COLCHESTER, Vt. - Junior
Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) spun a five-hit shutout in the opener before classmate
Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington) capped a 3-for-3 second contest with the walk-off sac fly as the Saint Michael's College softball team swept American International College, 5-0 and 3-2, on Sunday during Northeast-10 Conference play on Doc Jacobs Field.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (7-15, 3-5 NE10), AIC (9-17, 3-11 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- The Purple Knights have now won five consecutive series meetings, their longest streak ever against AIC.
- Devens passed Noelle Gill '05 (75) for second in program history in career RBI (76). She is two short of Meghan O'Connor's '09 program mark (78).
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Devens, 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 2B; 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
- Senior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
- Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SAC, 1 SB
- Sophomore Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, 1 R
- First-year Brynlyn Owens (Limon, Colo./Limon), 0-for-1, 1 BB, 1 HP, 1 SB
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Abigail Wells, 2-for-2, 1 BB, 1 3B
- Senior Riley Sullivan, 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, loss
THE ACTION
- Edgerly scored the eventual winning run on a two-out passed ball in the third inning and was among a handful of Purple Knights who contributed to a strong defensive showing.
- Saint Michael's used a pickoff and a pair of ground-ball double plays in the opening four innings to keep AIC off the board before center fielder Edgerly finished a third double play by cutting down a runner trying to score from third on a fly ball in the sixth frame.
- In between, the Purple Knights pulled away with three runs on just one hit and two errors in the fifth, all with two down. Devens ripped a two-run double before another run scored on an error.
- Davidson padded the lead with an RBI knock in the sixth.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Connor, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
- Davidson, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B; 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
- Devens, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
- Johns, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
- Morey, 3-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 SF
- Junior Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 1-for-1, 1 BB, 1 SAC
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Wells, 1-for-3, 1 BB
- Senior Kodi Gora, 1-for-4, 1 R
- Senior Brianna Harzula, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HP
- First-year Brooklyn Cividanes, 1-for-3, 1 RBI
- Junior Kaitlyn Boone, 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K in relief, loss
THE ACTION
- After AIC left two on in the top of the first inning, Davidson led off the home half with a double before scoring on Connor's single back up the middle.
- Devens' two-out RBI double made it 2-0 in the third.
- Davidson set down 13 consecutive batters between the first and fifth innings before the Yellow Jackets left a pair on base in the fifth.
- Gora's infield single with two out in the sixth was AIC's first hit since Wells led off the game with an infield knock. Cividanes came through with a two-out RBI single, but the Yellow Jackets stranded a pair.
- The Purple Knights left the bases loaded in the home half before Harzula led off the seventh with a double that just missed clearing the wall in left center. She later scored the tying run on a fielder's choice.
- Connor started the bottom half by reaching on an error and Devens followed with a walk. After Owens' sac bunt moved the runners 60 feet, Morey's line drive to the left fielder plated Connor with the winning run.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Monday vs. The College of Saint Rose, 2 p.m. doubleheader.