RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College softball team opened Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday with a pair of losses to Franklin Pierce University, which entered action as one of two remaining undefeated Division II squads, and among five across NCAA softball without a loss. The Purple Knights fell 6-0 and 11-2 in six innings at Bisaccia Field.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-10, 0-2 NE10), Franklin Pierce (12-0, 2-0 NE10)

GAME FACTS

• Through just 13 games, the Purple Knights already have 62 RBI, matching last year's 25-game total.
• Franklin Pierce entered the day first in Division II in triples per game (0.90), and fifth in earned run average (1.40) and stolen bases per game (3.6). Saint Michael's yielded only four steals during the twinbill.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 1-for-2, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Sophomore Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 1-for-2, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 6 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Ashley Cangiano, 2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 3B
• Graduate student Gina Hinckley, 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 2 HP
• Sophomore Sabrina Gonzalez, 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K

THE ACTION

• Arruda and Connor walked consecutively with one out in the second inning before first-year MacKenzie Pisani (Hudson Falls, N.Y./Hudson Falls) was hit by a pitch one out later to load the bases, but Gonzalez induced an inning-ending popup.
• The first two Ravens were retired in the third before a walk and consecutive hit batters loaded the bags. Cangiano followed with a bases-clearing triple and scored on sophomore Haley Bigwood's RBI knock.
• Hinckley's solo home run pushed the lead to 5-0 in the fifth.
• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) walked with one down in the sixth before moving to third on Arruda's double, but both were stranded.
• Franklin Pierce added an insurance run on junior Melissa Konopinski's RBI single in the home half.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• First-year Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 2-for-3
• First-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 1-for-2, 1 BB
• Junior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
• First-year Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 4 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, loss
• Arruda, 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Hinckley, 3-for-4, 3 R, 6 RBI, 1 2B, 2 HR
• First-year Bella Williams, 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B
• Senior Abbey Primavera, 5.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K in two stints
• Junior Madison Labrie, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Franklin Pierce broke a scoreless deadlock with three two-out runs in the third inning, as Hinckley knocked an RBI double before Cangiano hit a two-run home run.
• Connor, Johns and Sroczinski all singled in the fourth, but Saint Michael's left the bases loaded without scoring.
• Five more Raven runs came home in the bottom half, as four scored with two down. Hinckley's two-run homer keyed the frame.
• Waghorn ripped an RBI single in the fifth before Connor added an RBI double, with both hits coming with two down.
• In the sixth inning, Hinckley slugged a three-run homer with two out to invoke the eight-run mercy rule.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Southern Connecticut State University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.