WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost a pair of one-run decisions at Bentley University, 8-7 in eight innings and 4-3, on Thursday at the Bentley Softball Field during Northeast-10 Conference play. The opener was the resumption of a game suspended due to lightning on April 9.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-26, 5-17 NE10), Bentley (23-17, 13-11 NE10)

GAME FACTS

• Eleven of the Purple Knights' losses have come by two runs or fewer, with four of their eight one-run setbacks coming via a walk-off.
• The opener was delayed due to lightning between the top and bottom of the fifth inning on April 9 before being resumed, only to be suspended for 19 days when lightning returned with one out in the bottom of the sixth.
• First-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), who has five home runs in the last five days, extended her program record for home runs to 10, becoming the seventh Division II first-year to reach double digits this season. She is tied for sixth in program history in career home runs, matching Meg Currier '07, Danielle Barbato '17 and Torie Rathwell '20.
• Devens pushed her season hit total to 44, breaking Katy Newland's '08 17-year-old program rookie record (42). Devens is tied with Noelle Gill '05 (2003) for fourth overall in season hits, registering the most since Ashley Harkins '09 set the school record with 55 in 2009. With 26 RBI, she is six shy of Megan O'Connor's '09 13-year-old program mark.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR
• First-year Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 2-for-2, 1 R, 2 BB
• Junior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B
• Junior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SAC
• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 7.2 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Jordan Krause, 4-for-5, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B, 1 3B
• Graduate student Kaileen Cain, 0-for-1, 1 R, 3 HP
• Senior Ella Hillier, 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SF
• Senior Elise Pereira, 5.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 7 K in two stints, win
• First-year Kim Saunders, 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Junior Kaylee Mankins' RBI single in the first scored Krause, who had led off with a double.
• Saint Michael's scored five runs on six hits in the fourth inning, with Waghorn knocking an RBI double, junior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth) adding an RBI single, and Johns sending a two-run single up the middle.
• Bentley countered with three unearned runs in the home half and two runs in the fifth, taking the lead on Hillier's two-out RBI single.
• Upon the resumption of the contest on Thursday, Johns led off the seventh with a single before Devens launched a go-ahead two-run homer.
• Krause led off the home half with a single before advancing on an outfield error, and two hit batters loaded the bases with one down. Hillier's sac fly tied the game and forced extra innings.
• Saint Michael's had a chance to go in front in the eighth, as Sroczinski walked with one down before Pratt singled, but Pereira fanned the final two batters.
• With two out in the home half, Krause doubled home the walk-off run from first base.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Jenna Hoops (Woodbury, Minn./Visitation School), 1-for-3, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 1-for-4, 1 R
• Cherry, 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Hillier, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 2B
• Cain, 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HP
• First-year Katie Welch, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Sam Petow, 2-for-3
• First-year Dahlia Fink, 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
• Sophomore Payton Doiron, 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Mankins' two-out RBI single in the first inning scored Hillier, who had doubled.
• Devens countered with a two-out RBI knock of her own in the third for the Purple Knights' initial hit. Cherry, who had reached on an error, plated the tying run.
• Hoops turned in a go-ahead RBI single in the fourth, and Johns' RBI groundout scored Connor in the fifth, giving Saint Michael's a 3-1 lead.
• With two out and none on in the home half, Hillier singled before Mankins hit into a fielder's choice, but an error prolonged the inning. Bentley took advantage, with Cain cracking a two-run double and scoring on Welch's ensuing go-ahead RBI single.
• Doiron retired all nine Purple Knights she faced.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at American International College, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader.