COLCHESTER, Vt. - First-year Kaylee Morey's (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington) walk-off RBI single in the eighth inning gave the Saint Michael's College softball team a split of regionally-ranked University of New Haven on Tuesday during Northeast-10 Conference play at Doc Jacobs Field.

The Purple Knights lost the opener, 3-1, despite first-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) hitting her program-record ninth home run of the season, before taking the nightcap, 3-2, on Morey's long two-out single. Saint Michael's was playing its home finale against the Chargers, who were 10th in the latest NCAA East Region rankings and qualified for three of the past four NCAA Tournaments, including last year's.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-24, 5-15 NE10), New Haven (17-19, 11-11 NE10)

GAME FACTS

• Devens, who has four home runs in the last three days, broke a tie with Ashley Harkins '09 for the program home run record; Harkins swatted eight in 2007. Devens is also alone in ninth place in school annals in career dingers. Her 24 RBI are tied for third in a season at Saint Michael's, and she is 10th with 40 hits.
• Morey provided Saint Michael's with its fourth walk-off win of the season thanks to her first college RBI.
• The Purple Knights concluded a run of eight games in four days.
• The Purple and Gold defeated New Haven for the first time in 14 all-time meetings.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Senior Leigh Brandenburg (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 2-for-3
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 7 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Hailey Laforte, 2-for-3, 1 RBI
• Junior Briana Clementi, 2-for-3
• Junior Selena Aponte, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

THE ACTION

• New Haven left five runners in scoring position over the first five innings, including four at third base.
• Devens walked in the first inning before being stranded at second, and Brandenburg moved as far as third base in a scoreless third frame.
• The Chargers scored all three of their runs with two down in the sixth inning, on consecutive RBI singles by first-year Alex Tenero, Laforte and senior Mya Case.
• Devens led off the sixth inning with her record-breaking homer. Saint Michael's twice brought the tying run to the plate from there, including when Brandenburg singled with two down in the seventh, but the final batter hit into a fielder's choice.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Morey, 1-for-4, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison), 1-for-2, 1 BB
• First-year Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
• Junior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K in relief
• Devens, 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K in relief
• Cherry, 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K in relief, win

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Cayley Gottschall, 1-for-1, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SAC
• Graduate student Melissa Bike, 2-for-4, 1 2B
• First-year Maeve Lougheed, 2-for-4, 1 2B
• Senior Mia Iodice, 7.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 10 K

THE ACTION

• Connor doubled to right center leading off a scoreless first inning before picking up another opposite-field knock in the third, singling into right center to bring home junior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), who had been hit by a pitch.
• After the Chargers were limited to four base runners in the first five innings against three pitchers, Bike led off the sixth with a long double that narrowly missed leaving the yard, and New Haven loaded the bases with one down. However, the final hitter grounded into an unconventional 5-2 double play, with third baseman Arruda tagging third before throwing to the plate for Connor, who tagged the runner coming home.
• Devens led off the sixth with a double before Brandenburg, a pinch runner, scored on Iodice's first wild pitch of the year in her 18th start.
• With Saint Michael's leading 2-0, New Haven rallied for the tie in the seventh inning. Senior Hailey Polisano singled off the chalk in left field before Gottschall walked, and a groundout moved them both into scoring position. A wild pitch plated Polisano before Case's RBI single knotted the contest. Case advanced to third on two more wild pitches but was left there.
• The Purple Knights nearly won it in the home half, as Welter led off with a walk before getting to third with two down, but a popup ended the threat.
• New Haven loaded the bases with two out in the eighth, but Cherry induced an inning-ending groundout.
• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) started the rally in the bottom portion, singling to center with one out. One out later, Morey lined a long single to the left center fence, and Johns raced all the way home from first for the walk-off win.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Thursday at Bentley University, 3 p.m.
• The teams will complete a suspended game that began on April 9 before playing their second contest.