GAME 1: Ferris State 10, Parkside 1
GAME 2: Ferris State 11, Parkside 5
The Parkside softball team couldn't slow down Ferris State on Sunday afternoon in Big Rapids, Mich., as the Bulldogs swept the Rangers.
 
After Sunday, Parkside has one final doubleheader on Monday against Davenport before the 2022 GLIAC Tournament in Sandusky, Ohio starting on May 6.
 
GAME 1 RECAP
Much like what happened in game one last weekend, Ferris State jumped out to a big lead and the Rangers couldn't get back into the ball game. The Bulldogs scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning, including a 3-run double. They also added a run in the bottom of the second to take a 6-0 lead early on. The Rangers got on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning where junior Dani Evans drove in freshman Rylee Baetz with an RBI single to center field. FSU ended the game with four more unanswered runs, however.
 
Parkside was limited to four hits in game one, as junior Taylor Delgado, Baetz, Evans and freshman Tia Livernash all recorded a hit. Baetz went 1-for-1 with a run and drew a walk. Freshman Olivia Masnica suffered the loss, pitching the full 4.2 innings.
 
 
GAME 2 RECAP
Game two was FSU in the beginning as well, as the Bulldogs exploded for a 6-run first inning and added three more in the second to go up 9-1 early. In the top of the second inning, senior Kiley Akey and Livernash drew back-to-back walks and junior Alex Wooten singled to load the bases. Junior Cassie Rutledge came through with an RBI single to center field but a flyout and a pickoff ended the Rangers' scoring chance.
 
Livernash drove in junior Jadynn Powell and graduate student Alyssa Laxson in the top of the third inning to make it 9-3 and the game went scoreless in both the fourth and fifth innings. In the sixth, Baetz hit an RBI single to score Rutledge and Laxson finished off her stellar day with an RBI single to score Delgado. The Bulldogs responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Laxson finished 3-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI while Baetz went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Livernash went 1-for-3 with two RBI and Rutledge finished 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run.
 
ON DECK
The Rangers will finish out the regular season on Monday, May 2 at Davenport in a pair of makeup games before heading to Sandusky, Ohio for the 2022 GLIAC Tournament.