VIDALIA, La. &045; A day later, and there’s improvement to report.

The Vidalia Lady Vikings fared better at the plate Tuesday in a 6-1 win over St. Frederick’s to bounce back from Monday’s loss to Caldwell where they didn’t get a hit until two outs in the seventh.

Yet there’s still room to improve and get out of the rut. Vidalia struck out nine times but put together six hits to get the win.

&uot;We struggled a little bit,&uot; Vidalia head coach Gary Paul Parnham said. &uot;It was better than yesterday &045; a lot better than yesterday. But we’re still having problems putting the ball in play. But it was a little bit better.&uot;

The Lady Vikings (13-9-2) got some key hits in the first inning and scored two runs before putting four on the board in the fifth to break it open. In the first Lauren Clayton reached on an error to lead off and scored on an Emily Raley triple, and Raley scored on a Christy Corley sacrifice fly.

In the fifth Rachel Roberts singled and scored on Chelsey Knapp triple for the 3-0 lead. Knapp scored when Bridget Waller reached on an error, and Waller scored on a Raley single that also put Clayton to third.

Jordan singled in Clayton for the 6-0 lead.

Corley was nearly unhittable on the mound as she finished with a one-hitter after going hitless through six. St. Frederick’s got its run in the seventh when Kayla Kalil got a double for her club’s lone hit and scored on an infield error.

Corley struck out six to keep St. Fred’s quiet.

Monterey 20, Sicily Island 0

MONTEREY, La. &045; The Lady Wolves had just seven hits, but they took advantage of 11 walks by Lady Tigers pitcher B. Hill and three errors to take the win in five innings and remain undefeated in District 3-B.

Kassie Kennedy and Brittany Woodruff had big hits in the game for Monterey (4-0, 13-5-1).

Kennedy had a three-run double during a seven-run rally in the bottom of the second and a two-run triple in the bottom of the third. Woodruff had a three-run double during an eight-run fourth inning.

Winning pitcher Whitney Price held Sicily Island (0-4 in district) to just two hits and had RBI doubles in the second and third innings.