RINDGE, N.H. - Junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) tied the Saint Michael's College softball career home runs mark on Tuesday, when senior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) homered in each end of a Northeast-10 Conference twinbill, and the Purple Knights split Franklin Pierce University at the Bisaccia Softball Complex. The visitors won game two, 11-6, after losing 8-5 in the opener.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Devens launched her 20th career home run to match Saint Michael's Athletic Hall of Famer Noelle Gill's '05 19-year-old school record. She also tied Gill for fourth in hits (120) on Tuesday while passing Hall of Famer Ashley Harkins '09 (71) for third in RBI by upping her total to 73.
• Connor also reached 20 career home runs, with 11 coming at Saint Michael's, good for a move into seventh in program annals.
• The Purple Knights have lost eight decisions by three runs or fewer.
• Saint Michael's won in Rindge for the first time since April 26, 2018.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-15, 1-5 NE10), Franklin Pierce (13-9, 4-4 NE10)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR
• Devens, 2-for-2, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR; 5 IP, 11 H, 7 R, loss
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-4, 1 R

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Haley Bigwood, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Senior Ashley Cangiano, 2-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 3B
• Senior Samantha Sylvester, 2-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
• Senior Sabrina Gonzalez, 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, win

THE ACTION

• Cangiano's two-run triple keyed a three-run first inning, and the Ravens made it 5-0 in the second when Sylvester and Cangiano both drove in runs.
• Connor blasted a solo home run in the fifth.
• Cangiano's RBI single came amid a three-run bottom of the sixth, and the hosts led 8-1.
• Davidson scored on an error in the seventh before Devens launched her record-tying home run, a three-run drive, but the final two batters flew out.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• Davidson, 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B; 7 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
• Devens, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Bigwood, 2-for-4, 1 2B
• Cangiano, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B
• First-year Georgia Clough, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Sylvester, 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, loss

THE ACTION

• After the first two batters were retired in the third inning, Devens came through with an RBI single before junior Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional) walked with the bases loaded to make it 2-0.
• The Ravens got a run back thanks to a stolen base and two wild pitches in the home half.
• Saint Michael's broke out for nine runs on six hits and three errors the following inning. Johns doubled home a pair, Connor cracked a two-run homer, Morey sent a two-run single back through the box, and Edgerly and Davidson tacked on RBI doubles. The visitors led 11-1.
• Cangiano's RBI double sparked a three-run home half before she tripled and scored in the sixth.
• The Ravens added an unearned run in the seventh but came no closer.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Thursday at Saint Anselm College, 2 p.m. doubleheader.