Nikki Matz and the Seneca Valley softball team were fast out of the gate.

Playing their first game of 2015, a Section 3-AAAA clash with Pine-Richland Tuesday at Raider Field, the Raiders overwhelmed the Rams 7-2.

Matz earned the victory with 10 strikeouts in a complete game and contributed a single, two doubles and four RBI on offense.

Elayna Nagy added a two-run home run and Marie Marnik a pair of singles and a double.

Pine-Richland 101 000 0 — 2 3 3

Seneca Valley 202 201 x — 7 13 2

W: Nikki Matz 7 IP (10K, 3BB). L: Flynn 5.1 IP (2K, 4BB).

Pine-Richland: Horrell 2B RBI

Seneca Valley (1-0): Marie Marnik 2-1B 2B, Nikki Matz 1B 2-2B 4RBI, Elayna Nagy HR 2RBI, Jess Neill 2-1B, Maddie Schultz 2-1B, Julia Zezinka 3B, Tori Pfab 2B

Today: Seneca Valley at North Allegheny

Baseball

Gunner Becker struck out 11 batters in Slippery Rock's 6-2 victory over Greenville.

Jake Arienzo paced the Rockets' 11-hit attack with three hits. Jason Rockburn had two hits and three RBI.

Slippery Rock 000 040 2 — 6 11 2

Greenville 000 100 1 — 2 3 3

W: Gunner Becker 6 IP (11K, 2BB). L: Fenton 6 IP (7K, 1BB).

Slippery Rock (1-0): Ryan Lauster 2-1B 2R RBI, Jason Bennett 1B 2B R RBI, Jason Rockburn 2-1B R 3RBI, Jake Arienzo 3-1B R

Greenville: Fisher 1B RBI

Boys Tennis

Grove City's Chris Adams, Ryan Motta and Andrew Conley each won their singles match as the Eagles swept Rocky Grove 5-0.

Grove City 5, Rocky Grove 0

Singles: 1-Chris Adams (GC) def. Brody Rodgers 6-0, 6-0; 2-Ryan Motta (GC) def. Will Hoffman 6-0, 7-5; 3-Andrew Conley (GC) def. Dalton Lusher 7-5, 6-1

Doubles: 1-Tanner McKnight/Jacob Shilling (GC) def. Jake Cochran/Hunter Moon 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; 2-Peter Birmingham/Max Boshaw (GC) def. Zach Stryffeler/Kyle Heffern 6-4, 6-4

Butler 3, Hampton 2 — This win for Butler was clinched with freshman Matt McMaster's victory at No. 3 singles.

Butler 3, Hampton 2

Singles: 1-Jung Bang (H) def. Devin Fitz 1-6, 6-2, 6-1; 2-Henry May (B) def. Ted Donegan 6-2, 6-0; 3-Matt McMaster (B) def. Kurt Mueller 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Doubles: 1-Tanner Merigliano/Nico Nigro (H) def. Cam Sedwick/Tony Santilo 7-5, 1-6, 6-3; 2-Troy Bell/Nicholas Condon (B) def. Ben Caplan/Matt Grubic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Boys Volleyball

Butler was swept by host Fox Chapel by scores of 25-18, 25-19 and 25-18. No other details were available.