It’s been tough for senior Laura Walter in her tenure as a member of the DHS softball team, living in the shadows of the pitching Ducinski sisters, she rarely got a chance to throw.

Now she is in the spotlight as the senior member and No. 1 pitcher of the Lady Dragons and is coming through on the mound and at the plate while leading a young squad.

After a tough 1-0 loss to Silver Lake two weeks ago, Walter suffered her second consecutive loss in a 6-2 defeat at the hands of Whitman-Hanson early last week, despite striking out 10 Panther batters.

Duxbury staked its hurler to a 2-1 first-inning lead on hits by Erin Gallagher, Christina Curley, Walter and Caroline McSherry, only to see the Panthers chip away at the lead. Duxbury threatened in the sixth inning with runners on second and third with no outs, but couldn’t push a run across.

It was a frustrating afternoon for Coach Rod Laniewski, as his team stroked 10 hits, but couldn’t put them together at the right time to take advantage.

Walter and her teammates bounced right back two days later against North Quincy, as the right-hander had a perfect game thru 5 2/3 innings, while also going 3 for 3 at the plate. The Red Raiders managed a couple of scratch hits and scored a run in the seventh-inning, but Duxbury prevailed and held on for a 2-1 win.

The following day it was the Walter show once again, as she had a career-high 15 strikeouts in a 9-0 shutout win over the Harborwomen.

Duxbury scored what would prove to be the winning run in the first-inning on a walk to Gallagher, a stolen base, and an RBI single by Walter.

Two innings later the Lady Dragons exploded for five runs as it batted around the order. Consecutive singles by Alex Leaverton, Gallagher, Curley, Walter and McSherry opened the floodgates.

Duxbury added two more runs in the fourth-inning, as Hingham walked three straight batters and watched as Kristin McHugh followed by a 2-rbi single.

The girls took their 3-2 record into the spring break and return to action on Saturday afternoon when they entertain Marshfield at 3 p.m.