Ashland's pitching was the difference in Tuesday's doubleheader that saw the Parkside softball team lose both games against the home Eagles. Ashland won game one 9-1 followed by a 7-0 win after holding Parkside to three hits in both games combined.
 
GAME ONE: Ashland 9, Parkside 1
The Rangers manufactured the first run of the game in the top of the first inning after Kellie Fenza drew a leadoff walk, stole second, then came in to score on Adrien Hall's bunt, putting the Rangers up 1-0 early. Ashland came back to take a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the third then ended the game with a five-run sixth inning.
 
Parkside was held to two hits in game one and was charged with two errors. Hall went 1-for-2 with an RBI while Megan Aliverti had the team's other hit.
 
GAME TWO: Ashland 7, Parkside 0
Ashland jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the first, then scored a run in every inning from the second to the sixth. The Rangers were held to one hit in game two, which was a leadoff single by Fenza in the first inning. Jessica Crull was able to draw a walk, but Ashland's Hannah Stroe threw the complete-game gem.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Rangers have three regular season doubleheaders remaining on the schedule, as the team will head to face Wayne State on Friday and Saginaw Valley State on Saturday before returning home to face Grand Valley State on Sunday for Strikeout Cancer Day.