ORLANDO, Fla. – The Millersville Marauders split their Saturday double header, moving their record to 2-4 on the season. 'Ville suffered a 3-4 loss against Tiffin in extra innings before blowing out Clarion by a final of 10-1, as the Millersville offense exploded against the Golden Eagles, scoring double digit runs for the first time this season.
 
GAME ONE: TIFFIN 4 – MILLERSVILLE 3 (9–Innings)

• Alex Schaefer threw her best outing of the season, allowing just one hit over five scoreless frames as she racked up seven strikeouts, good for her longest outing of the season.
• After a pitching duel over the first five innings, Millersville was finally able to get on the board in the sixth, breaking the scoreless tie as Karlie Heft came around to score on a fielder's choice from Taylor Campagna.
• Millersville would take their 1-0 lead into the seventh, but Tiffin would force the tie as an unearned run would come around to score against Morgan Crutcher.
• As the game went to extras, Crutcher would surrender another three unearned runs in the ninth when Tiffin went head 4-1.
• Millersville was able to close the gap, scoring two runs on an RBI double by Aleese Angelo and an RBI single by Gabi Turner, making it a one run game. The Marauders would strand the tying run on base and fall to 1-4 with the loss.
• The Marauders recorded five hits in the loss, as Turner was the only Marauder to record more than one hit.

 
GAME TWO: MILLERSVILLE 10 – CLARION 1 (5–Innings)

• The Marauders carried momentum from the ninth inning of game one into game two, as Millersville plated four runs in the first inning against Clarion.
• Turner continued her strong day at the plate as she blasted a two-run home run to left field, bringing Kendra Bumgardner around to score. Hunter Little would score the third Marauder run of the inning as she came around on a wild pitch, making it a 3-0 Millersville advantage. The Marauders would score one more run in the inning as Alyssa Stover would score on a bases loaded walk to centerfielder Breanna Clayton.
• The Marauders would tack another run on in the second, as Alexis Harkins brought Turner around to score on a sacrifice fly to centerfield.
• In the third 'Ville would again capitalize on a wild pitch, as Bumgardner came around to score her second run of the game.
• Stover would provide the rest of the offense for the Marauders, driving in Angelo with a single in the third, and homering to left field to bring in Little in the fifth.
• Millersville would score in four of the five innings in the mercy rule shortened game, scoring multiple runs in three of those frames.
• Bumgardner led the way with three hits from the leadoff spot, while Stover recorded her second multi-hit game of the season.
• Crutcher would earn the win after tossing four innings of one run ball, striking out four.

 
REACTION FROM HEAD COACH JEN PROBST:
On game one: "Al and Morgan threw well enough to win game one. The game was being called drop dead at 2 p.m. (Tiffin had to catch a flight) so in an effort to close the win and not have the game go back to the inning before where we were tied, Crutcher and the defense had to speed up. With two outs and less than a minute left it could have gone either way and it just didn't go ours. I'm proud of the resilience our team displayed handling the adversity of the circumstance we were in."
 
On Crutcher's day in the circle: "Morgan was in a tough position yet handled and responded from the tough loss by setting the tone in game two. Our pitching staff had a strong performance all day."
 
On Turners consistency at the plate: "Gabi trusted her process and came up big to push the lead."
 
UP NEXT
The Marauders are back in action on Sunday for another double header as Millersville will take on Seton Hill at 9 a.m. and West Virginia Wesleyan at 11:15 a.m.