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Marissa Strangie was 3 for 5 with two runs scored for the Vikings (11-6 overall, 11-1 CAL). Gail Lebrun was 2 for 2 with three RBIs. Marian Dullea logged seven innings, allowing three hits and four walks. She struck out 10.

Time is running out on Pentucket, who with its third straight loss moved two games under .500 with an extremely difficult week coming full with River Rival games each of whom are competing for the CAL Division 1 title. The Sachems lost to Wilmington, 9-0.

Time is running out on Pentucket, who with its third straight loss moved two games under .500 with an extremely difficult week coming full with River Rival games each of whom are competing for the CAL Division 1 title. The Sachems lost to Wilmington, 9-0.

Nicole Chevalier (2 for 3, double, HR) knocked in three RBIs and Tyne Dark (2 for 3) knocked in the other in a big top of the fourth in which the Sachems scored all their runs. But North Andover exploded in the fifth and sixth for eight runs to put the game away.

Julianne Meehan picked up her seventh victory of the season thanks to seven strong innings of seven-strikeout ball as Pentucket cruised past Rockport, 10-0. Samantha Morrow (2 for 5), Bernadette Corrado (3 for 4) and Nicole Chevalier (2 for 2) all registered multi-hit games for the Sachems.

Bernadette Corrado was 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs for the Sachems (7-6). Sam Morrow was 2 for 5 with two RBIs. JulieAnn Meehan pitched a two-hitter with seven strike outs and two walks.

Tyne Darke (double, run) and Sarah Dickinson both went 1 for 3 for the Sachems.

"Ipswich hit the ball well today, and we just didn't come to play," said Pentucket coach Dennis Puleo.

Thanks to its third victory in a row, the Pentucket softball team (6-5) went over the .500 mark for the first time all year after an impressive 8-4 win over Masconomet. Leadoff hitter Sarah Dickinson set the tone, leading off the game with a single and scoring on a Tyne Darke hit and going 4 for 4 with a double and triple and two RBIs.

Newburyport committed seven errors, which resulted in four unearned runs. Newburyport's Rachel Webster was 2 for 3 with a double, triple, and two RBIs. Cassandra Davis was 2 for 4.

Despite striking out 14 times against Georgetown flame-thrower Sarah Erlandson, Pentucket was able to mount a come-back in the fifth inning scoring five times with two outs to take the lead before winning, 8-4.