SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College softball team was swept in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader by Le Moyne College, 7-5 and 12-1 in five innings, on Saturday at the Le Moyne Softball Complex.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (11-25, 4-16 NE10), Le Moyne (23-18, 12-8 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- Sophomore Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) swatted her 16th career home run to tie Kathy O'Neil '81 for second in program history.
- Thirteen of the Purple and Gold's losses have been by two runs or fewer.
- Saint Michael's scored in the first inning of all four games this weekend.
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Devens, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR; 5 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, loss
- Senior Hope Hiscock (Schenectady, N.Y./Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School), 2-for-2, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SAC
- Senior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 2-for-5, 1 R
- Senior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
- Junior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
- Junior Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison), 1-for-3, 1 BB, 1 2B
- First-year Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 2-for-4
- Sophomore Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB in relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Cassidy Barrett, 2-for-3, 3 RBI, 1 2B
- Senior Mckenzie Bergdoll, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
- Redshirt sophomore Frankie Larobardiere, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
- Sophomore Alyssa Dybacz, 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
- Redshirt junior Laura Bennett, 5.2 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K in relief, win
THE ACTION
- Johns' two-run homer gave Saint Michael's a 2-0 lead in the first inning.
- Bergdoll and Larobardiere knocked consecutive RBI doubles in the home half before Barrett's fielder's choice plated a third run, giving Le Moyne the edge.
- Dybacz hit a two-run homer with two down in the second before Barrett's two-run double pushed the Dolphins lead to 7-2 in the fifth.
- Devens cracked a two-out solo home run in the sixth before Hiscock doubled home a pair of runs, bringing Saint Michael's within 7-5.
- First-year Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School) led off the seventh with a single, and Pratt's two-out single brought the go-ahead run to the plate. However, Bennett induced a game-ending popup to the circle.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Hearn, 3 IP, 12 H, 7 ER, loss
- Johns, 1-for-2
- Pratt, 2-for-3, 1 R
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Barrett, 2-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR
- Bennett, 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
- Bergdoll, 3-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B
- Dybacz, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
- Senior Isabelle Boudreau, 3-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SAC
THE ACTION
- Junior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) gave Saint Michael's a 1-0 edge with a first-inning sacrifice fly.
- Le Moyne scored three times with two out in the home half, as first-year Audrey Benderski's two-run single gave it the lead for good before Barrett added insurance with an RBI double.
- Bergdoll and Larobardiere hit RBI doubles in a three-run second, and six more runs came home between the third and fourth frames.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Friday vs. American International College, 3 p.m. doubleheader.