St. Louis – Alyssa Callans drove in four runs and earned a win in the opener against Wisconsin Parkside with eight strikeouts as the Maryville softball team garnered a split with the Rangers at the new Maryville Athletic Complex Friday afternoon. The Saints needed an extra stanza to defeat Parkside 4-3 in eight innings in the opener while the Rangers scored five runs in the second frame to get a 5-2 win in the nightcap.
 
Game One:
Callans put the Saints on the scoreboard in the home half of the first inning as she ripped a triple to center field that scored Jaclyn Pasakarnis to put Maryville on top 1-0. Callans added to the lead in the third with an RBI double to once again score Pasakarnis and make the score 2-0.
 
The Rangers cut the lead in half in the fifth with an RBI single, but the Saints got the run back in the sixth as Taylor Duff scored on a throwing error to give Maryville a 3-1 advantage. 
 
Parkside forced the extra frame in the seventh on a pair of RBI singles to even the contest at 3-3. In the top of the eighth, the Saints got out of a jam as the Rangers put runners on first and third with no outs. After a fly out, Pasakarnis cut the go-ahead run down at the plate to get the second out of the inning and Callans forced another fly out to keep the score tied.
 
Maryville scored the winning run in the home half of the inning as Lexi Touchette drove in Duff from second base with a single up the middle to give the Saints their first win at the new athletic complex.
 
Winning Pitcher:  Callans (5-2)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: A. McLellan (3-1) 
Hitting leaders: Callans – 2-for-2, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
                           Emily Frankenreiter – 2-for-3, 2 2B
 
Game Two:
Parkside wasted no time in taking the lead as the Rangers scored five times on five hits to take a 5-0 lead after two innings of play. The Saints bats came to life in the fourth as Callans hit an infield single to score Taylor Shingler as it cut the Parkside lead to 5-1. 
 
The Saints scored another run in the sixth as Hannah Tolley opened the frame with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. After a strikeout, Callans drove in Tolley with a single to center to cut the Parkside lead to 5-2. The Rangers retired Maryville in order in the seventh to earn the doubleheader split.
 
Winning Pitcher: A. Hausl (3-1)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher:  Emily Bruin (0-1)
Hitting leaders: Callans – 2-for-3, 2 RBI
                           Touchette – 1-for-3, 2B
 
Records:
Maryville – 6-8
Parkside – 6-2
 
Up Next: The Saints continue its homestand as Maryville welcomes Minnesota State – Moorhead to the new Maryville Athletic Complex Sunday. The first game of the doubleheader will begin at 11 a.m.