COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost a pair of one-run games to 2022 NCAA Tournament qualifier Saint Anselm College, 4-3 and 3-2, on Tuesday during a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader at Doc Jacobs Field.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (10-16, 3-7 NE10), Saint Anselm (18-10, 8-4 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Junior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) slugged her eighth career home run during the nightcap, tying Kate Condon '11 and Danielle Markowski '20 for 10th in program history.
• Six of the Purple Knights' losses have come by a single run.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 1-for-4, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 3-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SF
• First-year Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, 1 R
• First-year Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School), 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B; 2.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K in relief, loss
• Sophomore Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jess Persechino, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB
• Junior Gracie O'Hara, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Sophomore Audrey Arsenault, 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Ava Caputo, 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Senior Ava Vincequere, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K in relief, win
• Junior Haile Hicks, 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights left the bases loaded during a scoreless first inning before breaking through with three runs on two hits in the second. Hearn scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch before Devens added a sac fly, and Connor's two-out infield single plated first-year CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta).
• Caputo's RBI single plated Persechino, who had doubled with two down, the following frame.
• The duo combined for another two-out rally in the fifth, as Persechino singled and stole second before coming home on Caputo's double to the right center gap.
• Devens led off the home half with a double to straightaway center field before being stranded.
• Arsenault's bases-loaded single scored a pair in the sixth to give Saint Anselm a 4-3 lead, but Hearn escaped a bases-loaded, no-out situation without further damage.
• Hearn hit a double to dead center with one out in the home half but moved no further.
• Saint Anselm again left the bases loaded in the seventh.
• Devens singled with one out in the bottom half, but Hicks fanned the next batter and induced a game-ending groundout.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Devens, 1-for-3
• Hearn, 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Senior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 1-for-3, 1 RBI
• Junior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-3, 1 R
• Sophomore Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 1-for-2, 1 BB, 1 SB

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Caputo, 2-for-4, 2 R
• Hicks, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
• O'Hara, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Senior Kylie Fitzpatrick, 1-for-2, 1 RBI

THE ACTION

• O'Hara's RBI single scored Caputo in the top of the first inning, but the Hawks stranded a pair.
• O'Hara tacked on an RBI single in the third before Fitzpatrick added a sac fly, making it 3-0.
• Connor launched a home run to left field with one out in the fourth, and Waghorn's RBI single through the box scored Johns. After Morey legged out an infield single and stole second, Hicks retired the final two batters swinging.
• Devens beat an infield single with one down in the fifth, but Hicks set down the final seven Purple Knight batters.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Adelphi University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Panthers were ranked 17th in this week's National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) national poll and qualified for the 2022 NCAA Division II College World Series.