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Burk's three hits helps Moniteau to win

Senior catcher Laken Burk collected three hits and two runs scored in Moniteau's 8-5 road softball victory over Laurel Wednesday.

Megan Campbell added a single and A triple for the Warriors (10-2).

In other action:

Stephanie Blakley had two hits and two RBI and Krista Chiappini had two hits and pitched a five-hitter as Grove City blanked Seneca 6-0.

Moniteau 023 120 0 - 8 10 1

Laurel 100 301 0 - 5 5 5

WP:

Sara Vinca (7 IP) 6 strikeouts, 10 walks.

LP:

McMullen (5 IP) 4 strikeouts, 2 walks

Moniteau (10-2):

Megan Campbell 1B 3B, Laken Burk 3-1B 2R, Sara Vinca 2B 2R, Martina Burk 1B RBI, Larissa Fowler 1B

Laurel:

Emory 1B 2B

Today:

Moniteau @ West Forest

Seneca 000 000 0 - 0 5 2

Grove City 300 102 x - 6 7 0

WP:

Krista Chiappini (7 IP) 1 strikeout, 1 walk.

LP:

O'Connor (6 IP) 2 strikeouts, 2 walks

Grove City 5-4, 3-3):

Stephanie Blakley 2-1B, 2 RBI; Krista Chiappini 2-1B

Today:

Jamestown at Grove City

Nate Kurtz struck out 10 but was the losing pitcher as Burrell remained unbeaten in section play with a 7-2 win over Freeport.Burrell 400 201 0 - 7 9 2Freeport 000 200 0 - 2 6 3WP:Aaron Brown (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 1 walk.LP:Nate Kurtz (7 IP) 10 strikeouts, 3 walksBurrell:Mangini 1B 2B, Ehrlich GS-HR, Kunkle 2-1BFreeport (5-6, 4-4):Jared Malcolm 2B, Mike Barch 2BFriday:Freeport @ West ShaokinGrove City 100 000 0 - 1 5 1Oil City 002 020 0 - 4 4 1WP:Justin Gibson (7 IP) 8 strikeouts, 1 walk.LP:Jesse Alfreno (5 IP) 5 strikeouts, 3 walksGrove City (6-3, 4-1):Jesse Alfreno 1B, ROil City:Geoff Flowers 1B, 3B; Chris Domer 2-1BToday:Commodore Perry at Grove City

Butler 3, Hampton 2 -The Tornado swept all three singles matches to slip past the Talbots in a section match Wednesday.Butler (10-5, 4-4) will host Shaler today.SinglesIke Backstrom (B) def. Eric Fischer 6-2, 6-1: Andrew Thompson (B) def. Zac Parkhill 6-3, 6-3; Steve Shetter (B) def. Mike Cress 3-6, 6-2, 6-0DoublesAdam Jones-Tommy Gacka (H) def. Adam Kowalski-Doug Pichler 6-2, 6-2; Ross Crist-Yannick Cohen (H) def. Andrew Direnzo-Frank Young 1-6, 6-0, 6-4

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