The Rocket

Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Chad Leader Freshman Jessica Ellebruch singles in the Rock's 9-4 loss to Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Sunday. Ellebruch was 1-for-3 in game one of the doubleheader loss. On the season, Ellebruch is hitting .389 with one double and nine RBIs. [Click to enlarge]

Just when things were starting to look good for Head Coach Vashion Johnson and the SRU softball squad, they got a cold.

A cold in the form of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rivals Lock Haven and Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The Rock (14-6 overall, 0-4 PSAC) suffered back-to-back doubleheader defeats last week, putting a sudden halt to what had been the team's best start since 1980.

Johnson's squad lost its PSAC-opening doubleheader to national power Lock Haven on March 29. The Bald Eagles (23-5, 4-0), who came into the weekend ranked fourth in the country, manhandled the Rock to the tune of back-to-back shutout losses by 6-0 and 8-0 scores.

Lock Haven sent All-American pitcher Kristin Erb (18-5) to the mound in both contests. Erb didn't disappoint as she allowed the Rock just seven hits over the two games, extending her consecutive scoreless steak to 42 innings in the process.

Rock senior Stacey Rhoades had a pair of singles in game one while freshman Jessica Ellebruch, sophomore Jessica Kortz and freshman Jordan Zeunges had one hit each.

Rock starter Lisa Getgen allowed six runs, five of them earned, on 16 hits while striking out two.

In game two, Erb was once again dominant form, holding the Rock to just two hits while striking out six. Erb took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before Kortz broke it up with a leadoff single.

The only other Rock base hit came from Zeunges, who slapped a one-out double in the sixth.

Game two starter Sheree Horvath was tagged for eight runs on 15 hits.

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