WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team won a pair of one-run decisions on Sunday during The Spring Games, 5-4 against Slippery Rock University and 8-7 over the University of Minnesota Crookston, at the DiamondPlex Softball Complex. Junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) picked up her 100th career hit during the twinbill.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Devens became the 14th Purple Knight with 100 hits in a career, including the sixth to reach the plateau as a junior. She hit the milestone one day after senior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) picked up her 100th hit between a pair of colleges. Senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) heads into the Purple Knights' Monday off day with 99 hits.
• First-year Abreanna Smith (Whitewright, Texas/Whitewright) picked up her first collegiate hit in the opener.
• Five of the Purple Knights' six games this season have been decided by a single run, including each of the past five.
• The Purple Knights are now 2-3 all-time against Slippery Rock, having played a one-run decision for the third straight year. They downed The Rock for the first time since 2006. Saint Michael's is also 2-3 versus Minnesota Crookston.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-3), Slippery Rock (2-8)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HP
• Devens, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Johns, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 HP
• Junior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• Junior Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 2-for-4
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 7 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 R, 2 BB, 1 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Emma Kennedy, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 3B
• Junior Julia Nutter, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 3B
• Senior Kelsi Anderson, 2.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, loss

THE ACTION

• Devens' first-inning RBI single - her 100th hit - plated Johns before Connor came around on an outfield error.
• Slippery Rock scored a pair of two-out runs in the home half of the second, with Nutter knocking an RBI triple before scoring the tying run on first-year Samantha Susany's single.
• The Purple Knights immediately countered with three runs in the fourth, going ahead for good on Morey's two-run single before senior Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison) walked with the bases loaded.
• Kennedy's two-out RBI triple was followed by Nutter's run-scoring single in the sixth, and The Rock trailed just 5-4.
• After a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh and an ensuing sac bunt, Slippery Rock left the tying run at second, with the game ending on a groundout to Morey, who played a brilliant defensive game at third base.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-3), Minnesota Crookston (6-17)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Davidson, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• Devens, 2-for-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR, 1 HP
• Johns, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB
• Morey, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Sroczinski, 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 3B
• First-year Paris Richards (Oregon City, Ore./Lake Oswego), 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K in relief, win

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Whitnee Curry, 2-for-4, 1 R
• Junior Brittney Mengel, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Charlotte Dombrowski, 1-for-1, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• First-year Rayna French, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HP
• Sophomore Gracelynn Kelly, 0+ IP, 3 H, 5 R, loss

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights scored six runs on five hits in the bottom of the first inning. Devens knocked a two-run single before Sroczinski slugged a two-run triple. Morey and Smith added RBI singles.
• The Golden Eagles plated five on four hits in the third, utilizing a pair of RBI singles, two bases-loaded walks, and a bases-loaded wild pitch to trim the deficit to 6-5.
• Devens drilled her 18th career home run, a two-run shot, in the fourth.
• Dombrowski countered with a two-run, pinch-hit home run in the seventh. However, Richards retired the next two batters to preserve the victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday against Shepherd University (2:45 p.m.) and the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown (5 p.m.) at The Spring Games in Winter Haven, Fla.