St. Louis –  The Maryville softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Great Lakes Valley Conference foe, University of Wisconsin Parkside Sunday afternoon at Weber Field. The Saints fell in the opening game of the twin-bill, 3-2, then watched the Rangers comeback to to take the night cap, 5-4.
 
Game One:
The Rangers cracked the scoreboard first with a pair of runs in the fourth inning to take a 2-0 lead. The Maryville offense got going in the home half of the fourth as Alyssa Callans singled to center scored as Jaclyn Pasakarnis drilled her team-high sixth homer of the year over the left field fence to tie the contest at 2-2. Wisconsin-Parkside broke the tie in the sixth with two-out RBI single to take a 3-2 advantage.

Winning Pitcher: Allison Hausl (4-5)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Sheridon Sprague (6-4)
Hitting leader: Pasakarnis – 1-for-2, HR (6), 2 RBIs, run scored
                         Callans – 1-for-2, run scored
 
Game Two: 
The Saints got things going early in the nightcap as Hope Miller reached base on an error and moved up to second on an illegal pitch. After a walk to Pasakarnis put runners at first and second, Callans singled to right field to score Miller as it gave Maryville a 1-0 lead. Bri Livingston opened the second inning with a single to center and advanced to third on a fielding error and scored on an Emily Frankenreiter sacrifice fly to right to give the Saints a 2-0 advantage. The Rangers tied the game with two runs in top of third and Maryville regained the lead in the fourth inning as Livingston opened the frame with a single and moved up to second on a stolen base. After Hannah Tolley singled to put runners on the corners, Kelsey Martin singled to score Livingston and Miller then hit a sacrifice bunt to score Tolley as it gave Maryville a 4-2 lead. The lead would be short lived as UWP scored three runs in the sixth to take a 5-4 advantage and held on for the sweep.
 
Winning Pitcher: Alyssa Hncar (8-3)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Callans (6-4)
Hitting leaders: Livingston – 3-for-3, two runs scored
                          Callans – 2-for-4, RBI
                         
Records:
Maryville – 13-10-1, 1-5 GLVC
Wisconsin - Parkside – 12-12, 3-3 GLVC
 
Up Next – Maryville takes to the road next weekend as the Saints travel to Quincy Saturday for a GLVC match-up. First pitch is set for noon.