WORCESTER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College softball team split with Assumption University, losing game one 4-3 and winning game two 3-1, during a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Saturday at Normand Marois Field. 
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-19, 5-9 NE10), Assumption (17-13, 11-4 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Senior Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) is now tied for fifth in program history in career runs (55).
• Classmate Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott) moved into ninth in RBI (52) while pushing her hit total to 94 in three years.
• Junior Kelleigh Simpson (West Burke, Vt./Lyndon Institute) tossed her second complete game in a row, also going the distance last weekend against The College of Saint Rose, for the win in game two.
• Six of the last seven games for the Purple Knights have been decided by three runs or less.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• Johns, 1-for-4, 1 2B
• Junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 1-for-2, 2 BB
• Junior Riley Sroczinski (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 2-for-3, 1 RBI
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 6.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Lauren Geremia, 2-for-4, 2 R
• Senior Abigail Larson, 2-for-3, 1 R
• Sophomore Kaitlyn Cahill, 1-for-4, 1 RBI
• First-year Grace Heim, 1-for-2, 1 RBI
• Senior Samantha Hardwick, 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, no-decision
• First-year Lexi Thompson, 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Connor scored from third on a throwing error in the top of the third as first-year Brynlyn Owens (Limon, Colo./Limon) stole second, and Owens scored on a single to right by Sroczinski to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.
• The Purple Knights tacked on another run in the top of the fourth inning when Davidson scored on a wild pitch.
• The Greyhounds scored one run in the bottom half of the fourth on a sacrifice fly from senior Corin Mahan.
• Assumption cut the deficit to one in the home half of the fifth on an RBI single by Cahill.
• Down 3-2 heading into the seventh, the hosts tied the game when Larson scored on an error, and Heim walked it off on a single to left field to drive in Geremia.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Connor, 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Devens, 1-for-2, 2 BB
• Johns, 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B
• Junior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 2-for-4
• Simpson, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, win 

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Cahill, 1-for-2, 1 HP, 2 SB
• Dwyer, 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 SB
• Sophomore Kaelin Waldron, 2.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, loss
• First-year Paige Cote, 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K in relief

THE ACTION

• Assumption scored its only run of game two in the second inning when Dwyer stole third and advanced home on a throwing error to give the hosts a 1-0 lead.
• Connor tied the game in the third inning after driving home Johns, and Welter walked with the bases loaded later in the frame to put the Purple Knights in front.
• Simpson proceeded to allow only three base runners from the third to sixth inning.
• Connor doubled to left field in the top of the seventh inning to score Johns with an insurance run.
• Assumption had two on with two out in the home half, but the batter representing the winning run grounded out to end the game.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at Bentley University, 12 p.m. doubleheader.