Pitt-Johnstown built an 8-0 lead behind Jade Stubblefield's three RBI and Colebe Oliver's solo home run on its way to an 8-1 victory over Wayne State (Neb.) College, in Thursday's opener in Florida.
 
The Mountain Cats, 4-3 to start the season, struck for a pair of runs in the top of the first.  Olivia Porter led off the game with a double and moved to third on Ali Belgiovane's base hit.  Stubblefield's infield single plated Porter and Belgiovane scored on a Wayne State error.
 
Oliver's solo homer in the third increased it to 3-0, before Pitt-Johnstown added two more runs in the fifth.  Oliver walked, then moved up two bases when Taylor Mendicino reached on another error.  A double steal allowed Oliver to score from third, before Laura Fox's sacrifice fly plated Mendicino.
 
In the Mountain Cat seventh, Carly Santillo led off with a walk.  Bree Ginther came in as a pinch runner.  Fox walked and Porter's ground out advanced Ginther and Fox up a base.  After Belgivane drew the third walk of the inning to load the bases, Stubblefield singled home Ginther and Fox, and Belgiovane came around to score on a Wayne State bobble to push the lead out to 8-0.
 
Wayne State came back with a run in the bottom of the seventh, but that was as close as it would get.
 
Alyssa Hileman got it done in the circle holding Wayne State to two runs while fanning two in the complete-game.
 
Stubblefield went 2-for-3 with three RBI, and Oliver homered and scored two runs for Pitt-Johnstown.  Porter doubled and scored a run, Belgiovane singled and scored two runs, and Santillo collected a base hit.