2021 GLIAC Softball Tournament
Game 1: Northwood 3, Parkside 2
Game 2: Davenport 5, Parkside 2
The No. 7 seeded Parkside softball team earned a spot in the GLIAC Tournament for the first time in school history, but the Rangers went 0-2 on the trip, falling to the No. 2 seed Northwood to open the day and being eliminated with a loss to No. 3 seeded Davenport.
 
Earlier in the day, four Rangers earned All-GLIAC awards, redshirt-senior Megan Aliverti as First Team, redshirt-senior Allison Hausl as Second Team and senior Jessica Miklos and sophomore Taylor Delgado as Honorable Mention.
 
GAME 1 RECAP
The Timberwolves ended up winning on a walkoff in the bottom of the seventh inning in a game that featured just seven combined hits.
 
Hausl got the starting nod in game one, and she finished the complete game allowing five hits, three runs (two earned) with seven walks and two strikeouts.
 
Parkside got on the board first in the top of the fifth, as Hausl came in to score after senior Alyssa Laxson reached on an error, making it 1-0 Rangers. Thanks to a Parkside error, Northwood came back to take a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth, however, but the Rangers fought back, tying it up with a sophomore Jadynn Powell RBI single that scored sophomore Cassie Rutledge.
 
In the bottom of the seventh, Northwood went single, walk and the walkoff double to end it.
 
The Rangers were limited to just two hits in game one, coming from Rutledge and Powell. Hausl and Delgado each drew a pair of walks.
 
GAME 2 RECAP
Game two went back-and-forth, and the Rangers brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't get a big hit they needed.
 
Parkside took the early lead in game two, thanks to a Miklos RBI single that scored senior Morgan Moore. Davenport used a 3-run third inning to come back and take the 3-1 advantage; that inning included a walk, an error and a wild pitch.
 
Like game one, Parkside bounced back, this time using a 2-run fourth inning with both runs coming in on a junior Kiley Akey 2-run double over the right fielder's head. The Panthers regained the lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth, an inning that started with a leadoff walk and a 2-run double with two outs.
 
Senior Cassidy Prucha led the seventh off with a walk, but three straight strikeouts ended the game.
 
Aliverti finished 2-for-3, while Miklos went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Akey came through with her two-run double. Akey started the game for Parkside and suffered the loss, going 4.2 innings allowing five runs, four earned. Senior Tijanne Ross entered to pitch the final 1.1 innings allowing just one hits.
 
2021 CONCLUDED
That concludes the 2021 season for Parkside softball. The Rangers finished 17-29 overall and 13-19 in the GLIAC to earn the No. 7 seed in the tournament.