COLCHESTER, Vt. - First-year
Brooke Bishop (Florida, Mass./Drury) delivered a walk-off RBI single in a 3-2 win over Franklin Pierce University during the second game of a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Monday at Doc Jacobs Field. Despite junior
CJ Davidson's (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta) pair of home runs, the Purple Knights lost a 15-5 decision in five innings during the opener. She earned the win in the nightcap.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (11-14-1, 5-7 NE10), Franklin Pierce (16-16, 5-7 NE10)
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Bishop, 2-for-3, 1 2B
- Davidson, 2-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR
- Junior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, 1 R
- First-year Maddy Booska (Burlington, Vt./Colchester), 1-for-2, 1 R
- First-year Ella Nickerson (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 1 2B
- First-year Kate Parker (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Kennebecasis Valley), 3.1 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, loss
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Haley Bigwood, 2-for-2, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF
- Senior Anna Erikson, 3-for-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B, 1 HP
- Sophomore Georgia Clough, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI; 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K in relief, win
- First-year Zoey Galindo, 2-for-2, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HP
THE ACTION
- Davidson launched her first home run, a two-run shot after Edgerly led off with a single, to make it 2-0 in the first inning.
- The Ravens countered with four runs in the second, tying the game on Erikson's two-run double and going ahead on Galindo's bases-loaded walk.
- Nickerson tied the game with a two-run double in the home half.
- Franklin Pierce went ahead and pulled away with nine runs on seven hits in the fourth inning. Six Ravens drove in runs.
- The visitors added two runs in the fifth before Davidson drilled her second dinger, a solo shot, in the home half.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Bishop, 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Booska, 0-for-1, 2 BB
- Edgerly, 3-for-4, 2 R
- Senior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany), 1-for-3, 1 BB
- Davidson, 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 3 K
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Bella Williams, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HP
- First-year Taylor Ellis, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B
- Clough, 6+ IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
THE ACTION
- Williams' two-out RBI double put the Ravens on the board in the first inning.
- Bishop's fielder's choice grounder scored first-year Emma Nordahl (Holden, Mass./Saint Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior) in the third inning before Edgerly raced home on an infield error on the play.
- Ellis tied the game with a fourth-inning RBI double.
- Edgerly led off the seventh inning by slashing a single through the left side to complete an eight-pitch at bat, which featured four foul balls. Davidson kept the rally going by finishing an 11-pitch at bat during which she fouled off eight pitches by dropping a single off the right field line. Devens followed with a fielder's choice that led to an infield error, loading the bases with no one out. Bishop fouled off a pair of pitches after getting behind 0-2 before fisting an opposite-field single into right field to plate Edgerly with the winning run.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Friday vs. Assumption University, 3 p.m. doubleheader.