The TMP-Marian softball team opens their season with a pair of wins over Salina Sacred Heart on Thursday. The Monarchs take the opener 11-5 then pick up a run-rule 12-1 victory in game two.

Katelyn Zimmerman’s two-run homer in the first gave the Monarchs the early lead in the first game. After the Knights went up 3-2, TMP answered with two in the third, fourth and fifth then put the game away with three in the seventh.

Alison Helget strikes out five and walks just one in the complete game victory in the first game. She also had two hits and drove in a run. Jodi Veach had four hits and an RBI while Heidi Gottschalk and Megan Brin both drive in two.

The Monarchs jump out early in game two scoring three in the first, four in the second and two in the third.

Only three of TMP’s 12 runs were earned thanks to 10 Sacred Heart errors.

Freshman Bailey Lacy gets the game two victory allowing just two hits while striking out seven. Laurel Hageman had two hits while Veach and Meagan Brin both drive in two.