LEESBURG, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team knocked off Salem (W.Va.) University, 13-1, in five innings before losing a 5-4 decision to Wayne State (Mich.) University in walk-off fashion to cap a 14-game run during The Spring Games at the Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex.

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• The Purple Knights won for the first time in four meetings with Salem while meeting Wayne State for the first time since 2016.
• Saint Michael's suffered four of its Florida losses by two runs or fewer, with its final two losses coming on walk-off hits.
• Senior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) was hit by a pitch for the 11th time in her career during the nightcap, matching Stephanie Frank '13 for second in program history.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-8), Salem (7-11)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Waghorn, 2-for-2, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
• Senior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 1-for-1, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Senior Hope Hiscock (Schenectady, N.Y./Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School), 2-for-3, 3 R, 1 RBI
• Junior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Junior Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison), 2-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
• Sophomore Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 2-for-3, 1 2B
• First-year CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• First-year Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School), 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 SF; 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Meesha Arroyo, 1-for-2, 1 RBI; 0.2 IP, 5 R, loss
• Sophomore Victoria Castro, 1-for-1, 1 R

THE ACTION

• Connor knocked a two-run double in the bottom of the first inning before Waghorn slugged a two-out, three-run homer.
• After Arroyo came through with a two-out RBI single in the third, Welter drilled a long three-run home run to center field with two out in the home half, and the Purple Knights led 8-1.
• Five more runs came home in the fourth, as Hiscock, Arruda and Davidson all picked up RBI singles, while Hearn tacked on a sac fly.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-9), Wayne State (9-9)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Davidson, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Devens, 1-for-4, 1 RBI
• Hearn, 1-for-2, 1 R; 3.1 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K in relief, loss
• Senior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• First-year Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-2, 1 R
• Sophomore Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Redshirt senior Taryn Peru, 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SAC
• Senior Becky Hodder, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 SAC, 1 SB
• Junior Alexis Bonk, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 3B
• Sophomore Mady Ruczynski, 2-for-4, 1 RBI
• Redshirt first-year Jessie O'Donnell, 2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B
• First-year Hayden Batton, 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Connor's double with two down in the top of the first inning plated Pratt with an unearned run, but Bonk and O'Donnell both tripled in the second to tie the game.
• The Warriors scored three runs on three hits and an error in the fourth, with O'Donnell's two-run double the key blow.
• The Purple Knights tied the game the following inning, with Davidson knocking an RBI double, Pratt scoring Edgerly on a fielder's choice, and Devens tying the game with an RBI single up the middle.
• Wayne State threatened by putting two on with two out in the home half, but Hearn fanned the final hitter.
• Waghorn and sophomore Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington) both reached scoring position with one out in the sixth, but a groundout and strikeout ended the rally.
• The Warriors also had two on with two down in the bottom portion of the frame before third baseman Morey smothered a hard ground ball and tagged third base.
• In the bottom of the seventh, Peru doubled with one out and moved to third on Hodder's single. After a shallow fly ball to center field went for the second out, Ruczynski legged out an infield single on a difficult grounder to junior second baseman Angelica Johns' (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) backhand to score Peru with the winning run.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• March 25 vs. Franklin Pierce University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.