WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College softball team capped a four-game weekend series with a pair of losses at Bentley University, 10-2 in five innings and 8-2, during Northeast 10 Conference play on Sunday at the Bentley Softball Field.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (3-15, 1-7 NE10), Bentley (8-16, 3-5 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- Seniors CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta) and Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood) pushed their career hit totals to 97 and 94, respectively.
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Davidson, 2-for-3, R, RBI, 2B; 1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, loss
- Edgerly, 1-for-3, R
- First-year Shaylee Branon (Troy, N.H./Monadnock Regional), 1-for-2, RBI
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Ella Bunovsky, 3-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
- Junior Jess Morrison, 3-for-4, 3 R, 2B
- Sophomore Maddie Baker, 2-for-4, 3 RBI
- Sophomore Bella Burke, 2-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, 3B
- First-year Taylor Zajac, 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
THE ACTION
- Bentley scored twice on a wild pitch play in the first inning before scoring four times on four hits in the second, keyed by Baker's two-out, two-run single.
- Davidson doubled home Edgerly in the third before coming around on Branon's two-out single to right field.
- Burke's two-run double keyed a three-run home half before Baker's RBI single in the fifth capped the win.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Emma Nordahl (Holden, Mass./Saint Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior), 1-for-2, BB, SB
- First-year Madi Liimatainen (Turners Falls, Mass./Turners Falls), 1-for-2, R, 2 RBI, HR
- Davidson, 6 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Baker, 2-for-2, 2 RBI, BB, SF
- Burke, 2-for-3, R, RBI
- Morrison, 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI
- Sophomore Michelle Diaz, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B
- Sophomore Maddie Pickett, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
THE ACTION
- Liimatainen launched her second home run of the season in the first inning, a two-run blast.
- Diaz knocked an RBI double in the home half before scoring on an error to tie the game.
- Morrison's two-run infield single sparked a four-run rally with two down in the fourth.
- The Falcons added single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Tuesday at Franklin Pierce University, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader.
- The Ravens received votes toward this week's National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) national poll.
