VIERA WEST, Fla. - The Saint Michael's College softball team downed Felician University, 6-3, in the nightcap on Saturday during the Space Coast Spring Games at the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) Space Coast Complex. The Purple Knights lost their opener to Purdue University Northwest, 9-2.
 
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• The Purple Knights moved to 2-0 all-time against Felician.
• Senior CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta) knocked her sixth career triple in the nightcap, the most by a Purple Knight since Ashley Harkins '09 graduated with a school-record-tying 14 in 2009.

GAME 1
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-3), Purdue Northwest (10-7)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 0-for-2, R, 2 BB, SB
• Sophomore Emma Nordahl (Holden, Mass./Saint Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior), 1-for-2, RBI
• Sophomore Maddy Eaton (Seabrook, N.H./Winnacunnet), 7 IP, 15 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Amanda DeBoer, 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B
• First-year Charli Westerfield, 2-for-3, 3 R, BB, 2 3B
• Senior Hailie Charmat, 7 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 14 K

THE ACTION

• The Lions scored three times in the top of the first inning, going ahead for good on DeBoer's infield RBI single.
• Davidson knocked a sac fly to plate Edgerly with an unearned run in the home half.
• Purdue Northwest scored twice more in the third on three hits before Nordahl's two-out RBI single scored sophomore Ella Nickerson (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) in the fourth.
• DeBoer's RBI double kicked off a three-run fifth for the Lions that put the game out of reach.

GAME 2
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-3), Felician (6-10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Davidson, 1-for-4, R, RBI, 3B; 7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Nickerson, 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• Sophomore Maddy Booska (Burlington, Vt./Colchester), 3-for-4, R, 2 RBI, SB
• First-year Shaylee Branon (Troy, N.H./Monadnock Regional), 2-for-4
• First-year Mady Bull (Milford, Conn./Jonathan Law), 1-for-4, 2 R
• First-year Madi Liimatainen (Turners Falls, Mass./Turners Falls), 1-for-3, BB

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Hannah Ramirez, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B
• Junior Kimberly Torres, 2-for-4, RBI, 2 2B
• First-year Kylie Dressel, 2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, loss

THE ACTION

• Booska's RBI single staked Saint Michael's to a first-inning lead before Davidson tripled home Bull for the second run of the second inning, making it 3-0.
• Junior Makayla De La Rosa's RBI single got the Golden Falcons on the board in the home half, and Torres' RBI groundout cut the deficit to a single run in the third.
• Nickerson knocked a two-out, two-run single in the fifth and Booska's two-out RBI single produced the final score in the sixth.
• Davidson worked around one base runner in the sixth and set Felician down 1-2-3 in the seventh.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Monday against Wayne State University (12:15 p.m.) and Minnesota State University (2:30 p.m.) in Viera West, Fla., during the Space Coast Spring Games.