Mansfield struck first with two runs in the first and then took a 6-4 lead with four runs in the top of the fourth. In the bottom of the inning, however, Willenbrock hit a three-run homer to center field. Alyssa Stover doubled in a run later in the inning. Hunter Little led off the fifth with a homer, and Willenbrock hit her second three-run home run later in the inning. In the sixth, Gabreilla D'Ottavio hit a two-run home run, and Blatt put the eight-run rule into effect with the team's fifth homer of the game.
• Every starter in the lineup had at least one hit. Little had a career-high three hits.
GAME TWO (MILLERSVILLE 13, MANSFIELD 1)
• Game two started with a bang as Millersville scored seven runs on five hits in the bottom of the first. Blatt, Little, Stover,
Aleese Angelo and Savannah Kolenda all drove in runs in the inning. Angelo,
Gabi Turner and Willenbrock both homered as part of a five-run third inning.
• Guinane surrendered just one run on five hits while striking out two. She also made a brilliant double play in the fourth when she snared a line drive and quickly doubled the runner off first base.
POSTGAME REACTION FROM COACH JEN PROBST
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On winning two for the seniors: "There's so many emotions wrapped around your last home game and the way the four of them embraced the opportunity, stepped up and played some of their best softball all year is more than I could ever ask for. Our four seniors have given so much back to this program, and to see the way they competed today and were celebrated by their teammates is a testament to the impact they've made. I'm so proud of each of them and so grateful to have had the opportunity to coach them."
NOTES
• Millersville's home run total increased to 67, which is now tied for the third-most in PSAC history.
• Willenbrock's 21 home runs is the third-most in PSAC history, and she is just three shy of tying the single-season record. Willenbrock's career total of 48 is fifth in the PSAC rankings, and she also moved up to 26th in career RBIs.
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UP NEXT
• Millersville closes its season Saturday at Mansfield. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
