TURNER – Small consolation for Leavitt: Friday’s softball game didn’t feel like a no-hitter, or one that nearly triggered the mercy rule.

That didn’t make it feel any better for the Hornets, mystified and held hitless by Cony’s southpaw tandem of Mika Wilson and Emily Soule in a 10-0 thumping.

Leavitt mostly matched goose eggs with the undefeated Rams. But when the scourge of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference did get its lead runner on base, the commotion was deafening.

Cony (5-0) sent nine batters to the plate in both the third and fifth innings, plating five runs on each occasion.

“That’s kind of what we’ve been doing. We play well for five or six of the innings, and then we have one where it gets away from us a little bit,” said Leavitt coach Pete Higgins. “When you have innings like that, it’s disappointing, but they’re going to learn and get better.”

Kassara Varney’s two-out walk in the first inning represented the Hornets’ lone activity on the base paths. Wilson retired the next 13 before yielding to freshman Soule, who struck out two in the sixth and stabbed a line drive come-backer in the seventh off the bat of Varney to apply the finishing touch.

Wilson and Soule combined for five strikeouts. Leavitt (2-3) otherwise made solid contact all afternoon but never knocked a ball out of the infield in fair territory.

“I’ve got five pitchers that can actually pitch in this league, so we’re fortunate,” said Cony coach Rocky Gaslin.

Leavitt’s Adrie Newton held Cony hitless until the third, when Soule forced a full count before drawing a leadoff walk.

A throwing error on Chelsea Soule’s subsequent sacrifice bunt attempt sent the Hornets’ day spiraling downward. Two more walks and a pair of wild pitches furnished a 2-0 lead for the Rams without the help of a hit.

“We try to make things happen and play the short game,” Gaslin said. “The kids laid the bunts down pretty good.”

Kayla Belanger knocked in the third run on a fielder’s choice ahead of consecutive RBI singles by Nicole Rugan and Katherine Bowie.

Newton mixed seven strikeouts with six walks.

“She’s a freshman. It’s just a matter of experience, I think now, and trying not to get frustrated when things don’t go right for you,” Higgins said.

Cony clubbed its second five-spot in more conventional fashion. Amy Jones’ leadoff single and a walk by Kayla Belanger set the table for Rugan and Bowie, each of whom delivered another RBI single.

No. 9 hitter Emily Soule later ripped a two-run double and scored on a passed ball. In addition to her three hits, two runs and two perfect innings on the mound, Soule made a lunging catch of Dominique Herman’s fly ball in foul ground to record Wilson’s final out in the fifth.

Rugan and Bowie combined for five hits. Bowie registered two of Cony’s six stolen bases.

The Rams’ departure from town represented the end of an early-season litmus test for Leavitt.

“This was our toughest week. We played Edward Little, Oxford Hills and Cony, bang-bang-bang,” said Higgins. “We knew they were the three toughest teams, and we managed to get one out of the three. It’s not a total loss.”