The No. 21 seed Parkway Lady Panthers fell to No. 12 East Ascension 14-9 in the first round of the non-select Division I playoffs Saturday in Gonzalez.
Parkway finished 14-10. East Ascension improved to 18-12.
The Lady Panthers trailed 11-4 after three innings. They scored one in the top of the fourth then got within two with four in the fifth.
But the Lady Spartans put three on the board in the bottom of the fifth, completing the scoring.
Both teams had 11 hits. Parkway’s Dakota Howard went 4-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and five RBI.
Katie Giovengo went 2-for-4. Macee Thompson had a double. Madison Menard, Zoey Horn, Shelby Vaughn and Ceniya Thompkins had one hit apiece.
Thompson pitched all six innings. Six errors hurt the Lady Panthers.