Knoch plated five runs in the top of the eighth inning to earn an 11-6 come-from-behind softball victory over Hampton Monday.

The Knights trailed 6-3 before scoring two runs in the sixth and one more in the seventh to tie the game.

Lizz King had a triple and two singles for Knoch while three teammates also smacked triples.

The Knights won only one game last season.

In other action:

• Liz Dorogy doubled and singled, but Seneca Valley fell to CanonMcMillan 6-3.

Dana Hughes and Megan McCormick each doubled for the Raiders in their season opener.

• Sara Vinca collected two hits and struck out nine in six innings in the circle, but Moniteau fell to OilCity 7-2 in the season opener.

Knoch 001 112 15 —11 12 6Hampton 000 240 00 —6 7 0WP: Stephanie Fincher (8 IP) 1 strikeout, 0 walks.

LP: Schulz (8 IP) 8 strikeouts, 4 walks

Knoch (1-0): Meghan Bastin 3B; Lizz King 3B, 2-1B; Michelle Steinmiller 3B; Stephanie Fincher 3B

Hampton (0-1): M. King 2B, 1B

Today: Burrell at Knoch

Seneca Valley 001 002 0—3 7 1Cannon-McMillan 103 200 x—6 9 1WP: Petras (7 IP) 6 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Courtney Grootegoed (3 IP) 1 strikeout, 0 walks

Seneca Valley (0-1): Liz Dorogy 2B, 1B; Dana Hughes 2B; Megan McCormick 2B

CanonMcMillan (1-0): Melone 2-2B

Wednesday: Seneca Valley at Woodland Hills

Moniteau 000 000 2—2 4 6Oil City 202 300 x—7 7 2WP: Olszowk (7 IP) 13 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Sara Vinca (6 IP) 9 strikeouts, 5 walks

Moniteau (0-1): Vinca 2-1B; Sarah Dittig 2B, 2-RBI; Ashley Pisor 1B; Martina Burk 2B

OilCity: Olszowk 1B, 3B; Vogan 2-1B

Thursday: Moniteau at Keystone

BaseballAustin Leffler tripled, doubled and drove in five runs and Eric Christensen got the win in relief as the Knoch baseball team slugged out a 12-9 win over Ford City Monday.Christensen worked one scoreless inning for the victory. He also doubled and singled.DanPickard had two hits for the Knights.In other action:• J.P. Samay pitched a complete game with seven strikeouts and one walk to lead Freeport to a 5-3 victory over Leechburg.• Sean Ray homered and drove in three runs as SlipperyRock dispatched Moniteau 11-0 in five innings.Ryan Hays tossed a one-hitter, striking out eight in five innings for the Rockets.

Knoch 315 000 3—12 10 4Ford City 203 400 0—9 8 2WP: Eric Christensen (1 IP) 2 strikeouts, 0 walks.

LP: Stevason (4 IP) 2 strikeouts, 6 walks

Knoch (2-0): Austin Leffler 3B, 2B, 5-RBI; Chistensen 2B, 1B; Dan Pickard 2-1B

Ford City: Stevason 3-1B, 2B

Today: Freeport at Knoch

Freeport 202 001 0—5 7 2Leechburg 200 010 0—3 6 3WP: J. P. Samay (7 IP) 7 strikeouts, 1 walk.

LP: Delvecchio (3 IP) 1 strikeout, 2 walks

Freeport (1-0): Tom Ferrante 2B, 1B

Leechburg: Wilson 2-1B; Sturgill 2-1NB

Today: Freeport at Knoch

Moniteau 000 00x x— 0 1 2Slippery Rock 080 3xx x—11 10 1WP: Ryan Hays (5 IP) 8 strikeouts, 2 walks.

LP: Ryan Eberline (2 IP) 2 strikeouts, 1 walk

Moniteau (0-2)

Slippery Rock (1-0): SeanRay HR, 1B, 3-RBI; Billy Messer 2-1B, 3-RBI

TennisSteve Shetter picked up the only win for Butler, downing Rob Litz in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, as the Tornado boys tennis team fell 5-1 to North Hills Monday.

Singles: Steve Herchko (NH) d. Andrew Thompson 6-2, 6-2; Steve Shetter (B) d. Rob Litz 6-2, 6-3; Chris Lippert (NH) d. Wes Hortert 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles: Matt McGuire-C.J. Wink (NH) d. Adam Kowalski-Andrew Direnzo 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Greg Senchak-Mike Pappis (NH) d. Doug Pichler-Dave Uram 6-3, 6-1

Grove City 3, Greenville 2 — After falling behind 2-0, the Eagles rallied to win the final three matches to emerge with a season-opening victory.Chris Webber got things going at the No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-2 win.

Singles: Kyle King (Gr)d. Drew Bestwick 6-0, 6-1; Brant Porter (Gr) d. Matt Kiser 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; Chris Webber (GC) d. Brian Goda 6-2, 6-2

Doubles: Josh Lynn-Dan Spears (GC) d. Tim Scelesi-Brent Rose 6-0, 6-3; Joe Hazy-John Claussen (GC) d. John McGonigle-Craig Sabo 6-1, 6-2

Girls LacrosseErie McDowell 7, Butler 6 — Cara Sabo had two goals for the Tornado, but were edged by McDowell Monday.Butler (0-2), who will travel to North Hills Thursday, also received goals from Megan Macoskey, Elizabeth Small, Yuki Schaper and Sara Schweiger.