St. Aloysius started the softball season well.

Megan Theriot hit two triples, scored two runs and drove in four on Monday to lead the Lady Flashes to a 8-5 victory over Manchester Academy.

Theriot hit an RBI triple and scored on Ruthie Britton’s single during a four-run second inning that put St. Al ahead for good. In the bottom of the sixth, Theriot tripled in two more runs and scored on Kyleigh Cooper’s single to make it 7-3.

Madison Spencer added an RBI single later in the inning and the Lady Flashes escaped a sticky situation in the seventh inning after Manchester scored twice to cut the lead to 8-5.

Cooper finished 2-for-4 with one RBI and also threw a complete game. She allowed nine hits and five runs, but only one walk while striking out six.

Kennadi Blassingame was 3-for-3 with two runs scored for St. Al, and No. 11 singled and scored two runs.

St. Al improved to 3-0 after also sweeping a pair of Carroll Academy jamboree games over the weekend. St. Al will continue its busy first week with away games at Riverfield on Tuesday at 5:20 p.m. and at Manchester on Thursday at 6:20 p.m.

Madison-St. Joe 14, Porter’s Chapel 4
Madison-St. Joe 21, Porterskapel 20
Porter’s Chapel Academy continued to play hard in the second game of the doubleheader against Madison-St. Joseph, but so did their opponent.

St. Joe overcame an eight-run deficit by scoring 10 in the fourth inning, added five more in the fifth, and held on to beat PCA 21-20 on Monday. The game was shortened to five innings.

Marley Bufkin was 4-for-5 with a triple, four RBIs and three runs scored for PCA. Sophie Masterson doubled, tripled and had four RBIs, while Mia Abdo scored five runs. Lauren Rae Davis was also 3-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored.

PCA had 11 hits and nine walks. It scored 11 runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a 14-6 lead, but could not hold on.

Bufkin drove in two runs in the fifth inning and Abdo scored on a passed ball to cut the score to 21-20. However, the Lady Eagles left the tying run on third base.

In the first game, Cheney Neel had two hits and scored two runs to give Madison-St. Joe a 14-4 win. Peggy Steckler doubled to drive in two runs for the Bruins.

Steckler also had three RBIs and scored four runs in the first game.

Mia Abdo went 2-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored for PCA, while Natalie Cantin doubled and drove in two runs.