FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College dropped both ends of a non-conference baseball doubleheader today with Penn State-Harrisburg, losing 17-10 in the opener, before falling 20-4 in the nightcap at Panther Field.

RECORDS
PSU-Harrisburg (3-1)
Ferrum (3-5)

THE BASICS
Penn State-Harrisburg scored nine runs in the first inning of the opener, then tacked on four more in the second to grab a 13-0 lead. Ferrum got on the scoreboard in the bottom of third inning when Tyson Measamer's groundout to first base drove in a run, then Grayson Chitwood's sacrifice fly to center field drove in another run to cut the lead to 13-2.

The Nittany Lions scored a run in the top of the fourth inning, one in the sixth  and one in the seventh to push the lead to 16-2 at the seventh inning stretch. Ferrum answered with three runs in the bottom of the seventh, including two on Ethan Hensley's 2-RBI single to right field.

PSU-H added a run in the top of the eighth inning on Ryan Turner's solo homer over the right field fence to make it a 17-5 game. The Panthers scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning on a Cannon Daub walk, an Elijah Silver RBI single to left field, a Chitwood groundout and a Kristian Barcroft 2-RBI single down the left field line.

The Nittany Lions opened the nightcap with another big first inning, scoring eight runs on three hits, three errors and a pair of hit batsmen. Ferrum got three runs in the bottom of the third inning on Chitwood's RBI double to right center, a wild pitch and a hit batsman. In the fourth inning, the Panthers picked up a run on a Brett Mason RBI single. Penn State-Harrisburg would all five runs in the seventh inning, three in the eighth and three more in the ninth.

KEY STATS - Game 1
PSU-H: Drew Sassaman 3-5, double, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Lucas Floyd 3-5, triple, 2 runs, 2 RBI; SP Nick Fitzgerald (W, 1-0) 6 inn, 2 hits, 2 ER, 4 K
Ferrum: Elijah Byrd 2-2, run; Barcroft 2-2, 2 RBI; SP Brady Owen (L, 0-1) 1.2 inn, 7 hits, 9 ER, 1 K

KEY STATS - Game 2
PSU-H: Carlos Irizarry 3-5, 3 runs, 6 RBI; SP Fisher Druck (W, 1-0) 5 inn, 4 hits, 3 ER, 3 K
Ferrum: SP Raleigh Walker (L, 0-1) 3 inn, 5 hits, 5 ER, 2 K

NEXT UP
Coach Ryan Brittle's team will be back in action Wednesday, March 1, at Southern Virginia University. The non-conference game is set for a 3:00 p.m. start at Parry McCluer High School in Buena Vista, Virginia.