MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Millersville University softball team (19-23, 7-7 PSAC) was swept by the Bloomsburg Huskies on Saturday, falling out of a playoff spot and into a tie for sixth place in the PSAC East standings.
 
Millersville was shutout in game one by a final of 4-0 before dropping game two 6-3 in an extra inning affair.
 
The regular season concludes tomorrow, April 30, as 'Ville will need to win both games against the Shepherd Rams, along with a lot of upsets across the conference, for a chance to make the conference tournament.
 
The top five teams in each division will make the tournament. Kutztown (10-4) and Shippensburg (9-5) lead the standings heading into tomorrow's finale, followed by East Stroudsburg (8-6), Bloomsburg (8-6), and Shepherd (8-6). West Chester (7-7) and Millersville (7-7) sit on the outside looking in, but both are within reach of leapfrogging their way into the playoffs. Tiebreakers will almost certainly be a factor with the standings so close going into the final day of play.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: Bloomsburg 4 – Millersville 0

• The Huskies scored two runs in the second, one in the third, and one in the sixth, tallying ten hits in the win.
• The lone Marauder hit came off the bat of Sam Fried as she pulled a single down the left field line in the second.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Alex Schaefer fell to 9-8 after allowing just one earned run over her complete game in the circle, walking one batter while picking up five strikeouts.
• The Marauders were shut out for the eighth time this season. 

GAME TWO: Bloomsburg 6 – Millersville 3 (9-Innings)

• Bloomsburg again struck first, scoring two runs in the fourth off of Morgan Crutcher, breaking the scoreless tie.
• Down to their final out in the bottom of the seventh, Taylor Campagna and Aleese Angelo ripped back-to-back hits, tying the game at 2-2. Campagna pulled a single through the left side, and Angelo crushed a two-run double to right field, giving the Marauders life after 'Ville had only mustered three hits over the first 13 innings of play.
• Both teams managed to score a run in the eighth, as Millersville forced another tie on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Gabby D'Ottavio.
• Crutcher, who had thrown the entire game for 'Ville, finally ran out of steam in the ninth, allowing three runs to score as Bloomsburg went ahead 6-3.
• The Marauders went down in order in the bottom of the frame, dropping a heartbreaker after finding a way to bounce back and tie the game in the seventh and eighth innings.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Crutcher put together a valiant effort in the circle, tossing 8 1/3 innings while allowing six runs (four earned) and picking up five strikeouts.
• Angelo, Gabi Turner, Marli Schreiner, and Campagna recorded the lone Marauder hits.
• The Huskies outhit the Marauders 15 to 4 while both teams committed three errors.

UP NEXT
The Marauders conclude their regular season slate with a doubleheader at Shepherd tomorrow, April 30. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.