NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College softball team capped the regular season by losing both ends of a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader at Southern Connecticut State University, 3-2 in eight innings and 6-2, on Sunday at Pelz Field. The Purple Knights open NE10 Championship play on Tuesday at Pace University.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (17-18-1, 9-11 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (15-23, 4-16 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Senior Jenna Devens (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) drove in her 33rd run of the year in game one, breaking a tie with Megan O'Connor '09 (2009) for the school record.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Devens, 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB
• Senior Kaylee Morey (Stonington, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington), 2-for-2, 1 BB, 1 SAC
• Junior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 2-for-4, 1 R
• First-year Ella Nickerson (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-4, 1 RBI
• First-year Kate Parker (Quispamsis, New Brunswick/Kennebecasis Valley), 7+ IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Rachel Miller, 2-for-3, 1 2B
• Senior Dominique DeLutri, 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 SAC
• First-year Izzy Ingersoll, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B
• Junior Ashley Lewis, 8 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 9 K

THE ACTION

• Devens singled home Edgerly in the top of the first inning, but the Purple Knights left at least one runner on base in every inning, including two in the fourth.
• Parker stranded two Owls in the home half of the fourth before DeLutri tied the game in the sixth with a squeeze bunt.
• With two down in the seventh, first-year Sophia Underfer (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Indian Hills) knocked a pinch-hit single the other way before Devens walked, but Lewis induced an inning-ending lineout.
• Nickerson's infield single with two out in the top of the eighth pushed home first-year Maddy Booska (Burlington, Vt./Colchester) with the go-ahead run.
• All four Owls that batted in the home half picked up hits, as Ingersoll's RBI double tied the game before DeLutri delivered a walk-off single.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Booska, 1-for-3, 2 RBI
• Nickerson, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• First-year Brooke Bishop (Florida, Mass./Drury), 1-for-3, 1 R
• First-year Maddy Eaton (Seabrook, N.H./Winnacunnet), 6 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Nadia Cestari, 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR
• Senior Marissa Correra, 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• Sophomore Karley Austin, 3-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SB
• First-year Giselle DeLutri, 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

THE ACTION

• Austin led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run before Cestari's solo homer an inning later made it 2-0.
• Booska came through with a tying two-run single with two down in the fourth inning.
• The Owls went ahead with four runs on four hits in the sixth, taking the lead on Correra's two-run single. Austin and Miller later added RBI.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at Pace, 2 p.m. in NE10 Championship first round.
• The eighth-seeded Purple Knights need two wins over the top-seeded Setters that day to advance, while Pace needs one win to move on.