The ninth-ranked Prairie softball team opened the 2014 season Tuesday by sweeping a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader against Dubuque Senior at Prairie.

The Hawks won the first game, 4-3, in eight innings and rolled 13-3 in five innings in the nightcap.

Amanda Pipolo and Taylor Moenk had two hits in the opener. Pipolo drove in two runs and Moenk scored twice. Natalie Halvorson was the winning pitcher.

Natalie Rumer went 3-for-3 for the Hawks in the second game. Gabi Carter, Halle Lueck, Amanda Stecklein and Kristin Wahlert had two hits apiece. Mallory Jones, Stecklein and Wahlert drove in two runs.

Shelby Frederick was the winning pitcher in Game 2.