Parkside softball battled back from an 8-0 game one loss to Wayne State to win game two 8-2 behind 13 hits and a good outing from Kiley Akey.
 
GAME ONE: Wayne State 8, Parkside 0
It was all Warriors in game one, as WSU's Megan Guitar tossed the 5.0 inning no-hitter against the Rangers, allowing just one walk. Cassie Walek drew a walk against Guitar in the top of the fourth inning after fouling off four pitches.
 
GAME TWO: Parkside 8, Wayne State 2
The Rangers' offense got hot in the later innings, scoring three runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and two in the sixth.
 
In the fourth inning, Adrien Hall drove in Walek on an RBI single to make it 1-1 and later in the inning, Lydia Byrd came through with a two-run double to left center that scored Hall and Aliverti and giving Parkside the 3-1 lead. In the sixth inning, Jessica Crull hit a three-run home run down the left field line to put Parkside up 6-1. It was Crull's third home run of the season, which now leads the team.
 
The Rangers kept at it, adding two more runs in the sixth inning thanks to a Jessica Miklos two-run home run, the first of the season for Miklos and third in her career. Akey held the Warriors scoreless in the final two innings.
 
The top-4 in the batting order all went 2-for-4 in Kellie Fenza, Walek, Hall and Crull. Crull had the three-run home run while Byrd and Miklos each had two RBI. The Rangers had seven extra base hits. Akey pitched the complete game allowing two runs on 10 hits.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Rangers will stay on the road and battle Saginaw Valley State in a doubleheader on Saturday at noon/2 p.m. before returning home to face Grand Valley State on Sunday at noon/2 p.m. for Strikeout Cancer Day.