VIERA WEST, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team split a pair of decisions on Tuesday during the Space Coast Spring Games at the USSSA Space Coast Complex. The Purple Knights defeated Indiana University South Bend, 8-3, before losing to the University of Northwestern Ohio, 10-3.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Senior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) cracked her school-record 32nd career double in game one, snapping a tie with Megan O'Connor '09 atop the program's leader board. Devens added her 33rd double in the nightcap. With her 60th walk in the opener, she is one shy of Casey Brooks' '07 program mark.
• First-year Andrea DiMauro (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) picked up her first college hit in the opener.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-3-1), Indiana South Bend (4-14)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 3-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
• Senior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 4-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta), 2-for-3, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 3B, 1 SB
• First-year Kate Parker (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Kennebecasis Valley), 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jordan Watts, 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 SB
• Senior Abigail Yarnell, 4 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, loss

THE ACTION

• Yarnell's first-inning RBI double was met by Devens' tying RBI single in the home half.
• A two-out error provided the Titans a 2-1, third-inning lead before Devens and Morey knocked RBI doubles in the bottom half to put the Purple Knights up to stay.
• Saint Michael's scored four unearned runs with two down in the fourth, capped by consecutive RBI singles from first-year Maddy Booska (Burlington, Vt./Colchester) and Morey.
• Indiana South Bend scored an unearned run in the fifth, but first-year Emma Nordahl's (Holden, Mass./Saint Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior) two-out single through the right side plated Booska in the sixth.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-4-1), Northwestern Ohio (13-8)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Davidson, 0-for-1, 1 R, 2 BB; 4 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, loss
• Devens, 2-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B
• Junior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 HP
• Sophomore Maddy Vaughn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs), 2-for-3, 1 R

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Holly Alvoid, 2-for-4, 1 R
• Senior Anna Ankney, 1-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• Senior Tess Denning, 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Senior Sydney Shaffer, 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB
• First-year Matilda Newman, 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SF
• First-year Lanie Wooten, 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, win

THE ACTION

• Northwestern Ohio used sac flies in the first and second innings to lead 2-0.
• Devens cleared the bases with a three-run double to put Saint Michael's up by a run in the top of the third inning.
• The Racers scored six unearned runs on six errors and four hits in the fourth, going ahead for good on an RBI grounder from Ankney.
• Denning knocked a two-out RBI double in the fifth before Alvoid scored on a sixth-inning fielder's choice.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Thursday at Eckerd College, 4 p.m. doubleheader.