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Game One Box Score

Game Two Box Score

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (Apr. 14, 2013)-- The University of Wisconsin-Parkside earned a doubleheader split on Sunday against Great Lakes Valley Conference foe University of Southern Indiana, falling 5-3 in the opener before rebounding with the 4-3 victory.

The Screaming Eagles (20-13, 10-12 GLVC) struck first pushing across a run in the bottom of the first inning and two more in the second. An Eric Abel sacrifice fly scored Andrew Mott in the third but USI responded with runs in the third and fourth to grab a 5-1 edge.

UW-Parkside (2-18, 2-16 GLVC) tallied a pair of runs in the sixth, receiving RBI singles from Eric DuCharme and Zach Cunningham but could not muster any more offensive output, falling 5-3 in the seven inning contest.

Taylor Nehls led the offense, finishing two-for-three at the plate.

Josh Geiger suffered the loss on the mound, striking out six in three innings of work. USI's David Toth collected the win, tossing 5 1/3 innings and striking out four while Adam Carver earned the save with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

UW-Parkside broke up the shutout in the third in game two with John Perszyk singling in Chris Glynn for the early 1-0 lead. USI answered with a run in the fourth before the Rangers tacked on two in the fifth off the bat of Nehls.

Southern Indiana tallied a run in the fifth to close the gap to 3-2 but the Rangers extended the buffer back to two in the seventh with Mott walking in a run with two outs and the bases loaded.

USI mounted one final lunge in the bottom of the ninth, loading the bases and scoring a run before Jacob Chandler tallied the final out to earn the save, coming in relief for Josh Hudnut, who struck out five in eight innings of action to earn the win.

UWP pounded out 11 hits in the nightcap with Perszyk, Abel, Nehls and Kris Zarek each collecting a pair of hits.

The Rangers are back on the diamond on Wednesday, hosting Lewis University in a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.