SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College softball team split a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader against American International College on Friday, losing 4-3 in the opener on a walk-off hit before taking a 10-3 contest in the nightcap at Judy Groff Field.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (10-27, 6-18 NE10), AIC (4-36, 2-20 NE10)

GAME FACTS

• Twelve of the Purple Knights' losses have come by two runs or fewer, with five of their nine one-run setbacks coming via a walk-off.
• Saint Michael's scored its most runs ever against AIC in 53 all-time meetings during game two.
• First-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), who has seven home runs in the last six days, extended her program record for home runs to 12. She is tied for fourth in program history in career home runs, matching Meagan Newland '06 and Casey Brooks '07. With one day of games remaining, Devens leads the NE10 in home runs. No Purple Knight has ever finished as the NE10's home run champion.
• Devens pushed her season hit total to 47, good for third in program history, while improving her RBI figure to 28, also placing her third.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Junior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B
• Junior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 1-for-3, 1 RBI
• Senior Leigh Brandenburg (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 1-for-2
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 6.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 R, 1 BB, 10 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Abigail Wells, 3-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SB
• Junior Lilly Acampora, 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 SB
• Sophomore Isabella Erti, 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

THE ACTION

• Devens beat an infield single with two down in the first inning before coming home on an outfield error following Waghorn's ensuing single. Pratt added an RBI knock as the next batter.
• Acampora trotted home in the bottom half when AIC pulled off a corner steals play.
• Wells' two-out, two-run double gave the Yellow Jackets a 3-2 lead in the second.
• Devens swatted a tying solo home run with two out in the third, but only three of the final 14 Purple Knights reached.
• Wells led off the home half of the seventh with a walk before Cherry retired the next two batters. However, senior Victoria Andrade followed by getting hit by a pitch, and junior Alexis Jimenez came through with the walk-off RBI double.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Pratt, 1-for-2, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SAC
• Devens, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR; 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
• Sophomore Jenna Hoops (Woodbury, Minn./Visitation School), 3-for-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SB
• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR
• Sophomore Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• First-year Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K in relief, win
• Cherry, 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, save

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Andrade, 3-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Sophomore Riley Sullivan, 3 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, loss
• Jimenez, 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Welter knocked an RBI double in the second inning before Pratt roped a three-run double to make it 4-0.
• Devens led off the third inning with a home run, and Hoops led off the fourth with another homer, giving Saint Michael's a 6-1 lead.
• Andrade hit a leadoff homer of her own during a two-run fourth.
• Johns put the game out of reach with a two-out grand slam the following frame.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Assumption University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.
• The contests will be played at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.