DUBUQUE - The Prairie Hawks pushed across a run in the top of the 10th inning Monday and trimmed No.4 Dubuque Senior, 4-3, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader in Dubuque.

Dubuque Senior won the second game, 8-2.

Katie Kuch tossed all 10 innings in the first game for Prairie (9-7, 5-5). She did not allow a run in eight of those innings and finished with five strikeouts.

Brittney Lash went 3-for-5 and scored three runs for Prairie in the opener. Gabi Carter was 2-for-5 with three RBIs.

Mallory Jones and Malia Gudenkauf went 2-for-3 for the Hawks in the nightcap.

GAME 1

PRAIRIE (4): Jones, ss, 1 0 0 1, Lash, cf, 5 3 3 0, Carter, 3b, 5 0 2 3, Gudenkauf, 1b, 4 0 1 0, Rumer, dp, 4 0 0 0, O'Brian, c, 4 0 1 0, Usher, rf, 4 0 1 0, Lueck, lf, 4 1 1 0, Stecklein, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Kuch, p, 1 0 0 0. Totals 35 4 9 4.

Prairie                 001 020 000 1 - 4 9 1
Dubuque Senior  002 000 100 0 - 3 10 1

GAME 2

PRAIRIE (2): Jones, ss, 3 1 2 1, Lash, cf, 4 0 0 0, Carter, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Gudenkauf, 1b, 3 0 2 0, Rumer, dp, 2 0 0 0, O'Brian, c, 3 0 0 0, Usher, rf, 3 0 1 1, Lueck, lf, 1 0 0 0, Stecklein, 2b, 3 1 1 0, Digman, ph, 1 0 0 0, Stevenson, p, 0 0 0 0, Halvorson, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 27 2 7 2.