COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team was swept by Southern New Hampshire University, 9-0 in five innings and 6-4 in eight innings, during a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Tuesday at Doc Jacobs Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-18, 4-8 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (19-13, 8-4 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) moved into fifth in program history in career hits (121), passing Noelle Gill '05 (120), while sliding into a tie for seventh in runs (53).
• First-year Maddy Vaughn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) picked up her first college hit in the opener.
• Senior Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) moved into 10th in program history with 50 career RBI while upping her Saint Michael's hit total to 91 in three seasons.
• Seven of the Purple Knights' losses have come by two runs or less.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Johns, 1-for-1, 1 BB, 1 HP
• Vaughn, 1-for-1, 1 HP
• Junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 0-for-2, 1 HP; 3.2 IP, 7 H, 8 R, loss
• Junior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 1-for-2

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Bella Dickinson, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Senior Ari Ferrier, 0-for-1, 2 R, 2 BB
• Junior Mackenzie Bruggeman, 1-for-3, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR
• Junior Jordyn Resetar, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Sophomore Peyton Feldman, 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Senior Leine McKechnie, 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K

THE ACTION

• Southern New Hampshire scored three two-out runs in the second inning, with Feldman's two-run double putting the Penmen on the board before she scored on Dickinson's RBI single.
• Resetar hit a solo home run with two down in the third before the Penmen scored five runs in the fourth, when Bruggeman knocked a two-out grand slam.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 3-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
• Devens, 2-for-4
• Johns, 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Morey, 2-for-4, 1 RBI
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-4, 1 R; 8 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Ferrier, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Resetar, 2-for-4, 1 RBI
• Senior Shannon Gifford, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Abby Lineman, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Amelia Freitas, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K in relief, win
• McKechnie, 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• Johns homered in the first inning to provide the hosts a 1-0 lead.
• The Penmen scored one run in the second before Ferrier homered and Lineman hit an RBI single in a two-run third.
• The Purple Knights scored three runs on four hits and an error in the fifth, as Connor dribbled a twice-deflected two-run single up the middle to tie the game before scoring on Morey's single.
• Bruggeman's sac fly the following frame again tied the contest.
• Connor led off the seventh with a single but never moved from first base, and the teams headed to extra innings.
• In the eighth inning, Gifford's RBI double down the line plated Dickinson before Resetar padded the lead with an RBI knock.
• Vaughn was hit by a pitch with one down in the home half before sophomore Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood) walked, and the duo moved up 60 feet on a two-out wild pitch before McKechnie retired her final batter swinging.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Assumption University, 1 p.m. doubleheader.