Alexis Vogan belted two doubles and a home run as Slippery Rock opened the 2015 season with an 8-1 softball win at Sharon on Monday.

Cheyenne Hindman added a pair of doubles at the plate and struck out 14 Tigers in her complete-game victory.

Slippery Rock 302 003 0 — 8 11 3

Sharon 000 000 1 — 1 3 5

W: Cheyenne Hindman 7 IP (14K, 1BB). L: George 7 IP (2K, 0BB).

Slippery Rock (1-0): Alexis Vogan 2-2B HR 2R 5RBI, Cheyenne Hindman 2-2B 2R 2RBI, Macy McCall 1B 2R, Hope Schnell 2-1B

Sharon: Torr 1B R

Wednesday: New Castle at Slippery Rock

Knoch 13, Leechburg 3 — Abbie Thrower’s grand slam sparked this six-inning win for the Knights.

Knoch 221 053 x — 13 11 1

Leechburg 000 210 x — 3 7 0

W: Shelby Bruggeman 6 IP (3K, 0BB). L: Pierce 6 IP (6K, 10BB).

Knoch (1-0): Abbie Thrower GSHR, Hayle Fox 1B 2B, Avery Keller 2-1B, Abigail Black 2-1B

Leechburg: Pierce 2-1B

Wednesday: St. Joseph at Knoch

Mars 17, Oakland Catholic 0 — Maggie Olshenske clubbed a grand slam and finished with five RBI for the Planets, who plated 15 runs in the third inning.

Mars 11(15) xxx x — 17 12 0

Oakland Catholic 000 xxx x — 0 1 3

W: Niki Schlegel 3 IP (2K, 0BB). L: Bauer 2.1 IP (4K, 5BB).

Mars (1-0): Maggie Olshenske 2-1B GSHR 5RBI, Jordyn Douglas 2-1B 3R RBI, Suzanne Papik 2-1B 3R RBI, Katie Hoover 2-1B 2R 2RBI

Oakland Catholic: Vrabel 1B

Butler 17, Brashear 0 — Kait Barnett had two doubles for the Golden Tornado. Butler scored 12 runs in the first inning.

Butler (12)05 xxx x — 17 13 1

Brashear 000 xxx x — 0 2 6

W: Emily McDonald 3 IP (2K, 1BB). L: Piccolino 3 IP (2K, 2BB).

Butler (1-0): Amanda Webb 2-1B, Jen Miller 1B 2B, Anna Heade 2-1B, Kait Barnett 2-2B, Hannah Hays 1B 2B

Wednesday: Moon at Butler

Baseball

Knoch’s Cole Shinsky fanned 11 batters and walked just one as the Knights defeated Indiana 4-1.

Dom Bucko tripled in the win and Joel Zacherl singled and drove in two runs.

Indiana 100 000 0 — 1 1 2

Knoch 130 000 x — 4 4 0

W: Cole Shinsky 5 IP (11K, 1BB). L: Shultz 3 IP (1K, 5BB).

Indiana: Shultz HR

Knoch (1-0): Joel Zacherl 1B 2RBI, Chris Law 1B RBI, P.J. Gourley 1B, Dom Bucko 3B

Wednesday: Knoch vs. Butler