KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – It was a pair of pitching duels on the road for the Parkside softball team on Sunday at Truman State, but the Bulldogs were able to come away with both by winning game one 2-1 before taking game two 3-2 from the Rangers.
 
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In game one, Allison Hausl had it rolling, pitching the first 6.0 innings scoreless, but the Rangers were also held scoreless through the first six. In the top of the seventh, Parkside took a 1-0 lead thanks to Morgan Sikon's first home run of the season, but the Bulldogs came right back and scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to win it. Both runs came in on a two-run walkoff single immediately following a fielding error that would have ended the inning.
 
In game two, the Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead after the first two innings with a run in each inning. The Rangers came back to tie it up, scoring a run in the top of the fifth off a Kellie Fenza RBI single that plated Hausl and an RBI single by Hausl that scored Jessica Miklos in the top of the sixth.
 
Truman State again was the last team to score, using an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 3-2 lead and went on to hold the Rangers in the seventh.
 
Parkside had six hits with Hausl going 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI while Megan Aliverti and Morgan Sikon went 1-for-3 each. Fenza finished 1-for-4 with an RBI while Jessica Shields went 1-for-4 with a stolen base.
 
The Rangers return home this weekend, hosting Drury on Saturday at noon and 2 p.m. and Missouri S&T on Sunday at noon and 2 p.m. for Pink Out Day. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness at Sunday's game.