LEESBURG, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost to Emporia State University, 8-0 in five innings, before drawing Purdue University Northwest, 5-5, in a weather-shortened six-inning affair on Sunday during The Spring Games at Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• First-year Sophia Underfer (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Indian Hills) knocked her first two college hits in the nightcap.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-3), Emporia State (21-9)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 1-for-3
• Junior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3
• Senior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 1+ IP, 6 H, 4 R, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Taryn Burkhardt, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB
• Graduate student Haley Garnett, 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B
• Senior Jayda VanAckeren, 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 3 K, win

THE ACTION

• Emporia State scored twice while only hitting the ball out of the infield once during the first inning before first-year Kinsey Perine knocked an RBI triple and scored on Burkhardt's single to make it 4-0 in the second.
• First-year Maddy Eaton (Seabrook, N.H./Winnacunnet) retired the first eight batters she faced out of the bullpen, and 10 of the initial 11.
• The Hornets added four runs in the fifth, keyed by Garnett's two-run double.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-3-1), Purdue Northwest (5-14-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Davidson, 2-for-3, 3 RBI, 2 2B
• Edgerly, 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 BB
• Underfer, 2-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
• First-year Kate Parker (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Kennebecasis Valley), 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, no-decision

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Emma Fair, 1-for-2, 3 RBI
• First-year Kylie Madura, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 3B
• First-year Abbey Bond, 2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 BB, 3 K, no-decision

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights utilized three walks and Davidson's two-run double to take a first-inning lead, but Fair's two-run single tied the game in the bottom half.
• Davidson delivered an RBI double to key a three-run second inning, producing a 5-2 advantage.
• Purdue Northwest scored three unearned runs to tie the game in the fifth.
• Underfer led off the sixth with a single, but with two down, inclement weather rolled in, forcing the suspension of the game. The contest will not be resumed and has officially ended in a tie, the Purple Knights' first since a 7-7 deadlock on April 16, 2003, against Assumption University.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday against Indiana University South Bend (12:15 p.m.) and University of Northwestern Ohio (4:45 p.m.) in Viera West, Fla., during the Space Coast Spring Games.