SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – One of the top seasons in school history finally came to an end today (May 13) as the Lock Haven University softball team (34-10) dropped a 3-1 decision to IUP (25-16) in the second day of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, hosted by Shippensburg University.

IUP jumped out in front in the first, plating a run on a bases-loaded single. LHU starter Jeanette Middlestead (Coatesville, Pa./La Salle University) got out of that jam virtually unscathed, allowing just the one run on a bases loaded and one out situation.

The Lady Eagles tied the game in the third, when senior centerfielder Lynn Spiezio (Trooper, Pa./Methacton) got things rolling with a two-out infield single. After a stolen base put her on second, National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team third baseman Stephanie Hallowell (Eagleville, Pa./Methacton) took a pitch back up the middle for her 31^st RBI.

IUP busted back out in front for good with two runs in the fourth, giving them the 3-1 advantage. Middlestead (13-4) went 3.1 innings, allowing all three runs before NFCA all-region first teamer Shona M. Guevara (Chino Hills, Calif./Humboldt State University) no-hit IUP for the rest of the game.

NFCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region second team second baseman Heather Johnson (Williamsport , Pa./Williamsport) finished the day 2-for-3, as the team’s lone multi-hit performer.