KENOSHA, Wis. -- The Parkside softball team is set for a busy week. The Rangers will play eight games across a five-day period. They will open the week down in Rosemont in a GLIAC battle against Roosevelt on Tuesday. First pitch of the doubleheader is set for 2 p.m. CDT. Parkside will then return home for a short four game homestand starting on Wednesday against Upper Iowa. The doubleheader is slated for a 12 p.m. CDT start. The Rangers will then round out their homestand against PNW on Friday. First pitch of the GLIAC doubleheader is set for 1 p.m. CDT. The eight-game stretch will come to a close in Allendale where Parkside will square off against Grand Valley State on Saturday. Game one of the doubleheader is set for 1 p.m. EDT. Coverage for all eight games can be found at ParksideRangers.com/coverage.
 
The Rangers
Parkside is coming off a 2-2 week. They would be swept by GLIAC leading Saginaw Valley State but would bounce back to sweep Wayne State the next day. The Rangers now sit in fourth place in the GLIAC, just a game behind third place Grand Valley State.
 
Roosevelt
The Lakers enter the week with a 12-24 overall record while going 6-12 in GLIAC play. Previously the Rangers split a doubleheader at the Case Softball Complex against Roosevelt. They are also coming off a 2-2 week where they earned two splits with Saginaw Valley State and Wayne State.
 
Ella Dvoracek swings the highest batting average on the Lakers sitting at .379. Her sister Brynn has been the biggest run producer for Roosevelt, having pushed across 28 runs. The Lakers aren't a long ball team with just five home runs on the year, but they have totaled
130 runs so far this year.
 
On the mound the Lakers look to Kailey Hancock. The sophomore has been their go to in the circle, boasting a team low 3.69 ERA and 1.48 WHIP. Teammate Riley Czarnecki has the most wins to her credit on the team with eight on the season.
 
Upper Iowa
The Peacocks enter the week with a 12-27 overall record. UIU is a familiar foe this season as the two sides matched up in the Rosemont Dome Tournament. The Rangers would win 5-0 the Peacocks behind an Olivia Masnica shutout.
 
Serah Shafer holds a .385 batting average entering the week, the highest on the team while recording a team high 57 hits. Teammate Tristin Doster has been the biggest run producer for the Peacocks, having driven in 38 runs.
 
In the circle Upper Iowa looks to Sara Reid. She has eight wins to her credit so far this year with a 4.25 ERA through over 115 innings worked. She has stuck out 89 batters heading into this week.
 
Purdue Northwest
The Pride enter the week with a 10-27-1 overall record and 5-13 record in the GLIAC. The Rangers and Pride have previously played in a split doubleheader back in March. PNW is coming off a 2-2 weekend where they split doubleheaders against Ferris State and Davenport.
 
Offensively the Pride look to Kylie Dugan. She leads the team in batting average at .354. Teammate Olivia Hernandez follows close behind with a .344 average. Hernandez has driven in a team high 28 runs and has sent four home runs over the wall this season.
 
The Pride have thrown five different pitchers this season. Abbey Bond holds the team low ERA of 4.20. Rylan Gick has thrown the most innings and pairs it with a team high 69 strikeouts. She has also collected a team high four wins to her credit this season.
 
Grand Valley State
GVSU enters the week with a 19-21 overall record and 10-8 in GLIAC play. The Rangers previously swept the Lakers back in March at the Case Softball Complex. It would be the first time the Rangers had done so since entering the GLIAC. The Lakers are coming off a 3-1 weekend after splitting with Ferris and sweeping Davenport to enter the week on a nice three game win streak.
 
Madelynn Pope has been swinging the hot bat for the Lakers, holding a team leading .363 batting average and an impressive 1.014 OPS. Teammate Elizabeth Wesoloski follows close behind with a .331 average. Her play last week earned her GLIAC Player of the Week honors after collecting three home runs and seven RBIs last week.
 
Karli Dorr and Nevaeh Ingram are the one two punch the Lakers have in the circle. Both pitchers hold sub 3 ERAs. Dorr already has 100 strikeouts on the year. Ingram holds a team low 1.22 WHIP while having collected a team high nine wins on the year.