COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team was swept by Southern New Hampshire University, 7-1 and 9-5, during a Northeast-10 Conference twinbill on Monday at Doc Jacobs Field. First-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) slugged her program-record-tying eighth home run of the season.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-23, 4-14 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (20-18, 14-8 NE10)

GAME FACTS

• Devens, who has three home runs in the last two days, tied Ashley Harkins' '09 15-year-old school record for home runs in a season with her eighth. Those eight dingers have pushed her into the top 10 for home runs in a career, as well, with Devens tying Kate Condon '11 and Danielle Markowski '20 for ninth place.
• Saint Michael's has hit a school-record 27 home runs this season, the most by an NE10 program since Southern New Hampshire swatted 41 in 2019.
• The Purple Knights are amid a run of eight games in four days, which concludes on Tuesday.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-3
• Junior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 0-for-1, 2 BB
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 7 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Shannon Gifford, 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HP
• First-year Jordyn Resetar, 2-for-4
• Graduate student Chloe Griffin, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Senior Emily Carbonneau, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Sophomore Leine McKechnie, 7 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

THE ACTION

• The Penmen scored on a two-out error in the opening inning before pushing the lead to 3-0 in the third, when Griffin hit an RBI single and another run scored on a miscue.
• Johns legged out a bloop single leading off the fifth but moved no further.
• Southern New Hampshire scored four runs, three of which were unearned, on four hits and two errors in the sixth. Carbonneau and Gifford had RBI in the frame.
• Devens led off the seventh with a walk before senior pinch runner Courtney Norton (Georgetown, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) later scampered home on a wild pitch.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 3-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR; 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K in relief
• Arruda, 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K in relief, loss
• Sophomore Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 1-for-3, 1 R
• Junior Hope Hiscock (Schenectady, N.Y./Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School), 1-for-4, 1 R
• First-year Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Carbonneau, 3-for-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR
• Resetar, 2-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Bella Dickinson, 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 2B
• Griffin, 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• First-year Gwyn Hammond, 6.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• After the first two Penmen were retired, Carbonneau swatted a two-run home run before Resetar added a two-run double during a four-run opening inning.
• Devens slugged a two-run homer of her own in the home half. Johns doubled with two down before Norton walked, bringing Hammond out of the bullpen to escape further damage by inducing a fly ball.
• An unearned run came home for the Penmen in the fourth, but Saint Michael's tied the game in the bottom half with three runs. Connor dropped a two-out RBI double into left field, and Devens went to right center for a two-run single.
• Resetar's RBI single in the fifth gave the Penmen the lead for good, and another run tallied on an error.
• Carbonneau hit another two-run homer in the sixth.
• In the meantime, five Saint Michael's batters picked up hits between the fifth and seventh innings, but none came around to score. Devens and Arruda started the seventh with back-to-back singles, but a groundout and two fly balls ended the game.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday vs. University of New Haven, 3 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Chargers are 10th in the latest NCAA East Region rankings.