Tony Rossmiller struck out nine for the win and Matt McCune had two hits as Butler's baseball team surprised New Castle for a 5-4 victory Wednesday.

The win was the Golden Tornado's first section victory this season. The loss dampened New Castle's playoff hopes.

Adam Miller and Mike Dorondo had run-scoring doubles for Butler.

New Castle 100 020 1 - 4 7 2

Butler 210 200 x - 5 7 6

WP:

Tony Rossmiller (7 IP) 9 strikeouts, 4 walks.

LP:

Mike Lepore

New Castle:

Mike Lepore 2-3B 2-RBI, Mike Malley 1B 2B

Butler (3-14, 1-9):

Adam Miller 2B RBI, Mike Dorondo 2B RBI, Matt McCune 1B 2B

Megan Wise pitched a complete-game shutout and Julie Marlowe collected two singles and an RBI to lead Seneca Valley to a 5-0 blanking of North Hills,The win kept the Raiders (5-4) alive for a playoff spot out of Section 5-AAA.In other action:Monica Glomb collected 12 strikeouts and Ashleigh Smith drove in Gabrielle Robison with the game's only run as Mars topped North Catholic 1-0.Stephanie Leslie's triple in the sixth inning led to the game's lone run in Freeport's 1-0 victory over Burrell.Leslie also picked up the win on the mound with five strikeouts.Marissa Evankovich tripled twice and scored both runs off RBI from Shelby Waltman in Karns City's 2-0 win over Keystone.Waltman struck out seven in the triumph.Autumn Miller and Alex Harper both doubled in support of Sarah Hlebiczki, who struck out seven in Knoch's 4-3 win over Northgate.Laken Burk collected three singles, but Moniteau (13-1) fell for the first time this season in a 7-5 loss at Redbank Valley.Butler (6-10, 2-7) lost in a Section 5-AAA matchup with Shaler, 6-3. No other information was available.Seneca Valley 200 200 1 - 5 8 3North Hills 000 000 0 - 0 6 1WP:Megan Wise (7 IP) 0 strikeouts, 0 walks.LP:Nachriner (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 1 walkSeneca Valley (10-7, 5-4):Julie Marlowe 2-1B RBI, Aly Intihar 2-1B 2RBI, Courtney DeFalco 2-1B 2RBI, Nicole Lollo 1B R, Kristen Barna 1BNorth Hills:Neugebauber 2-1BMonday:Seneca Valley @ ButlerMars 010 000 0 - 1 4 0No. Catholic 000 000 0 - 0 2 0WP:Monica Glomb (7 IP) 12 strikeouts, 1 walk.LP:Myers (7 IP) 8 strikeouts, 1 walkMars (7-7, 5-1):Gabrielle Robison 3B R, Ashleigh Smith RBINorth Catholic:Myers 2-1BToday:Riverside @ MarsBurrell 000 000 0 - 0 1 3Freeport 000 001 x - 1 8 1WP:Stephanie Leslie (7 IP) 5 strikeouts, 0 walks.LP:Megan Redhair (6 IP) 1 strikeout, 0 walksBurrell:Melissa Cashell 1BFreeport (10-3, 7-3):Stephanie Leslie 3B R, Jen Fair 1B 2B, Laura Garlitz 2-1BMonday:Freeport @ KittanningKarns City 000 101 0 - 2 2 1Keystone 000 000 0 - 0 4 1WP:Shelby Waltman (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 1 walk.LP:Cozad (7 IP) 6 strikeouts, 5 walksKarns City (6-9, 5-4):Marissa Evankovich 2-3B 2R, Shelby Waltman 2RBIKeystone:Kurtzhals 2BToday:Clarion @ Karns CityNorthgate 200 010 0 - 3 5 3Knoch 110 011 x - 4 8 1WP:Sarah Hlebiczki (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 3 walks.LP:Molly Dilmore (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 5 walksNorthgate:Molly Dilmore 2BKnoch (3-12, 2-5):Autumn Miller 2B, Alex Harper 2BMonday:Knoch @ MarsMoniteau 100 310 0 - 5 9 4Redbank Valley 122 200 x - 7 8 1WP:Rupp (7 IP) 3 strikeouts, 5 walks.LP:Selina Edinger (6 IP) 1 strikeout, 5 walksMoniteau (13-1, 10-1):Jenna Beatty 1B 3B, Laken Burk 3-1B, Brittany Beachem 1BRedbank Valley:Rupp 2-1B R, Hepler 1B, Shick 2BToday:Moniteau @ Neshannock

Grove City 3, Kennedy Catholic 2 -Needing to take both doubles matches to end the season with a win, the Eagles (12-2) got just that from the duos of Logan Crow-Drew Bestwick and Andrew Lee-Ben Arnold.Singles:Paul DiTomasso (KC) def. Ian Smith 6-1, 6-4; John Davidson (KC) def. Phil Hoffman 6-0, 6-1; Mark Schnelzer (GC) def. Pat O'Malley 7-6, 6-4Doubles:Logan Crow-Drew Bestwick (GC) def. Alex Caridan-Matt Bober 6-3, 6-3; Andrew Lee-Ben Arnold (GC) def. Mark DiMario-David Goclano 7-6, 6-2

Seneca Valley 3, Summit Academy 0 -Greg Beavers had 12 killsand Matt Cummings added 15 assists in the Raiders' 25-7, 25-5, 25-12 win over the Knights. Steve Knight had eight blocks and Scott Brunner contributed five aces.Beavers had 13 kills for the Raiders (6-4), who won by scores of 25-10, 25-15 and 25-17 in another match with Summit Academy Tuesday. Seneca Valley plays at North Allegheny tonight.