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RALEIGH, N.C.  – The Shippensburg University softball team opened up the 2012 season on Saturday with a sweep of regional opponent Shaw in a doubleheader from the Walnut Creek Complex. The Raiders won the opener in five innings, 9-0, before taking the nightcap, 13-0.

Shippensburg (2-0) picked up the wins over a regional opponent by drawing 24 walks between the two games. Eleven different Raiders had at least one hit, while fourteen players scored at least one run.

Freshman Jessie Trammell had three hits on the afternoon, including a double. Fellow freshman Taylor Weisman was 1-for-1 with four walks, three RBIs and two runs scored. Junior Jenna Allen hit a solo home run in the nightcap.

Four pitchers combined to throw 12 shutout innings for the Raiders. Sophomore Emily Estep and senior Chelsea Kendall picked up the victories – with Estep striking out seven in three innings of the opener and Kendall striking out three in four innings of work in Game 2.

NOTE: Shippensburg's scheduled doubleheader for Sunday at Chowan has been postponed due to the expected inclement weather forecast for North Carolina. No makeup dates have been announced. SU returned home after Saturday's doubleheader.

Game 1: Shippensburg 9, Shaw 0 (F-5)

The Raiders drew 11 walks in the first game on Saturday and scored five runs in the fourth inning without the benefit of a hit to take control. Freshman right fielder Maddie Justice was the only Raider with multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with an RBI, walk and two runs scored.

Sophomore Rachel Shumway delivered an RBI-single in the first, Weisman singled through the right side in the second and senior Meg Lehman drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth for the other Raider RBIs in the game.

Estep struck out seven of the nine hitters she faced. Freshman Makenzie Lynn pitched the fourth and fifth innings, striking out four of the seven hitters she confronted. Lynn allowed a long single in the fifth inning.

Game 2: Shippensburg 13, Shaw 0 (F-7)

Shippensburg (2-0) scored at least one run in all seven innings of Saturday's nightcap, including six in the final frame. The Raiders had nine hits and 13 walks in the contest.

Freshman Tyler Thompson reached base four times out of the leadoff spot, going 1-for-2 with three walks and three runs scored. Weisman, who played first base in the opener, patrolled shortstop in Game 2 and delivered a pair of sacrifice flies.

Allen smacked her home run to lead off the second inning. Trammell did not enter the game until the final inning but led off the seventh with an infield single. Later in the frame, she hit an RBI-double to center field that scored the final run.

Sophomore Kirstin McClune started at catch in Game 2 and delivered an RBI-double in the fourth inning.

Kendall scattered three hits in four innings of work. Justice pitched two innings of relief, striking out four around a hit and a walk. Freshman Lizzy Parkins struck out two of the three hitters in the seventh.