By MEGAN MAHARRY
Sports Reporter
The Lady Ranger softball team played a four-game series against Henderson State University at home. The Lady Rangers went 2-for-2 in the series.
The Lady Rangers started off game one with a 4-3 victory.
Bats were flying for the Lady Rangers on the afternoon, as they recorded night hits. Madi Parrott, Madison McGraw and Audrey Estes all had two hits.
Pitcher Madison Garza battled in the circle, giving up three earned runs and striking out seven.
Henderson State scored first in the first inning, but the Lady Rangers quickly followed. A double from Estes scored McGraw tied the game, 1-1. The score was tied in the 6th until the seventh when Macy Madewell was hit by a pitch, which brought Parrott around to take the 4-3 victory.
In game two, the Lady Rangers fell 4-1.
The hitting was not quite as sharp for the Lady Ranger offense. No Lady Ranger could collect more than a single hit.
Henderson State scored in the first off an error, and plated their next three runs in the third. It was not until the final inning when Parrott lined a double to left-center, which scored Peyton Garrett. It would be the lone run for the Lady Rangers as the game ended with a loss, 4-1.
The Lady Rangers bounced back to take the 8-7 win in game three.
With 12 hits recorded on the afternoon, four Lady Rangers had multiple hits during the game. Parrott went 2-for-3, Jordan Sutton went 2-for-4, Madewell went 2-for-3 and Brittany Corrales went 2-for-4.
For the third time in the series, Henderson State scored in the 1st to take the lead. The Lady Rangers answered with two runs in the bottom of the second.
Henderson State jumped out to a five-run lead over the next few innings, but the Lady Rangers were unwilling to stay behind. The Lady Rangers scored five in the sixth, thanks to a bomb hit over the outfield fence by Jada Overby.
A double up the middle by Katie Bell in the final inning sealed the 8-7 victory.
In the final game of the series, the Lady Rangers dropped 3-0.
The Lady Rangers had seven hits, but were unable to capitalize on any of them. Overby went 2-for-3.
Henderson scored single runs in the third, fourth and seventh, which was enough to come away with the win.