GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost a pair of two-run decisions at Adelphi University, 3-1 and 10-8, on Saturday in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader at Ficke Field.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) blasted her 19th career home run, just one short of Saint Michael's Athletic Hall of Famer Noelle Gill's '05 19-year-old school record (20). Devens also moved into a tie for fifth in program history in hits (117) with Katy Newland '07.
• Senior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) hit the ninth home run of her Saint Michael's career, and the 18th of her college career.
• The Purple Knights have lost six decisions by two runs or fewer.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-14, 0-4 NE10), Adelphi (9-15, 2-2 NE10)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB; 6 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-3, 1 R
• Sophomore Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-2, 1 2B

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Redshirt junior Courtney Wengryn, 2-for-3, 1 RBI
• Junior Courtney Murphy, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 HP
• Junior Zee Zee Shreter, 2-for-3, 1 RBI
• First-year Kaitlyn Klepper, 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Senior Lindsey Hibbs, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 14 K

THE ACTION

• Wengryn's two-out RBI single in the first inning gave the Panthers a quick lead, and Shreter followed with a two-out RBI single of her own in the second.
• The Purple Knights broke through against Hibbs, the reigning NE10 Pitcher of the Year, when Devens singled home Davidson with two out in the fourth to make it 2-1.
• Klepper added to the lead with a solo home run with two down in the home half.
• Edgerly led off the sixth with a double before senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) walked with one out and Devens drew a free base one out later to jam the bags, but Hibbs fanned the final hitter.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• Davidson, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 2B; 5.1 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, loss
• Devens, 3-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 HP
• Edgerly, 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI
• Johns, 2-for-4, 1 R
• Junior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 SAC
• Junior Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Wengryn, 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Senior Faith Camilleri, 2-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B
• Senior Kendall Winn, 2-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B
• Hibbs, 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights plated five runs on five hits in the second inning, with Sroczinski knocking a two-run single and Davidson adding a two-out, two-run double, before Devens greeted Hibbs - fresh from the bullpen - with a leadoff homer in the third that made it 6-0.
• Adelphi scored a pair of runs in both the third and fourth innings, with a trio of run-scoring doubles doing the damage.
• The Panthers went ahead with six runs on just four hits in the home half of the sixth, as Winn's two-run double put them in front before Wengryn added a two-out, two-run infield single.
• Connor launched a two-run homer in the seventh to bring Saint Michael's within 10-8, and Devens doubled before reaching third on Johns' single to put runners at the corners with one down. However, Hibbs struck out the final two batters.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. Southern New Hampshire University, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader.