NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost both ends of a Northeast 10 Conference doubleheader at Southern Connecticut State University, 9-4 and 9-6, on Sunday at Pelz Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-24, 4-16 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (15-15, 8-12 NE10)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 2-for-4, RBI, SB
• Junior Brynlyn Owens (Limon, Colo./Limon), 2-for-3, R, 2 RBI, SB
• Sophomore Andrea DiMauro (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2-for-2, R, BB
• First-year Alexis Wilson (Barnstead, N.H./Prospect Mountain), 5.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Gianna Iaquinto, 3-for-4, 2 R
• Junior Karley Austin, 2-for-4, R, 3 RBI
• Sophomore Izzy Ingersoll, 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• Senior Ashley Lewis, 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Owens' two-out RBI single scored DiMauro with the game's first run in the second inning before the Purple Knights plated three more two-out runs to make it 4-0 in the fourth. Owens and Edgerly both came through with RBI singles before pulling off a double steal, with Owens swiping home.
• Ingersoll (fielder's choice) and Austin (single) both drove in runs during the fifth inning to make it 4-2 before the Owls went ahead with seven runs on six hits in the sixth. Junior Olivia Young led off with a home run, and first-year Christina DeNovellis knocked a tying pinch-hit RBI triple before scoring the eventual winning run on Ingersoll's RBI single.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Edgerly, 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
• Junior Abreanna Smith (Whitewright, Texas/Whitewright), 2-for-4, R, RBI
• Sophomore Maddy Booska (Burlington, Vt./Colchester), 2-for-4, R
• Sophomore Emma Nordahl (Holden, Mass./Saint Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior), 2-for-3, R
• First-year Shaylee Branon (Troy, N.H./Monadnock Regional), 3-for-4, R, 2 RBI
• First-year Madi Liimatainen (Turners Falls, Mass./Turners Falls), 1-for-3, R, RBI, HP
• Wilson, 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 0 K in relief, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Austin, 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB, SB
• Ingersoll, 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
• Graduate student Nadia Cestari, 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, SB
• Sophomore Sophia Angiolini, 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, SF
• Lewis, 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K in relief, win

THE ACTION

• Graduate student Brianna Pearson gave the Owls a first-inning lead with an RBI single, and DeNovelli's two-run, pinch-hit single keyed a four-run third that provided the hosts a 5-0 advantage.
• Saint Michael's pushed in front thanks to scoring six runs on seven hits in the fourth inning. Edgerly, Smith and Liimatainen picked up RBI singles before Branon's two-out, two-run single up the middle put the Purple Knights ahead.
• Southern Connecticut State retook the lead in the home half, as Angiolini provided the tying RBI single before scoring on Cestari's two-out RBI double.
• Angiolini added a sac fly in the fifth and Iaquinto a two-out RBI infield single in the sixth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. No. 21 Franklin Pierce University, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader.
• The Ravens' national ranking is according to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).