Bloomsburg Softball Sweeps Three on Saturday
SALEM, VA--Bloomsburg University swept three games on Saturday at the West Virginia Wesleyan Tournament played in Salem, Virginia. The Huskies beat Grand Valley, 4-3 in eight innings; Shepherd University, 5-0; and West Liberty, 7-0.
In game one, Ashley Lynn (Riverside/Danville) struckout 10 and did not walk a batter in getting the complete game victory. Lynn also scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning on a single by Stacey Krupiewski (Trooper/Methacton). For the game, Nikki Shiko (Kulpmont/Southern Columbia) was 3-4 with a double, while Krupiewski was 2-5 with two runs batted in and Tiff Corliss, 2-3 with a double.
Game two was the Nikki Shiko show as the freshman went 3-3 with two home runs and four runs batted in. Shiko hit a homer in the first inning, then blasted a three-run shot in the third to put the Huskies in front 4-0. Missy Bachert (Coplay/Parkland) added Bloomsburg's final run on a solo homer in the fourth inning.
Sheelin Fisher (Coplay/Allentown Central Catholic) got the win with 6.1 innings of relief work. Fisher ended up striking out nine and allowing just two hits.
In game three, the Huskies rolled over West Liberty (WLC) 7-0 with the help of three errors by WLC. Fisher got her second win of the day going the distance and getting nine strikeouts and not walking a batter.
Tara Reed (Williamsport/Williamsport) was 1-3 with an RBI in the game, while Casey Massimini (Downingtown/Downingtown) was 2-3.
Bloomsburg, 12-4, will play West Virginia State and Gannon on Sunday.
| GAME ONE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
| Bloomsburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| Winning Pitcher | IP | R | H | BB | K | |||||||
| Ashley Lynn | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Losing Pitcher | ||||||||||||
| Cole | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| GAME TWO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| Shepherd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bloomsburg | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Winning Pitcher | IP | R | H | BB | K | |||||||
| Sheelin Fisher-WP | 6.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| Tara Reed-Starter | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Losing Pitcher | ||||||||||||
| Brandenberg-LP | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Jones | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| GAME THREE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | ||
| West Liberty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Winning Pitcher | IP | R | H | BB | K | |||||||
| Sheelin Fisher | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| Losing Pitcher | ||||||||||||
| Rankin-LP | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Esenberg | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |  |