Pittsburg, Kan. –  The Maryville softball team pounded out 22 hits on the afternoon and six home runs, but Pittsburg State used the long ball to gain a split with the Saints Sunday afternoon at the PSU softball Complex in Pittsburg, Kan. Maryville won the first game of the day 11-1 in six innings while the Gorillas took the night cap 7-6.
 
Game One:
The Saints got things going early as Jaclyn Pasakarnis singled and moved up to third as Samantha Huasl singled to left field. Pasakarnis scored on an error to give Maryville a 1-0 lead. Emily Frankenreiter extended the Saints lead in the fourth inning with a three-run blast to stake Maryville to a 4-0 advantage. The Gorillas plated a run in the bottom of the fourth, but Hausl smashed a two-run homer to extend the Maryville lead to 6-1. The offensive outburst continued in the sixth as Alyssa Callans drilled a two-run double to right field that gave Maryville an 8-1 while Courtney Ferguson drilled a three-run blast to extend the Saints lead to 11-1.
 
Winning Pitcher: Callans (5-1)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Brooklynne Simbeck (4-6)
Hitting leader: Ferguson – 2-for-2, HR, 3 RBIs, two runs scored
                         Hausl – 2-for-3, HR, 2 RBIs, two runs scored
                         Frankenreiter – 1-for-3, HR, 3 RBIs, run scored
 
Game Two: 
Pasakarnis got the Saints going in the top of the first with a two-run homer to give Maryville an early 2-0 lead. Maryville added three runs in the second as Frankenreiter hit her second homer of the day over the center field wall. After a Kelsey Martin walk, Pasakarnis drove her home with a double to extend the Saints lead to 5-0. Callans helped her own cause as she hit her second home run of the year to give Maryville a 6-0 lead in the third frame. The Gorillas plated three runs in the home half of the third inning and a pair of runs in the sixth inning to cut the Maryville lead to 6-5. Pittsburg State earned the split with a walk-off two run homer in the seventh to complete the comeback.
 
 Winning Pitcher: Bree Cornett (3-8)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Emily Bruin (0-1)
Hitting leaders: Callans – 2-for-3, HR, RBI, run scored
                          Pasakarnis – 3-for-4, HR, 3 RBIs, run scored
                          Frankenreiter – 2-for-3, HR, RBI, run scored
 
Records:
Maryville – 10-4
Pittsburg State – 8-14
 
Up Next – Maryville returns home to take on Saginaw Valley State in a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 5. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.