BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The No. 6 Lock Haven University softball team (28-5, 7-1 PSAC Central) split a thrilling Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central Division doubleheader today on the road at local-rival Bloomsburg University (20-4, 5-1 PSAC Central).

Lock Haven took game one, 1-0, as the Lady Eagles picked up the game-winning run in the final inning of action. Lock Haven dropped game two, 2-1 in eight innings.

The Haven rode another solid effort in the pitching circle by senior Kristin Erb (Reading, Pa./Exeter Township) in game one.

Erb was in a pitcher’s duel with Bloom’s Tara Reed, but Erb proved to be too strong in the complete-game shutout.

Erb worked all seven innings and struck out nine. She gave up only two hits and allowed just one walk.

LHU got the game’s only run in the top of the seventh after Ilia Lopez (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) doubled, driving in Julia Popovich (Lemont, Pa./State College).

Lopez’s double that provided the eventual game-winning run came with two outs.

Popovich led LHU at the plate with a 2-for-3 outing in game one.

LHU dropped game two, 2-1 in eight innings.

Host-Bloom went up 1-0 after the first inning, but Lock Haven tied the game in the top half of the sixth.

It was an Amanda Rooas (Pompton Lakes, N.J./Pompton Lakes) sacrifice fly to leftfield that brought Lopez home to tie the game.

Bloomsburg ended it in the bottom of the eighth despite another solid effort by Erb in the circle.

She went 7.2 innings with five strikeouts. She only gave up six hits and walked zero.

Bloom’s Shavaun Fisher got the win the circle after the complete-game effort.

Lopez was Lock Haven’s big bat with a 2-for-4 outing.

Lock Haven is back in action on Wednesday, April 8 at East Stroudsburg University. First pitch is set for 2:30. The doubleheader with Millersville, originally scheduled for Tuesday has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 19 at 1 p.m. on Lock Haven’s Lawrence Field.