BUCKFIELD — If Heather Clavet was as nervous to begin Friday afternoon’s Western Class D semifinal matchup against Rangeley as she said she was, it’s a bit scary to think how effective she might have been under calmer conditions.

Clavet spun five innings of one-hit softball, and the Buckfield offense took advantage of eight walks and five errors to rack up nine runs in a 9-1 victory over Rangeley on Friday.

“It’s really nervewracking when you’re up there, and it’s all you,” Clavet said. “You know you have to do well. At the beginning of the game, I was so nervous. It’s just different, from regular games to the playoffs.*”

Rangeley hurler Chantal Carrier appeared more nervous in her first playoff start. The sophomore walked the first three Buckfield hitters on 14 pitches in the first inning. Brittany Wiley, who relieved Clavet in the sixth inning, drove in one run with a single, Alicia Patrie scored another with a sacrifice fly, and Zoe Gillis plated the third Buckfield run on a grounder to short.

“This time of the year, you have to put the ball in play,” Buckfield coach Ken Farrington said. “You have to force the other teams to make the plays.”

After a scoreless second, Buckfield piled on five more in the third. Ashlee Hamann led off with her second walk in as many at-bats, Ally Martin reached first on a bunt single and Wiley scampered to first on an error to load the bases. Two more errors and a walk later, Gillis and Abby Bragg stood at second and third, and both crossed the plate on a deep double by Danielle Patrie.

“That’s been the story of the season,” Rangeley coach Phil Olivieri said. “It seems like when we’re throwing strikes, we’re making errors, and if we’re not doing that, we’re giving up walks. It’s been that combination. But we have two sophomore pitchers, we’re losing only two senior starters, so we’re going to be O.K.”

In addition, Olivieri said, the Lakers can take comfort in knowing that this outing against the Bucks was much closer than the last two, in which Buckfield had outscored Rangeley by a combined score of 33-3.

“We really played well compared to the season games against them,” Olivieri said. “We did a lot of things better, and if you take that one inning (the third) out of the way, it’s a fairly close game.”

The Lakers scored their lone run in the top of the sixth, after Buckfield went back to Wiley, a senior who led the team to a regional title last season. Allie Hammond stunned Mortin at third with a line drive to reach first. She made it to second on a passed ball, and then scored on a throwing error that sent the ball out of play.

The Bucks got the run back after a long triple by Hamann and a single from Martin.