WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team split a pair of contests on Tuesday during The Spring Games at the DiamondPlex Softball Complex. The Purple Knights were felled in the opener by Minot State (N.D.) University, 5-0, before downing Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 13-5 in six innings.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-6), Minot State (15-3)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Hope Hiscock (Schenectady, N.Y./Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School), 2-for-3
• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 2-for-3
• First-year Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 0-for-1, 1 BB
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, loss
• First-year Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Jazmin Karunungan, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 SB
• Junior Kiera Shwaluk, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Junior Lenora Watson, 1-for-2, 3 RBI
• First-year Reegan Floyd, 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K

GAME FACTS

• The Beavers have already played in four tournaments in three different states this year.
• The teams met for the third time, and first since March 16, 2014.

THE ACTION

• Shwaluk and Watson both knocked two-out, two-run singles to give Minot State a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
• Hiscock and Johnson both picked up singles in the home half, but a pair of fielder's choices erased them.
• Watson's squeeze pushed the lead to 5-0 in the third.
• Cherry and Simpson combined to allow only three of the final 17 Beaver hitters reach.
• The Purple Knights nearly broke through in the sixth, as Hiscock and Johnson both singled, but an errant outfield throw led to a Saint Michael's runner being caught off of a base for the final out.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-6), Indiana (5-7)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Hiscock, 3-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Johns, 1-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• First-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B; 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
• First-year MacKenzie Pisani (Hudson Falls, N.Y./Hudson Falls), 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
• Junior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 2-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 SF
• Sophomore Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison), 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Junior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 BB
• Sophomore Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• Junior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 1-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Anastasia Pappas, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR; 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 0 K in relief
• First-year Jordan Sylvia, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Amanda Fischer, 1.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, loss
• First-year Elizabeth Kasper, 2.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K in relief
• Junior Faith Jones, 1.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K in relief

GAME FACTS

• The teams had their second meeting, and first since March 17, 2017, a 1-0 Indiana win.
• Devens earned her first college victory.
• Welter knocked her fourth home run of the season and Johns the first of her career.
• With 10 home runs through eight games, Saint Michael's has already tied the seventh-highest season figure in program history. The Purple Knights have nearly matched their 25-game total from last spring, when they swatted 13. Six Purple and Gold student-athletes have gone deep this season.
• Every Saint Michael's starter had at least one hit and scored at least one run, while 11 of the 12 Purple Knights who appeared scored.

THE ACTION

• Sylvia's two-out RBI single gave the Crimson Hawks a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
• Pratt's two-run single tied the game in the second before Devens knocked a two-run double to give the Purple Knights a 4-2 lead.
• Pappas smacked a solo homer in the bottom half to make it a one-run game.
• Saint Michael's put the game out of reach with five runs in the fourth and four more in the sixth.
• Hiscock came through with an RBI single in the fourth before Waghorn and Welter swatted back-to-back home runs, with Waghorn's going as a three-run drive. Johns' two-run homer highlighted the sixth frame, when Pratt added a sac fly.
• Pappas had the second of consecutive two-out RBI singles in the sixth, but first-year third sacker Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington) snared a hard line drive to seal the win via the eight-run mercy rule.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. University of Minnesota Crookston (10 a.m.) and Shepherd (W.Va.) University (12:15 p.m.) in Winter Haven, Fla., during The Spring Games.
• Shepherd qualified for the 2021 NCAA Atlantic Region Tournament.