COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team split a doubleheader with Northeast-10 Conference leader Bentley University on Saturday at Doc Jacobs Field, taking an 11-4 victory in the nightcap after losing the opener, 13-0 in five innings.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (10-12, 3-3 NE10), Bentley (18-10, 9-3 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- The Purple Knights tied their highest win total since claiming 12 victories in 2017.
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Junior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-2, 1 2B
- Sophomore Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 1+ IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 BB in two stints, loss
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Ella Hillier, 3-for-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
- Senior Kaylee Mankins, 3-for-4, 3 RBI
- Junior Kylee Amato, 1-for-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
- Sophomore Jordan Krause, 2-for-3, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
- Junior Payton Doiron, 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K
THE ACTION
- Hillier knocked a two-run single before sophomore Dahlia Fink added a two-run double in a four-run first inning.
- Bentley added four runs in the second, two in the third and three in the fourth.
- Johns doubled with one down in the fifth inning as the lone base runner off of Doiron.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Hannah Arruda (Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth), 2-for-4, 2 2B
- Senior Sadie Pratt (Dighton, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth Regional), 0-for-2, 4 R, 2 BB
- Senior Haley Waghorn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI
- Junior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
- Sophomore Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 2-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR
- Sophomore Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B
- First-year Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School), 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 2B; 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Hillier, 2-for-4, 1 R
- Krause, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
- Sophomore Taylor O'Brien, 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K in relief, loss
THE ACTION
- Krause's RBI single in the top of the first was met by Pratt scoring on an error in the home half.
- Mankins and senior Jess Trahan came through with RBI singles in the Bentley third inning, giving the visitors a 3-1 lead. With two runners on, center fielder Pratt prevented further damage by making an over-the-shoulder catch with her back to the infield for the final out of the frame.
- Connor's two-run homer tied the game in the home half, and Devens' double came within inches of leaving the park the next inning while plating Pratt and Morey.
- In the fifth, Waghorn added an RBI knock before Morey's long RBI double pushed the lead to 7-3.
- Junior Gabriella Longo homered with one down in the sixth.
- Saint Michael's pulled away in the bottom half, as Devens swatted a two-run homer, the 15th dinger of her career, before Hearn hit a two-run double to left center.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Monday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.