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BEL AIR, MD - In what would end up being an afternoon of good pitching, the IUP baseball teams dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Shippensburg at Harford Community College in Maryland.

The two teams allowed a combined 11 runs in the doubleheader, as Shippensburg took 5-2 and 3-1 victories. The Raiders improve to 7-3 on the season while the Crimson Hawks fall to 3-5.

Dylan Tice (Perkasie/Pennridge) was the only IUP player with more than one hit on the day, going 2-for-3 on the day while also drawing three walks and scoring a run. Aaron Lupia (Middletown/Middletown) had one hit in four at bats but also reached base four times on walks.

The Crimson Hawks got on the scoreboard first in the opener on a two-run homerun to center off the bat of Ryan Uhl (St. Marys/St. Marys) in the top of the first inning. Shippensburg took the lead in the bottom half, getting three run-scoring singles to take a 3-2 lead.

Uhl nearly knotted things up in the fourth, but his bomb to lead off the inning was caught just feet short of the fence.

IUP put two runners on with two outs in both the fifth and seventh innings, but a ground out and strikeout ended each of those threats. Shippensburg got its fourth run of the ballgame in the fifth inning, capitalizing on a wild pitch. The Raiders picked up another insurance run in the sixth on an RBI double.

Jared Weed (Washington Crossing/Council Rock North) took the loss for the Crimson Hawks, giving up four runs and six hits in 4.2 innings. Demetrius Christofes (Grantville/Lower Dauphin) tossed the final four outs, giving up two hits and one earned run.

The Crimson Hawks again struck first in the nightcap, with Uhl again being responsible. Lupia led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second after Jonathan O'Neill (Pittsburgh/Chartiers Valley) sacrificed him over. A single to left by Tice put runners at the corners before a groundout by Uhl brought Lupia home.

Shippensburg had just two hits before the fourth, where the Raiders scored three runs on two more hits to take a 3-1 lead. The Crimson Hawks threatened in the top of the fifth, with back-to-back singles by O'Neill and Tice leading to two runners in scoring positions with just one out. However, Shippensburg forced two straight groundouts to end IUP's best remaining threat.

Kyle Zambanini (Jerome/Conemaugh Twp.) tossed all six innings for IUP in the loss, giving up three runs on six hits while striking out four.

The Crimson Hawks remain in Maryland and will take on East Stroudsburg in nearby Aberdeen on Monday. The doubleheader is set for a noon start.