The Crystal Tipton coaching era in Teutopolis got underway in impressive fashion Friday afternoon.

Her Teutopolis Lady Shoes banged out 12 hits, en route to a 10-5 softball victory at home over Robinson.

Daischa Piedra and Kaylee Niebrugge both drove in four runs and the pitching of Tia Probst and Courtney Gibson made that stand up in the season opener.

The Lady Shoes got their offensive attack going in the opening inning. Erin Althoff led off with the base hit. With two outs, she stole second and scored when Piedra got her first of three hits. Lexie Niebrugge then singled, both runners moved up on a stolen base and Kaylee Niebrugge delivered a two-run single to stake THS to a quick 3-0 lead.

They added three more tallies in the second. Danielle Sarchet led off with a triple, followed by walks to Althoff and Emily Konkel to load the bases. Probst also walked to drive home a run and Piedra came through with a two-run single to make it 6-0.

After Robinson made it 6-1 in the third, T-Town took total control with a four-run fourth. Konkel led off with a base hit and went to third on a single by Prost. Piedra knocked in her fourth run with a sacrifice fly. After an error, Kaylee Niebrugge ripped a double that drove in two more. Estella Mette got the fourth RBI of the inning with a ground out that scored Niebrugge.

Eight different batters had hits for Teutopolis. Piedra went 3-for-3, while Kaylee Niebrugge and Sarchet both had two hits.

Probst pitched the first four innings and got the win. She allowed five hits and four runs, while walking six and striking out three. Gibson pitched the final two frames. She gave two hits and one run. She also struck out three and didn’t walk a batter.

The Lady Shoes were scheduled to play today (Saturday) at South Central and Monday at Flora.