St. Aloysius started its softball season right.

Megan Theriot hit two triples, scored two runs and drove in four as the Lady Flashes beat Manchester Academy 8-5 on Monday.

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 inning, Theriot tripled in two more runs and scored on Kyleigh Cooper’s single to make it 7-3.

Madison Spencer added another RBI single later in the inning, and the Lady Flashes escaped a jam in the seventh after Manchester scored twice to cut it to 8-5.

Cooper finished 2-for-4 with one RBI and also pitched 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 Landy Elqady singled and scored two runs.

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

Madison-St. Joe 14, Porter’s Chapel 4
Madison-St. Joe 21, Porter’s Chapel 20
Porter’s Chapel Academy kept slugging in game two of its doubleheader against Madison-St. Joseph, but so did its opponent.

St. Joe overcame an eight-run deficit by scoring 10 in the fourth inning, tacked on five more in the fifth, and then hung 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 drew nine walks. It scored 11 runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a 14-6 lead, but couldn’t hang on.

Bufkin singled in two runs in the bottom of the fifth, and Abdo scored on a passed ball to cut it to 21-20, but the Lady Eagles stranded the tying run at third base.

In the first game, Cheney Neel had two hits and scored two runs as Madison-St. Joe won 14-4. Peggy Steckler doubled and drove in two runs for the Bruins.

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

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