CASTLETON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team overcame a six-run deficit to down Castleton University, 7-6, on sophomore Marli Welter's (Madison, N.J./Madison) seventh-inning RBI double during the opener of a doubleheader on Tuesday at Spartan Field. The hosts won the nightcap, 4-3, on a walk-off single.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-11), Castleton (7-4)

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time since April 23, 1998, having last played at Castleton on May 4, 1979.
• Each of the Purple Knights' last four games have been one-run affairs, with five of their losses coming by a single run, including three on walk-offs.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Welter, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Hope Hiscock (Schenectady, N.Y./Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School), 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• First-year Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 3-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Sophomore Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 2-for-4, 1 R
• First-year Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 HP
• Junior Jackie Cherry (Franklin, Mass./Franklin), 7 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Hannah Mosher, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• First-year Jessica Heinrichs, 3-for-4, 1 R
• Senior Kayla Fac, 0-for-0, 3 SAC
• Sophomore Katie Gallagher, 3.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Junior Olivia Joy, 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, loss in relief

THE ACTION

• Hiscock and Devens singled back-to-back to begin the game before being stranded.
• Senior Makenna Thorne's two-out RBI single gave Castleton a 1-0 lead in the first inning before the hosts scored five runs on five hits in the second, claiming a 6-0 edge. Three Spartans had RBI hits.
• Connor's mammoth solo blast to left center sparked a fourth-inning rally, as junior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth) brought around another run on a sac fly before Hiscock singled into left field to plate two more, making it 6-4.
• The Purple Knights drew even in the sixth, as Devens singled home Sroczinski before Hiscock raced home from third with the tying run when another runner got caught in a rundown.
• In the top of the seventh, Welter's one-out RBI double to center field scored Connor, who had led off with a single, from first base with the go-ahead run.
• Heinrichs and first-year pinch-hitter Blake Riche knocked consecutive singles into center field with one out in the bottom half, and Fac's sac bunt moved the winning run into scoring position with two down. However, Cherry induced a game-ending groundout.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Johns, 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B
• Devens, 3-for-4, 1 RBI
• Connor, 2-for-3
• First-year Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• Cherry, 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, loss in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Mosher, 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• Thorne, 2-for-3, 1 R
• Sophomore Allison Almond, 2-for-3, 1 R
• Senior Kylie Wright, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B; 7 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

THE ACTION

• Johns led off the game with a double before scoring on Devens' single.
• The Purple Knights left two on base in the fourth, after Connor and Arruda singled.
• Simpson set down the first nine Spartans she faced before Castleton scored three runs on five hits in the fourth inning, keyed by Mosher's two-run homer. Wright added an RBI double to aid her cause.
• Junior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) plated Johns with an RBI single in the fifth before Johns tied the game with one out in the seventh on an RBI double, bringing home first-year Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington). Johns made it as far as third before being stranded.
• In the home half, senior pinch-hitter Kate Lapan's one-out RBI single gave Castleton the walk-off victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Bentley University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.