COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost both ends of a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader to Franklin Pierce University, 6-0 and 7-2, on Monday at Doc Jacobs Field.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (10-14, 3-5 NE10), Franklin Pierce (22-11, 6-2 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Franklin Pierce entered the day second in Division II in stolen bases per game (3.7), with 113 in 119 attempts. The Purple Knights held the Ravens to just three steals across the twinbill, including zero in the opener, as junior catcher Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) cut down the lone attempt.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison), 1-for-3, 1 2B
• Sophomore Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 0-for-1, 2 BB; 2.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K in relief
• Sophomore Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 4.2, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Hailey Melchert, 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SF
• Junior Ashley Cangiano, 3-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• Sophomore Bella Williams, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Junior Sabrina Gonzalez, 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, win
• Junior Abby Poirot, 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Williams' RBI double plated a first-inning run before Melchert's solo homer made it 2-0 in the second.
• Williams and Cangiano singled back-to-back to begin the third frame before Connor caught Williams trying to take third on a double steal try to squelch the Ravens' running game.
• Franklin Pierce scored a fourth run on a two-out error in the fourth.
• In the home half, first-year Allida Kelliher (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield Memorial) singled with runners on first and second and two down, but left fielder Williams' throw narrowly beat first-year pinch runner Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood) to the plate.
• Cangiano's two-out, two-run single capped a three-run sixth, when each run was unearned.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 2-for-4, 1 R
• Connor, 2-for-3, 1 BB
• Junior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 2-for-4, 2 RBI
• First-year CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-3, 1 BB
• First-year Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School), 7 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Cangiano, 2-for-4, 1 RBI
• Poirot, 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K in relief, win
• Williams, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HP
• First-year Savannah Arreguin, 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

THE ACTION

• Johns' infield single scored senior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional) to give Saint Michael's a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
• First-year Hannah Wodecki's two-out RBI double tied the game in the second, but Johns countered with an RBI knock up the middle during the third to put the hosts back in front.
• An infield error led to four unearned runs scoring for the Ravens in the fourth, with Williams knocking a two-out RBI double to cap the frame.
• Cangiano's RBI single pushed the lead to 6-2 in the sixth, but the visitors left the bases loaded. Sophomore Anna Erikson added a sac fly in the seventh.
• The Purple Knights left five on base over the final four innings without pushing another run across.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday vs. Saint Anselm College, 3 p.m. doubleheader.