LEESBURG, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team was downed by Slippery Rock (Pa.) University, 2-1, and the University of Minnesota Crookston, 8-4, on Tuesday during The Spring Games at the Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex.

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• The Purple Knights lost a one-run decision to Slippery Rock for the second straight year and played Minnesota Crookston for the first time since 2019. Saint Michael's is 1-3 all-time against both teams.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-6), Slippery Rock (5-8)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 SAC
• Junior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-2, 1 BB
• First-year CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 0-for-1, 3 BB
• First-year Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School), 7 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Redshirt senior Cami Fisk, 1-for-3, 1 R
• Sophomore Arielle Brown, 0-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SB
• Junior Kelsi Anderson, 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 9 K

THE ACTION

• Brown walked to lead off the top of the first inning before swiping home - her third steal of the inning - on a double steal.
• Pratt's two-out single through the right side scored junior Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison) with the tying run with two down in the third.
• Fisk scored on a two-out error the next frame for what proved to be the winning run.
• Hearn and Davidson both walked in the fifth before the Purple Knights left a pair in scoring position.
• Sophomore Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) led off the sixth with a single before Johns walked, but neither advanced as the next three hitters were set down.
• Davidson walked with one out in the seventh, and junior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) singled with two down to put the tying run in scoring position, but the final batter flew out.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-7), Minnesota Crookston (11-13)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
• Devens, 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B
• Hearn, 6 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Johns, 3-for-4, 1 RBI
• Senior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Alina Avalos, 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Senior Dana Zarn, 1-for-3, 2 R
• Junior Shaelyn Grant, 1-for-1, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Redshirt sophomore Reagan Emerick, 2-for-2, 1 R, 1 SB
• First-year Alexa Guilford, 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, win
• Sophomore Evie Stuck, 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• The Golden Eagles scored a pair of unearned runs on three errors in the home half of the first inning.
• Senior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) halved the deficit with a sac fly in the second.
• Avalos' two-out, two-run double pushed the lead to 4-1 in the bottom half.
• After leaving the bases loaded in the third, Saint Michael's crept within a run during the fifth inning on Devens' RBI double and Johns' RBI single.
• Minnesota Crookston responded with four runs later in the frame, keyed by Grant's two-run single.
• Arruda's two-out double plated sophomore pinch runner Kiera Parker (Weymouth, Mass./Framingham/Stevenson) in the seventh.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Thursday against Indiana (Pa.) University (1:30 p.m.) and D'Youville (N.Y.) College (3:45 p.m.) at The Spring Games in Leesburg, Fla.