No. 5 PCM opens softball season with win over No. 14 Trojans

STATE CENTER — Lillian Humpal homered and had three hits and the PCM softball team scored first and never trailed during a 6-3 road win over Class 3A No. 14 West Marshall on Tuesday.

The 3A No. 5 Mustangs led the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference matchup 2-1 after one inning and went in front 5-1 after a three-run third.

West Marshall closed the gap to 5-3 in the fourth, but PCM plated one final run in the sixth to close out the win in its season opener.

Humpal finished with three hits, one homer, one double and four RBIs to lead the Mustangs and Rylee Parsons and Camden Webb split the seven innings in the circle and combined to fan 12.

Libby Winters tallied one hit, one walk, two runs and one steal, Tori Lindsay chipped in one hit and one run and she was hit by one pitch and Hadley Millang collected the other hit.

Webb, Ila Keuning and Holly Wood all walked once, Kyra Naeve scored one run and stole one base, Addison Steenhoek was hit by a pitch and scored one run and Addi Hudnut collected one RBI.

Parsons (3-0) earned the win in the circle after allowing three runs — one earned — on four hits and one walk in 3 2/3 innings. She struck out four.

Webb registered the save after allowing no runs, one hit and one walk in 3 1/3 innings. She also fanned eight and hit one batter.

Jillian Karsjen had two hits and one run and Amelia Ranson added two hits and one RBI to lead West Marshall’s offense.

Aubree Greenwood tossed five innings of relief in the circle and allowed one earned run and struck out four.

PCM (4-0, 3-0 in the conference) and West Marshall (3-3, 1-1) have rotated wins the past five meetings.

PCM 11, Grand View Christian 4

DES MOINES — A nine-run seventh inning rallied the Mustangs past Grand View Christian on Friday.

PCM and the rival Thunder each scored once in the second, but Grand View Christian led 4-1 after six until the big crooked number helped the Mustangs score the come-from-behind win.

Both teams had nine hits in the HOIAC contest, and PCM committed two errors. It was the Mustangs’ third straight win over the Thunder.

Winters led PCM with two hits, one triple, two runs, one RBI and one steal. She leads the Mustangs with eight runs in four games this season.

Steenhoek doubled and finished with one run, one RBI and two walks and she was hit by a pitch. Lindsay doubled, had two RBIs and scored one run, Humpal doubled, scored one run, tallied two RBIs and was hit by two pitches.

Millang registered one hit, one run, one RBI and one walk, Naeve tallied two hits, two RBIs and one steal and Hudnut posted one hit, one run and one RBI.

Peyton Lathrum scored two runs and stole one base, Wood walked twice, Ryan DeVore and Carly Wilkerson scored one run and Parsons and Keuning each drew one walk.

Parsons got the win in the circle after allowing four runs — three earned — on nine hits and two walks in seven innings. She struck out four.

Grand View Christian (3-1, 2-1) scored once in the second, twice in the fifth and once in the sixth.

PCM 7, Greene County 0

JEFFERSON — Webb spun seven scoreless innings and struck out seven and Winters collected three hits and scored three runs during the Mustangs’ 7-0 road win over Greene County on May 28.

PCM led 3-0 after one and added two runs in the third and fifth frames of the HOIAC contest. It was the Mustangs’ fourth straight win over the Rams.

Winters totaled three hits, three runs, three steals and one RBI and leads PCM with five steals this summer.

Humpal finished with one hit, two runs, one RBI, two walks and one steal, Lindsay collected one hit, one run and one steal and was hit by one pitch and Steenhoek doubled, scored one run and had one RBI.

Webb and DeVore each walked once and had one RBI, Parsons collected one hit, Millang totaled one RBI and Naeve and Keuning both were hit by one pitch.

Webb (1-0) earned the pitching win after allowing no runs and one hit and fanning seven in seven innings.

Bellah Johnson had the lone Greene County hit. The Rams dropped to 2-3 and 2-1 in the conference.

PCM 6, Pella 4

PELLA — Six Mustangs had at least two hits and PCM out-hit 4A No. 13 Pella and took advantage of six Lady Dutch errors during a 6-4 non-conference road win on Thursday.

PCM led 6-0 in the fourth before holding on. The two teams have rotated wins the past four seasons.

Humpal finished with two hits, one home run, two RBIs and one steal. She leads PCM with two homers and nine RBIs this summer.

Steenhoek totaled three hits and two RBIs, Lindsay and Winters each had two hits, one run and one RBI and Hudnut collected two hits, two runs, one walk and one steal.

Millang also had two hits and Wood walked once and scored one run.

Parsons started in the circle, got the win and allowed three runs — two earned — on four hits in 3 1/3 innings. She struck out three.

Webb collected her second save of the season after surrendering an unearned run on five hits in 3 2/3 innings. She also struck out three.

PCM committed one error in the field and Parsons and Webb did not give up a single free base.

Emma Eekhoff had three hits at the plate and struck out seven in seven innings inside the circle. Only two of the six runs she surrendered were earned.

Katie Scheckel and Lucy Carlson each tallied two hits for the Lady Dutch, who dropped to 1-3.