JAN PHYL VILLAGE, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team opened its season by splitting a pair of contests on Friday during The Spring Games at the Auburndale Softball Complex. The Purple Knights downed Dominican (N.Y.) University, 7-6, in the second contest after losing their opener to Lynn University, 9-0 in six innings.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• The Purple Knights faced Lynn for the first time while defeating Dominican for the first time in five meetings.
• Senior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) pushed her career hit total to 99, while junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) heads into Saturday with 96 hits.
• First-year Kaci Mollison (Gorham, Maine/Gorham) picked up her first collegiate hit in the nightcap.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-1), Lynn (8-17)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 1-for-3, 1 2B
• Senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-3
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-3
• Junior Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute), 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Cameron Buzzell, 1-for-1, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Senior Eliza Gonzalez, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR
• First-year Ariana Rego, 1-for-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB; 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, no-decision
• First-year Teagan Riley, 2-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Senior Faith Miller, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• After Saint Michael's left the bases loaded in the top of the first inning, Lynn scored four two-out runs in the home half and never looked back. Senior Kyra Sunga's two-run single was the big blow.
• Buzzell cracked a two-run homer in the third before Riley hit a solo homer two batters later, and Gonzalez's two-run homer to straightaway center field brought the mercy rule into effect in the sixth.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-1), Dominican (1-8)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 2-for-4
• Davidson, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SF, 1 SB
• Devens, 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 2B; 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, win
• Johns, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Mollison, 1-for-3, 1 R
• Simpson, 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER in relief
• Junior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 2-for-4
• Junior Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 2-for-4, 1 R
• Sophomore Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, 1 R

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Haylee Ridge, 2-for-4, 1 R
• Redshirt junior Giovanna Salcido, 2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
• Junior Chloe McIntosh, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• First-year Emily Null, 3.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 6 ER, loss

THE ACTION

• Salcido knocked a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the first inning.
• The Purple Knights scored four runs in the second, with Davidson providing a tying sac fly and Johns plating Edgerly with the go-ahead run on a double.
• Salcido's RBI single made it 4-3 in the third, but Devens drilled a two-run double in the fourth before Morey added an RBI single later in the inning.
• McIntosh's RBI single keyed a two-run fifth before a fielder's choice brought home Dominican's sixth run in the sixth.
• After McIntosh led off the seventh with a walk, Simpson induced three straight ground balls to stem the rally.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday against Indiana University of Pennsylvania (9:15 a.m.) and Notre Dame (Ohio) College (11:30 a.m.) at The Spring Games in Winter Haven, Fla.