VIDALIA, La. &045; Even a week of rain couldn’t dampen Christy Corley’s outlook.

The Vidalia pitcher was all smiles after shutting out Monterey Thursday afternoon to give her team a 4-0 win.

&uot;I felt pretty good,&uot; Corley said. &uot;I’ve had a little bit of time off since we haven’t played since the weekend. We’ve been in the gym all week, so I threw a little bit. You can practice, but there’s nothing like playing a game.&uot;

Corley struck out 13 batters and gave up just six hits in seven innings of work.

&uot;We got a great performance out of Christy,&uot; Vidalia head coach Gary Paul Parnham said.

The Lady Vikings didn’t look they were suffering from any rust. Vidalia (11-7-1) scored three runs in the bottom of the first to take an early lead.

Lauren Clayton, showing no ill effects from a broken nose suffered earlier this season, led off with a single and moved over and Chelsie McElwee’s bunt attempt.

Christy Corley got on base with an infield single and both runners advanced on a wild pitch before Clayton was knocked home by Jamiee Jordan’s single. Mary Katherine Golden finished things up with a two-run double that as it turned out gave the Lady Vikings all the scores they would need.

&uot;They came out hitting,&uot; Monterey head coach Hazel Brallier said. &uot;Our pitching was OK, not as good as we normally get, but good enough.&uot;

The two Whitneys &045; Whitney Price and Roark &045; combined to pitch a solid game for the Lady Wolves. After the first inning, Monterey gave up just three hits and one run. Price left in the fourth inning with pain in her shoulder.

But the damage was done early on. Unlike most of their games this season, the Lady Vikings got out of the starting blocks fast rather than being forced to get things going late in the game.

&uot;We jumped on them to begin the game instead of waiting until the late innings like we have been doing,&uot; Corley said. &uot;We’re finally starting to play like we should be playing.&uot;

Despite getting six hits to Vidalia’s seven, Monterey (10-6-1) couldn’t get a single run across. The Lady Wolves stranded eight runners on base, dooming their chances.

&uot;We just didn’t hit as well as before,&uot; Brallier said. &uot;We got runners on, we just couldn’t get them in.&uot;

Monterey had a chance to get some things going offensively in the sixth inning when Amanda Siegle led off with a single. Unfortunately for the Lady Wolves, Siegle was caught stealing on the ensuing at bat. Kristen Wheeler singled and Kristi Cannon walked, but both were left on case when Corley struck out the next two batters to end the inning.

Parnham was philosophical about his team’s game-opening outburst.

&uot;For one time in the first inning we came out hitting,&uot; Parnham said. &uot;This team is like Jekyl and Hyde. One time we look super and then another time we struggle with hitting.&uot;

Parnham said he thinks his team can be really good if it can hit with more consistency.

&uot;This team is a better hitting than we’ve been showing,&uot; Parnham said. &uot;We’ve lost some games with teams that shouldn’t even be on the field with us, but that’s how it goes sometimes.&uot;

Both team’s defenses played well, getting just one error between them and making most plays.

&uot;We were decent defensively,&uot; Parnham said. &uot;We missed some plays we could have made, but we were OK.&uot;