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Millersville

Carly Vaughan
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Millersville MILL 14-14, 5-6 PSAC E
5
Winner Bloomsburg BLOOM 18-10, 7-4 PSAC E
Millersville MILL
14-14, 5-6 PSAC E
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Final
5
Bloomsburg BLOOM
18-10, 7-4 PSAC E
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Millersville MILL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
Bloomsburg BLOOM 2 0 1 1 1 0 X 5 8 1

W: Callie Sowers (13-3) L: Schaefer, Alex (5-6)

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Winner Millersville MILL 15-14, 6-6 PSAC E
3
Bloomsburg BLOOM 18-11, 7-5 PSAC E
Winner
Millersville MILL
15-14, 6-6 PSAC E
5
Final
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Bloomsburg BLOOM
18-11, 7-5 PSAC E
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Millersville MILL 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 7 2
Bloomsburg BLOOM 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 0

W: Crutcher, Morgan (5-5) L: Sarah Yamrick (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Wes Champlin, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Pitching shines as softball garners a split with Bloomsburg

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – After seeing previous home dates postponed to next week due to the weather, the Marauders traveled to Bloomsburg to take the field for the first time since March. Alex Schaefer reached another milestone in game one but the Huskies emerged with a 5-1 win. Nicolina Pezzone and Morgan Crutcher combined for seven innings without allowing an earned run in game two and they leveled the series with a 5-3 victory. 

GAME ONE:
Schaefer toed the rubber on the verge of history. She entered the day with 399 career strikeouts and looked to become the first pitcher in program history with 400. However, Bloomsburg would bring home two runs before that happened. The leadoff batter reached on an error and would later score after back-to-back doubles. The milestone punchout happened after the second double, a called check swing on an inside pitch for the second out of the inning. 
 
The senior settled down in the next frame, setting down the Huskies in order. The Marauders got on the board in their next at-bat courtesy of a Gabi Turner sacrifice fly. Allyson Black started the inning with a walk and scored on that flyout to cut the deficit in half. The hosts got that run right back in their half of the inning due to a throwing error, making the score 3-1. A solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning signaled the end of Schaefer's day, as Millersville head coach Jen Probst went to Pezzone in relief. 
 
The Marauder offense was stymied throughout the first game, generating one run on four hits. Schaefer and Pezzone tossed well, but the defense faltered behind them; just two of the Huskies' five runs were earned. 

GAME TWO:
Pezzone continued in the circle to begin game two and started strong, striking out the first two Huskies she faced. She worked around a leadoff walk in the second inning and kept the game scoreless through the first two frames. 
 
Sam Fried tallied the Marauders' first hit of the game with a one-out triple in the top of the third. Aleese Angelo brought her home to put the visitors up one, but they weren't done yet. A walk and a hit by pitch loaded the bases for Carly Vaughan, who drove in another run with a single up the middle. Kendra Bumgardner capped off the inning with a sacrifice fly after that and Millersville exited the frame with a 3-0 lead. The visitors added another run in the fourth inning off the bat of Turner. She delivered an infield single with two runners on and brought home Fried, who reached on a fielder's choice. 
 
Crutcher entered in relief of Pezzone to begin the home half of the fourth inning and promptly set down the Huskies in order. She looked to replicate that in the fifth and did so before allowing a two-out walk. The next batter reached on an error and a triple to the following hitter cleared the bases and cut the lead to two. A single brought home the hosts' third run and the game would go to the sixth inning with the score 4-3. 
 
Crutcher worked around a leadoff error in the sixth and provided a crucial shutdown inning. The Marauders added an insurance run in the top of the seventh, giving Crutcher a two-run lead to work with. She closed the door on Bloomsburg in that final at-bat and secured the split. 

GAME NOTES
  • Angelo neared even closer to another significant milestone with her run batted in in game two. It gave her 147 for her career, three away from becoming the first player in team history to reach 150. 
  • The Huskies have handled the Marauders with ease throughout the matchup's history; Millersville holds a record of just 16-104 in the series. 
  • After starting the season by allowing earned runs in five of her first six appearances, Pezzone has settled in of late. Teams have scored just one earned run in her last five outings over 11 innings pitched and struck out 13 times. 
POSTGAME REACTION FROM HEAD COACH JEN PROBST
  • On Pezzone's recent performance: "Nicolina has dialed in on both a starter and closer mentality. She did a great job working ahead in the count and getting batters to chase. We're looking forward to seeing her work more in the circle."
  • On the defense: "Our defensive miscues made game two closer than it needed to be but our defense also stepped up big in many situations, especially on ground balls and in getting lead runners."
UP NEXT
  • The Marauders look to make up their postponed doubleheader against Shepherd on April 8 at 1 p.m. 
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