WATERLOO - Waterloo West's offense arrived both late and early Monday as senior Kelli Joens homered in both ends of a 7-5, 4-0 softball sweep of Linn-Mar.

A solo home run by Joens touched off a three-run rally in the sixth inning of the opener, and her three-run bomb in the first inning of game two backed up a three-hit pitching performance by Kayla Bessman.

West scored all four of its runs in the nightcap with two outs in the first on an RBI double by Tarrin Ott, a single by Cassie Knutson and Joens' fifth homer of the season.

"I was pleased with us coming out and jumping on top of them early, but a lot of teams aren't going to allow that," said West coach Kelly Nelson, "so we need to keep scoring in multiple innings and stick to our offensive game plan."

Pitcher Jadyn Spencer swatted a bases-loaded double in the third inning of game one, keeping the Wahawks in the game until Joens' homer sparked their sixth-inning comeback from a 5-4 deficit.

"We've been coming from behind," Nelson said. "Out of our last six games, in four of them we came from behind by more than one run. We're starting to build confidence now that we can come back and score more than one run."

The Wahawks improved to 13-11 overall and 9-7 in Mississippi Valley conference play.

FIRST GAME

Linn-Mar 120 002 0 - 5 3 2

West 003 103 x - 7 11 4

Allison Coghlan and Hilary VanPraag; Jadyn Spencer and Lindsey Hansen.

HR - Kelli Joens (W). 2B - Spence (W)r. Multiple hits: Cassie Horak (W) 2, Tracy Shirey (W) 2, Mackenzie VanDenBerg (W) 2. Multiple RBIs: Spencer (W) 3.

SECOND GAME

Linn-Mar 000 000 0 - 0 3 0

West 400 000 0 - 4 11 0

Erin Varcoe and VanPraag; Kayla Bessman and Horak.

HR - Joens (W). 2B - Tarrin Ott (W). Multiple hits - Horak (W) 2, Joens (W) 2, Shirey (W) 2, Rebekah Doering (W) 2. Multiple RBIs: Joens (W) 3.

Netty fires no-hitter, East sweeps Wash

WATERLOO - Aly Netty and Kylie Rash dominated from the pitching circle and Waterloo East scratched up enough offense to sweep a Mississippi Valley Conference makeup softball doubleheader from Cedar Rapids Washington Monday, 3-0, 2-0.

Rash scattered five hits in the opening win while fanning 10. Jessica Kinnetz singled home one run, Katelyn Kinnetz knocked in another with a groundout and Kylie Rash added another RBI single.

Netty no-hit the Warriors in the nightcap, striking out nine and walking just one. The Trojans scored on sacrifice flies by Netty and Megan Dunn in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively.

East improved to 17-10 overall and 10-8 in conference games. The Trojans play at Dubuque Hempstead today.

FIRST GAME

C.R. Washington 000 000 0 - 0 5 0

East 100 020 x - 3 6 0

Kylie Drahn and Sam Short; Kylie Rash and Charissa Wright.

2B - Wright (E). Multiple hits - Marion Epperson (CRW); Sarah Schmitz (E).

SECOND GAME

C.R. Washington 000 000 0 - 0 0 1

East 000 011 x - 2 3 1

Kyia Conway and Sam Short; Alyson Netty and Charissa Wright.

2B - Amanda Magnuson (E).

Tigers drop pair of one-run games

CEDAR FALLS - Cedar Falls felt the sting of a pair of close losses Monday in a 7-6, 4-3 Mississippi Valley Conference softball sweep at the hands of Iowa City High.

The Tigers squandered a 6-2 lead in the opener when the Little Hawks struck back for two runs in the fifth inning and three in the sixth.

In game two, City High broke a 3-3 tie when a passed ball allowed the go-ahead run to score in the seventh.

"It was disappointing because we had them down first game and we had plenty of opportunities in second," said Tiger coach Tammy Utley. "We just couldn't get a hit when we needed it."

Sarah Korte doubled in each game for the Tigers, who fell to 10-13.

FIRST GAME

Iowa City High 200 023 0 - 7 7 2

Cedar Falls 002 400 0 - 6 10 3

Caitlin Ward and Nicole Burian; Shyann Beach and Cari Collins.

HR - Emily Sparks (ICH). 2B - Beach, Sarah Korte (CF). Multiple hits - Lauren Smith (CF), Alison Jaynes (CF). Multiple RBIs - Virginia Johnson (ICH) 2.

SECOND GAME

Iowa City High 003 000 1 - 4 9 0

Cedar Falls 011 001 0 - 3 6 2

Erin Weno, Ward (6) and Kayla Hyce, Burian (6); Sonja Przybylski and Cari Collins. 2B - Korte (CF). Multiple hits - Burian (ICH) 2, Johnson (ICH) 2, Sparks (ICH) 2.

Sailor offense silenced at Vinton

VINTON - Vinton-Shellsburg took advantage of its opportunities to post a 10-0, 9-3 WaMaC Conference softball sweep over Waterloo Columbus Monday.

The Vikings built a 5-0 lead after two innings of the opener and ended it in the sixth. In game two, Vinton-Shellsburg banged out 10 hits and broke the game open with a four-run seventh.

Abbie Huff hammered a three-run triple for Columbus in the second game while Katie Horan and Carolyne Schlichte had a pair of hits each for the Sailors.

FIRST GAME

Columbus 000 000 - 0 2 3

Vinton-Shellsburg 320 032 - 10 6 0

Sullivan and Schlichte; Hill and Boyer.

SECOND GAME

Vinton-Shellsburg 122 000 4 - 9 10 1

Columbus 003 000 0 - 3 5 3

Hill and Boyer; Peterson and Schlichte.