St. Louis – The Maryville softball team gained a split decision with Illinois Springfield on Tuesday afternoon at the Maryville Athletic Complex. Game one was won on a walk-off single by Taylor Shingler in the bottom of the seventh for a 3-2 Saints victory. The nightcap was tight for the first six innings, but a four-run seventh inning gave the Prairie Stars an 8-3 win. 
 
Game One:
The Prairie Stars found a run in the first, but the Saints answered immediately in the bottom half when Alyssa Callans helped her own cause with a single up the middle to bring in Shingler from second, tying the game 1-1.
 
Maryville broke the tie in the second inning after a leadoff double by Taylor Duff put a runner in scoring position. Melanie Nelson brought her home with a single to left field, making the score 2-1 in favor of the Saints. Illinois Springfield answered back in the top of the third with a run their own to tie it up again, 2-2.
 
The Saints and Prairie Stars traded scoreless innings until the bottom of the seventh when Shingler drove in Kylie Swinney from second with a single up the middle to give the Saints a 3-2 walkoff victory.
 
Winning Pitcher: Callans (14-4)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Kayana Diederich (2-6)
Hitting leaders: Shingler – 2-for-2, RBI, run scored, 2 SB 
                            Callans – 2-for-3, RBI, SB
 
Game Two: 
Illinois Springfield snagged a run in the second to take an early 1-0 lead in game two. Maryville responded in the bottom of the second when Shaina Kmetz put a ball in play to bring home Carly Nolde to tie the game 1-1. 
 
In the third inning, the Prairie Stars notched three runs to take a 4-1 advantage. The Saints got one back in the fourth thanks to a monster homerun by Lexi Touchette over the scoreboard in left field. The longball was the first career homerun for the sophomore first baseman and it cut the Maryville deficit to 4-2. 
 
Callans started a rally in the sixth for the Saints with a leadoff double and was driven in by Nolde to make it a 4-3 ballgame, but it would not be enough as the Prairie Stars added four insurance runs in the seventh and won game two, 8-3. 
 
Winning Pitcher: Addison Bryant (4-4)
Save: Reagan Miles (2)
Losing Pitcher: Carly Nolde (0-1)
Hitting leaders: Touchette – 1-for-3, HR, RBI, run scored
                            DeBold – 2-for-4
 
Records:
Maryville – 17-12, 15-9 GLVC
Illinois Springfield – 16-24, 11-13 GLVC
 
Up Next: The Saints hit the diamond again on Saturday for a two-game set with UIndy. The doubleheader with the Greyhounds begins at 11 a.m.