WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team downed Shepherd University, 3-0, on Tuesday before losing to the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, 6-5, during The Spring Games at the DiamondPlex Softball Complex. Senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) picked up her career 100th hit during the opener, becoming the third Purple Knight in as many game days to reach the milestone.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Johns became the 15th Purple Knight with 100 hits in a career. She hit the milestone three days after senior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) picked up her 100th hit between a pair of colleges and two days after junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) reached 100. Saint Michael's had an off day from games on Monday.
• Six of the Purple Knights' past seven games were decided by a single run.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-3), Shepherd (6-5)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 2-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Johns, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B; 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
• First-year Maddy Vaughn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 0-for-1, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HP

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Caitlin Donnelly, 1-for-3, 1 2B
• Senior Isabella Forte, 1-for-3, 1 3B
• Junior Lauren Moore, 1-for-2, 1 2B
• Graduate student Katie Laing, 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, loss

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights scored all three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Davidson helped her cause by driving in the winning run with a double before Johns and Devens followed with RBI singles.
• Davidson wriggled out of a bases-loaded, two-out situation unscathed in the fourth before Forte tripled with one down in the fifth but was stranded.
• Davidson pitched around a two-out error in the seventh to complete her first career shutout.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-4), Pitt-Johnstown (3-5)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 3-for-4, 1 SB; 6.2 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 R, 4 BB, 2 K
• Johns, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 SAC
• Sophomore Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 SB

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Ailah Charles, 2-for-4, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Brynnae Coe, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• First-year Addison Hilligsberg, 7 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

THE ACTION

• The teams traded first-inning runs, as Morey knocked a two-out single in the top half before senior Kayla Miehl provided an RBI single in the home half.
• Johns scored on a two-out error in the third before Davidson and Johns drove in runs in the fourth, with Johns' RBI double making it 4-1. Her two-out RBI single pushed the lead to four in the sixth.
• Pitt-Johnstown scored twice with two out in the sixth, on Coe's RBI double and an RBI knock from sophomore Jenna Tallman.
• Still down 5-3, the Mountain Cats plated three runs with two out in the bottom of the seventh, as Charles' two-run single tied the game before sophomore Audrey Paterson, an injury substitution earlier in the frame, walked it off with an RBI single to shallow center field.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday against 2023 NCAA Tournament qualifier Caldwell University (9 a.m.) and D'Youville University (11:15 a.m.) at The Spring Games in Winter Haven, Fla.