The Purdue Northwest softball dropped both games on the road against Grand Valley State on Wednesday afternoon. The Pride bats went cold in Game 1 falling 12-0, and then fell in Game 2 in a tough afternoon all-around, 8-2.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (6-18-1,1-5 GLIAC), Grand Valley State (13-15,4-2 GLIAC)
• Location: GVSU Softball Field – Allendale, Michigan
• Attendance: 125

Game 1
The Breakdown

• Senior Darcy Barkauskas (St. John, Ind./Lake Central), freshman Giuliana Giordano (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Township), and senior Myah Stuckey (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) each led the Pride with one hit.
• Freshman Rylan Gick (West Lafayette, Ind./William Henry Harrison) earned the start on the mound for the Pride and pitched the first 3.1 innings allowing nine runs off eight hits but struckout four batters.
• Pope led Grand Valley State with three hits and four RBIs.
• Dorr started in the circle for the Lakers pitching all five innings allowing no runs with three hits to garner the win.
• The Lakers grabbed the early lead scoring one run in the first inning to go up 1-0.
• GVSU added their second run off a solo shot from Pope to increase their lead to 2-0.
• The Lakers scored two more runs in the third inning to make it a 4-0 game.
• The fourth inning was the deciding factor as GVSU tallied eight runs to make it a 12-0 score.
• The Purdue Northwest bats were quiet all game and couldn't gain any momentum falling 12-0 in five innings for Game 1.

Game 2
The Breakdown

• Barkauskas led the Pride with one hit and two RBIs.
• Five other Pride players added one hit each.
• Freshman Jordyn Roop (Hudson, Ill./University) started in the circle for Pride pitching the first 4.1 innings allowing eight runs off 11 hits with one strikeout.
• Junior Hailie Charmat (South Bend, Ind./John Adams) came in for relief for the Purdue Northwest pitching the final 1.2 innings only allowing two hits with two strikeouts for a solid effort out of the bullpen.
• Edwards led Grand Valley State with three hits and two RBIs.
• Ingram started on the mound for the Lakers in Game 2 and pitched a complete game for the win allowing two runs from six hits tallying four strikeouts,
• The Pride took their first lead in second inning after a two-run homer from Barkauskas to go up 2-0.
• GVSU tied things up in the second scoring two runs to make it 2-2.
• The Lakers scored four runs in the fourth inning to regain the regain the lead, 6-2.
• GVSU added two more runs in fifth to grow their advantage to 8-2.
• Purdue Northwest once again couldn't get the offense going with the bats going quiet and ultimately dropping Game 2 in the end, 8-2.

Up Next

• The Pride hit the road once again when they travel to take on Ferris State in GLIAC play on Friday, March 28. The doubleheader is set to begin at 1:00 PM CT in Big Rapids, Michigan.