Liz Corr Sets Career Hits Record in Sweep of Rams

April 5, 2005

Game 1 Boxscore | Game 2 Boxscore

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Senior Liz Corr (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) broke the Shippensburg University career record for hits in a softball doubleheader sweep of Shepherd University, 5-2 and 9-1, at the Robb Sports Complex on Tuesday.

After tying the record of 249 yesterday, Liz Corr had Shippensburg’s first hit of the day ingame one, a single through the left side in the third inning, breaking the record with her 250th career hit. She had two more hits on the day to bring her current total to 252.

With the first game tied at 1-1 after four innings, Shippensburg broke the game open with a four run fifth inning. Seniors Fawn Gaidos (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest), Liz Corr and Beth Rudai (Glen Mills, Pa./University High Ill.) singled to load the bases.

Senior Anna Corr (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) drew a walk, walking home pinch runner Liz Good (Croydon, Pa./Truman). Senior Jaime Dacey (Langhorne, Pa./Archbishop Wood) sent Liz Corr home on a sacrifice fly to left field. Rudai crossed the plate on a wild pitch, and senior Sarah Costa (Laurel, Md./Atholton) completed the rally with an RBI single up the middle to give the Lady Raiders a 5-1 advantage.

Shepherd added a run in the sixth when Stephanie Sims scored off a Shippensburg error, but it was as close as the Rams would come, as relief pitcher freshman Danielle Shields (Laurel, Del./Sussex Tech) got Sims to fly out to end the game for her first save of the year.

Starting pitcher junior Caitlin MacPherson (Hemlock, N.Y./Monroe C.C.) picked up her third victory of the year, pitching six innings. She allowed one earned run and had four strikeouts.
Liz Corr led the Lady Raiders at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Game two ended after six innings, as Costa hit a bases loaded double to right center field that sent three runs across the plate to give Shippensburg an eight run lead.

Shippensburg held a 5-0 lead through the first five innings. Senior Jess Miller (Easton, Pa./Easton) hit a single to center field that scored junior Kristin Marll (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and sophomore Ali Morris (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks East) in the second inning. In the fourth, Morris hit a double to the gap in right center, sending home Costa and senior Mary McKee (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte), who both reached base on errors. Miller would send home Morris with her second hit of the day.

Shepherd scored an unearned run in the top of the sixth, but Shippensburg scored four runs in the bottom of the inning to end the game. Sophomore Katie Heatley (York, Pa./Bucknell University) hit a bases loaded sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Miller before Costa’s game ending double.

Miller went 2-for-2 with a walk, three RBIs and a run scored in the contest. Costa went 1-for-4 with three RBIs.

Freshman Jill Kirby (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet Valley) earned the win.

In addition to Liz Corr, Dacey hit her ninth triple of the season in the first game, tying the Shippensburg single season record for triples. The record was set by Melissa Laing in 1996.

The Lady Raiders next take on conference rival Bloomsburg University in a doubleheader on Friday, April 8 at the Robb Sports Complex beginning at 2:30 p.m. Shippensburg and Bloomsburg are both nationally ranked, with the Lady Raiders at No. 6 and Bloomsburg at No. 13.

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