WATERLOO - Kelsey Duggan went 3-for-6 to help the Linn-Mar Lions nip Waterloo West, 10-9, in eight innings in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader in Waterloo Tuesday in the season opener for both schools.

Waterloo West won the opener, 10-0, on a no-hitter by Jaclyn Spencer.

Linn-Mar strung together 12 hits in the nightcap to give Mike Shipley his first victory as head coach. Christina Lincoln, Kortlan Ollinger and Jenna Harms had two hits apiece for the Lions. Ollinger scored three runs.

GAME 1

LINN-MAR (0): Duggan, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Yearling, c, 2 0 0 0, K.Ollinger, cf, 1 0 0 0, Ryan, p, 2 0 0 0, E.Ollinger, ss, 2 0 0 0, Rentschler, 1b, 2 0 0 0, Bodensteiner, rf, 2 0 0 0, Swanson, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Lincoln, dp, 2 0 0 0, Harms, lf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 17 0 0 0.

WATERLOO WEST (10): Jones, ss, 3 3 2 1, Doering, cf, 4 2 1 2, Spencer, p, 4 3 4 5, Medina, rf, 2 0 1 1, Stackhouse, c, 2 0 0 1, Daman, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Rogers, 1b, 2 1 1 0, Dogart, ph, 1 0 0 0, Lichty, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Gray, lf, 2 1 0 0. Totals 25 10 9 10.

Linn-Mar              000 000 - 0 0 1
Waterloo West  202 402 - 10 9 0

W - Spencer. L - Ryan. 2B - Jones, Spencer. HR - Jones, Spencer. SB - Doering 2, Spencer.

GAME 2

LINN-MAR (10): Duggan, 2b, 6 1 3 1, Lincoln, c, 4 0 2 0, Decker, cr, 0 1 0 0, K.Ollinger, cf, 4 3 2 0, Ryan, dp, 4 1 1 2, Rentschler, 1b, 1 0 0 0, Bodensteiner, 1b, 3 0 0 0, E.Ollinger, cf, 3 2 1 0, Yearling, rf, 4 2 0 0, Swanson, p, 4 0 1 1, Andersen, p, 0 0 0 0, Harms, lf, 5 0 2 1, Clauson, 3b, 0 0 0 0. Totals 38 10 12 5.

WATERLOO WEST (9): Jones, ss, 4 1 1 1, Doering, cf, 3 1 0 0, Spencer, 1b, 5 0 3 2, Medina, lf, 4 0 2 1, Stackhouse, c, 5 1 1 0, Daman, 3b, 4 2 1 0, Lichty, 2b, 1 2 0 0, Gray, p, 4 1 2 1, Rogers, dp, 3 1 0 1, Pabst, lf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 33 9 10 6.

Linn-Mar           100 125 01 - 10 12 6
Waterloo West 110 105 10 -  9   9  4

W - Ryan. L - Gray. 2B - Duggan. SB - K.Ollinger 2, Yearling 2, Swanson, Jones.