Parkside 2, Maryville 1
Senior Kiley Akey has now allowed just one earned run in her last three games as she led the Parkside softball team to a 2-1 victory at Maryville Sunday afternoon in St. Louis, Mo. With the victory, Parkside took the series from the Saints and moved to 3-13 this season.
 
Akey pitched her third straight complete game, allowing just one unearned run, two hits and three walks while earning her second straight victory.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The game went scoreless all the way until the sixth inning and the first hit of the game was recorded in the bottom of the third by Maryville. In the sixth, Maryville scored its lone run with an RBI single up the middle after the runner advanced on an error. The Rangers' final chance came in the top of the seventh, where freshman Tia Livernash led off with a single and junior Alex Wooten reached on a Saints' error. After a sac bunt by redshirt-senior Alyssa Laxson, junior Dani Evans hit an RBI groundout to tie it up at 1-1. The go-ahead run came in on a wild pitch and some "heads up" baserunning by junior Brenna Konstanty.
 
Akey set the Saints down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh to end the game for the Rangers.
 
WHO LED THE WAY
The Rangers finished with just three hits in the pitchers duel, with Livernash going 1-for-3 with a run, freshman CaroleAnn Goglin going 1-for-2 and redshirt-sophomore Taylor Delgado went 1-for-2.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
After taking a weekend off, Parkside will head to the Fairfield Classic next weekend and compete in five games in St. Joseph, Mo., beginning on Friday, March 18. The Rangers open GLIAC play on March 26 and welcome in SVSU on April 2 for the team's home opener.