SILSBEE — Getting a big 15-strikeout performance from ace Brianna Frenzel, the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears fended off the Huntington Devilettes 5-2 in Game One of their best-of-three Class 4A Region III bidistrict playoff series at Silsbee High School Tuesday night.

Frenzel went the distance on the mound, tossing 103 pitches. She scattered six hits while walking none.

Shortstop Renna Toomey certainly got the Lady Bears (24-4) off on the right path when she led off the contest with a solo home run blast in the first inning.

The Lady Bears put up two more runs in the second frame as Jonee Villanueva and Madison Murdock each scored and Ally White had a RBI. White tallied a run in the fourth and Olivia Leavings drove in a Lady Bear run in the seventh, scoring JoAnna Henry.

Game Two of the series will be at Silsbee High School Saturday at 2 p.m. Game Three, if necessary, will follow 30 minutes after Game Two.