Raven Morrison scattered four hits and Emma Loncor drove in three runs, helping the Mattoon Lady Green Wave post a 7-1 victory Wednesday afternoon over Effingham in an opening-round game of the Class 3A Regional.

The Lady Hearts ended their season with a 15-11 record.

Mattoon scored what proved to be enough runs in the opening inning when Loncor delivered a two-out, two-run double.

Effingham narrowed the gap to 2-1 in the fourth. Jaidi Davis led off with a base hit and Jacy Boatman added another hit with one out. Davis eventually scored on a wild pitch.

The only other hits for EHS were a one-out double by Grace Bushur in the third and a lead-off double by Boatman in the seventh.

The Lady Green Wave pulled away with a four-run fifth, combining three walks, two hits and a hit batter. Tinley Risinger had a two-run single and Loncor added an RBI single in the inning. Mattoon added a final tally in the sixth.

Morrison walked just one and struck out eight in her seven-inning, 82-pitch performance.

Davis took the loss for Effingham. She gave up eight hits and seven runs, while walking six and striking out two.

Mattoon will now play at top-seeded Charleston Friday. The regional title game will begin at 4:30 p.m.

Jaidi Davis allowed just two hits and her teammates provided plenty of support, as the Effingham Lady Hearts posted a 14-0 win Wednesday at Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick.

Davis walked just one and struck out 10 during her 83-pitch shutout performance.

The Lady Hearts scored in six of the seven innings, collected 12 hits and also took advantage of five BCCH errors.

EHS scored single tallies in the first, third and fourth innings, crossed the plate twice in both the second and sixth and then exploded for seven runs in the seventh. The Lady Hearts combined seven hits, a walk, a hit batter and an error in that inning.

Grace Bushur, Natalie Lohman and Taylor Armstrong each had two hits in the game. Armstrong had three RBI.

The Lady Hearts improved to 14-9 on the season. They will be at home Saturday against Teutopolis. Game time is set for 11 a.m.

Typically, owning an early 5-1 lead results in a win.

That was not the case Saturday.

In the first game, Teutopolis built the four-run lead and it was Effingham’s turn in the second contest.

Neither team ended up winning those respective games.

In the opener, the Lady Hearts rallied for five runs in the final two innings and got a two-out, game-winning, walk-off RBI single from Emma Hardiek to come away with a 6-5 win.

In the nightcap, it was Effingham that built the early four-run cushion only to have the Lady Shoes come storming back. T-Town scored 10 runs over two innings to post a 12-6 decision and salvage a split in the doubleheader.

In that first game, the Lady Shoes seemed to have things well in-hand. Tia Prost was in control on the mound and her teammates had just tallied three times in the top of the sixth to increase the lead to 5-1.

But things changed quickly.

Riley Cunningham led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo homer to get EHS within 5-2. Jaidi Davis then singled and Hardiek followed with a long blast that cleared the leftfield fence to cut the deficit to just one run.

After T-Town failed to score in the top of the seventh, the Lady Hearts went back to work.

Abby Cunningham led off with a double, but it appeared as if the Lady Shoes would get out of the inning when the next two batters were retired. But then Riley Cunningham walked and Davis singled to tie the game, setting the stage for Hardiek to deliver the game-winning hit.

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Mahomet-Seymour used a pair of long balls to win the opener and then sprayed hits all over the diamond to take the nightcap and sweep a softball doubleheader Tuesday in Effingham.

Aubrie Shore belted a three-run homer to give the Lady Bulldogs a lead and then Karley Yergler blasted a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh to give the Lady Bulldogs a 5-3 win in the first game.

Mahomet-Seymour than banged out 14 hits and somehow managed to offset 10 errors and hang on for a 12-11 decision in the second contest.

Shore’s homer gave the Lady Bulldogs a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but the Lady Hearts battled back to tie.

In the bottom of the third, with two outs, Grace Bushur singled, stole second and scored on a double by Riley Cunnings. In the fourth, again with two outs, Taylor Armstrong walked, Tori Budde singled and both runners scored on a double by Abby Cunningham.

It stayed 3-3 until the seventh when Yergler connected for the game-winning home run.

Jaidi Davis took the loss. She gave up six hits and five runs, while walking two and striking out seven. Yergler got the win. She allowed seven hits and a walk and struck out 11.

EHS trailed throughout in the nightcap. Mahomet-Seymour led 7-2 and then 12-5.

The Lady Hearts cut into the lead in the fourth. Jaidi Davis and Riley Cunningham both had RBI singles and Bushur added a sacrifice fly to get EHS within 7-5.

After the Lady Bulldogs scored five runs in the top of the bottom, Effingham responded with six runs in the bottom of the frame. Two runs scored on errors, one on a double steal, another on a bases-loaded walk to Daelyn Dunston and two were driven home when Bushur doubled.

That got the Lady Hearts to within 12-11, but Yergler then came on to pitch for the Lady Bulldogs. In her two innings of work, she retired all six batters she faced – five by strikeout.

The Lady Hearts are now 13-9 overall and 3-3 in the Apollo Conference. They will return to action Saturday and play at home against Teutopolis. Game time is set for 11 a.m.