There seemed to be a lot of anxiety when Carol Savino moved on from DHS to Norwood, taking along with her over 30 years experience coaching high school and college softball.

Her replacement was Duxbury resident Rod Laniewski, whose daughters played in the program and has been an assistant for several years.

With five freshmen on the roster, it appeared Laniewski was in for a struggle in his rookie season as a head coach. Nevertheless, after 11 games it appears the new Duxbury coach has things in order.

A 3-2 extra-innings win over Marshfield got the team off to a good start last week, as freshman catcher Caroline McSherry (3 hits) stroked a single to right center, driving in senior Grace Kelso with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Senior pitcher Laura Walter had 13 strikeouts and allowed only four hits, while keeping Marshfield scoreless after the fourth inning.

Duxbury opened with a 1-0 lead in the second on a McSherry single and scored on a Marshfield error.

Marshfield took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on three consecutive hits, but Duxbury tied the score in the sixth after a Christina Curley single and a McSherry hit.

Duxbury traveled to Rockland last Wednesday and created some heat with a 13-4 victory on a cold and drizzly day.

The Lady Dragons took advantage of two walks, a couple of errors and a Laura Walter single to score three runs in the first inning.

They increased the lead to 4-0 in the third on a Curley double and a McSherry sac fly, and continued to pour it on in the sixth when Lindsey Cobb hit a long triple to drive in two more runs.

In the sixth Duxbury blew the game wide open when Curley hit her first career home run, driving in Kelso who had walked. Curley hit her second home run of the game in the seventh inning scoring Erin Gallagher and Kelso. Curley finished with four hits on the day, including a pair of homers, a double and a single for six RBI.

Walter earned the victory with eight strikeouts.

A perennially tough Hanover squad came to Duxbury on Friday and handed the Lady Dragons a 7-2 loss.

The Indians opened the scoring with a run in the first on two hits, but Duxbury took the lead in the third behind a double by Madi Duddy.

The score went back-and-forth, as Hanover scored two in the fourth for a 3-2 lead.

The real damage came in the seventh inning when Hanover put four runs on the board behind a couple of hits and some Duxbury fielding mistakes.

Walter took the loss, although she looked dominating at times striking out 12 Hanover batters.

The Lady Dragons will host Quincy on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m., followed by an afternoon game on Friday in Pembroke at 4 p.m.