COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team was eliminated from postseason contention on the final day of the regular season after being swept in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader by Southern Connecticut State University, 2-0 and 5-2, on Saturday during Senior Day at Doc Jacobs Field. The Purple Knights honored seniors Meghan Connor (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans/Endicott), Angelica Johns (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) and Marli Welter (Madison, N.J./Madison) during a pregame ceremony.
 
The Purple Knights entered the day tied for the eighth and final NE10 Championship position with The College of Saint Rose. By virtue of their two wins and Saint Rose being swept by Assumption University, the Owls claimed the final postseason spot.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (12-24, 8-14 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (17-23, 8-14 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Junior third baseman Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington) picked up five assists on Saturday, finishing the year with 105 to break Bethany Falls' '14 13-year-old school standard (104).
• Junior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) finished with a .560 on-base percentage this season, good for third in program history, short only of figures Carol Sarno '80 (.610) and Kathy O'Neil '81 (.600) posted during the 1978 season.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 2-for-3; 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
• Welter, 1-for-2

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Emily Lange, 1-for-2, 2 BB
• Senior Rachel Miller, 1-for-3, 1 R
• Junior Dominique DeLutri, 2-for-2, 1 BB
• Sophomore Nadia Cestari, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Graduate student Jessica Perucki, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 12 K

THE ACTION

• Miller plated the eventual winning run by scoring on a second-inning double play.
• Cestari's two-out RBI double made it 2-0 in the sixth.
• The Purple Knights left a runner on in each the second and third innings before putting together their only sustained threat in the bottom of the seventh, when Connor led off with a walk and Devens singled. After a sac bunt moved them up 60 feet with one down, Perucki fanned the next batter and induced a game-ending popup.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 2-for-2, 2 BB
• Junior Riley Sroczinki (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B
• Sophomore CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 7 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• First-year Brynlyn Owens (Limon, Colo./Limon), 2-for-3

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Miller, 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• First-year Karley Austin, 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 2B
• First-year Nicole Spinelli, 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 BB
• Sophomore Ashley Lewis, 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, win
• Perucki, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• Two infield errors led to Austin scoring an unearned run in the first inning.
• After the hosts left the bases loaded in the home half, the Owls pushed the lead to 2-0 in the third on Miller's two-out RBI double. DeLutri singled home another two-out run in the fifth.
• Austin's two-out RBI double in the sixth was met by a two-run bottom half by the Purple Knights, as sophomore Allida Kelliher (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield Memorial) and Welter both plated runs. With two down, Owens sent a single up the middle, but center fielder Lange cut down junior pinch runner Kiera Parker (Weymouth, Mass./Framingham/Stevenson) trying to score from second.
• Cestari's two-out RBI double in the seventh made it 5-2.
• Saint Michael's strung together a two-out rally later in the frame, as Connor singled in her final college at bat before Devens walked to bring the tying run to the plate. However, on her first pitch from the bullpen, Perucki induced a line drive back to the circle for the final out.