The Pitt-Johnstown softball team will close out its PSAC Western Division four-game series against Indiana (PA) with a home doubleheader on Saturday at V.E. Erickson Complex.  Game times are scheduled for 1:00 and 3:00 pm.
 
Prior to Friday's scheduled games at Indiana (PA), Coach Niki Cognigni-Pecora's Pitt-Johnstown team fell to 4-14 overall and 4-12 in the PSAC West after dropping 3-of-4 games to Mercyhurst.  On Saturday, Olivia Porter homered and drove in five to lead Pitt-Johnstown to a 10-2, five-inning win to open the series.  Mercyhurst answered with a 7-4 win in game two, before securing a 6-0 and a 3-2 walk-off win in Erie on Monday.  Ashley Pagliei pitched 12 innings in the circle on Monday held the Lakers to just three runs.
 
Indiana (PA), under third-year Coach Shawna Bellaud, is 10-8 overall and 9-7 in the PSAC West after splitting a pair of non-conference games at Shippensburg on Tuesday.  After suffering a 2-1 lost in game one, the Crimson hawks came back with a 3-0 win in game two.
 
IUP holds a 16-4 advantage in a series that dates back to 2015.  In the last series in 2019, the Crimson took 3-of-4 from the Mountain Cats.  On April 11, IUP earned 2-1 and 12-6 (8 Innings) wins at V.E. Erickson Complex.  The teams split a pair of games in Indiana on April 28.  Pitt-Johnstown won game one, 4-3, but the Crimson Hawks came back with a 4-0 victory in the nightcap.
 
Pitt-Johnstown goes to Shippensburg for a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday, before hosting a PSAC Western Division doubleheader against California (PA) on Friday starting at 2:30 at V.E Erickson Complex