LEESBURG, Fla. - First-year Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School) spun her second shutout of the season, leading the Saint Michael's College softball team past D'Youville (N.Y.) College, 3-0, on Thursday during The Spring Games at the Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex. The Purple Knights lost their opener to Indiana (Pa.) University, 4-3, in eight innings.

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Hearn's pair of shutouts are already the most by a Purple Knight first-year since Danielle Brown '18 also tossed two in 2015.
• First-year Allida Kelliher (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield Memorial) rapped her first collegiate hit in the opener.
• The Purple Knights slipped to 1-2 all-time against Indiana, with the other loss also a one-run, eight-inning setback in 2017. Saint Michael's and D'Youville met for the first time.
• Saint Michael's has hit seven triples this season, already tying for sixth in program history, matching its most since knocking 13 in 2009.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-8), Indiana (7-7)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Kelliher, 1-for-4, 1 RBI
• Junior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 3B
• Junior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 2-for-4; 7.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
• First-year CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 2-for-5, 1 RBI

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Jordan Sylvia, 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• Sophomore Paige Truax, 2-for-4
• First-year Delaney Patella, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Junior Bella Bucy, 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Kelliher and Davidson both knocked RBI singles in the top of the second inning to give Saint Michael's a 2-0 lead, but junior Amanda Fischer's two-out RBI single halved the deficit in the home half.
• Johns singled to drive home Connor, who had tripled, to make it 3-1 in the fifth.
• Patella singled in a run during the sixth inning before coming home to tie the game on Sylvia's triple.
• With the International Tiebreaker taking effect in the eighth inning, Saint Michael's was unable to move its runner in the top of the eighth. In the home half, Sylvia's one-out walk-off RBI single capped the comeback.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-8), D'Youville (4-10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 2-for-3, 1 RBI
• Devens, 2-for-2, 1 3B
• Hearn, 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB; 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
• Kelliher, 0-for-1, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Senior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 1-for-3, 1 R
• Senior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 3B

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Gianna Adamo, 2-for-3, 2 SB
• Junior Lauren Booth, 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, loss

THE ACTION

• Devens tripled with two out in the bottom of the third inning and came around on Connor's flare single to center.
• The following inning, Waghorn led off with a three-bagger and scored on Hearn's groundout.
• Pratt singled with one down in the fifth and advanced to third thanks to an outfield error. Kelliher immediately followed with a groundout to push the lead to 3-0.
• Meanwhile, Hearn faced no more than four batters in any inning. Junior Mikayla Bush singled with one out in the seventh to spark the Saints' final threat before first-year pinch runner Sophia Arno made it as far as third base with two down. However, Hearn fanned the final batter looking to clinch the victory and shutout.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday against Salem (W.Va.) University (10 a.m.) and Wayne State (Mich.) University (3 p.m.) at The Spring Games in Leesburg, Fla.