COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team earned its second consecutive Northeast 10 Conference doubleheader split on Wednesday at Doc Jacobs Field, taking the nightcap over Saint Anselm College, 3-2, after falling in the opener, 6-3. First-year
Alexis Wilson (Barnstead, N.H./Prospect Mountain) earned her first college victory in game two.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (8-28, 6-20 NE10), Saint Anselm (19-25, 11-17 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- Wilson earned her first college win during the second contest, scattering eight hits in a complete-game effort.
- Senior CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta) tied Katy Newland '08 for seventh in program history with 117 career hits.
- The Purple Knights split their last four home games with the Hawks after winning only four times in the series on Doc Jacobs Field in their first 42 meetings.
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Davidson, 2-for-4, RBI
- Junior Brynlyn Owens (Limon, Colo./Limon), 3-for-3, R, RBI
- Sophomore Emma Nordahl (Holden, Mass./Saint Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior), 2-for-4, RBI
- First-year Shaylee Branon (Troy, N.H./Monadnock Regional), 2-for-3, BB
- First-year Madi Liimatainen (Turners Falls, Mass./Turners Falls), 3+ IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, loss
- Sophomore Maddy Eaton (Seabrook, N.H./Winnacunnet), 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K in relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Rose Reitmeyer, 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B
- Junior Brooke Tardugno, 2-for-4, 2 R, SB
- Junior Kendra Lee, 7 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
THE ACTION
- Reitmeyer's ground-rule double scored Tardugno in the first inning before juniors Abby Wrinn and Sarah Cipriani added consecutive RBI singles with two out in the third to make it 3-0.
- Davidson countered with a two-out RBI knock in the home half.
- Reitmeyer, junior Caitlyn Duquette and sophomore Alexa Salafia poked consecutive run-scoring singles in the fourth that pushed the lead to 6-1.
- Owens' two-out RBI single in the sixth and Nordahl's two-out RBI single in the seventh brought the Purple Knights within 6-3, but the batter representing the winning run popped out with the bases loaded for the game's final out in the seventh.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Davidson, 1-for-3, R, SB
- Nordahl, 1-for-3, RBI
- Senior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood), 1-for-3, R
- First-year Ciara Flaherty (Newington, Conn./East Catholic), 2-for-3, R, 2 RBI, 2B
- Wilson, 7 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Duquette, 1-for-4, RBI
- Reitmeyer, 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB, 2B
- Tardugno, 2-for-4, R, SB
- Junior Mackenzie Bergen, 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
THE ACTION
- Nordahl's infield single with two out in the second inning scored Flaherty with the game's first run.
- Reitmeyer's RBI double plated Tardugno the following inning before Duquette followed with a go-ahead single.
- Saint Michael's immediately countered in the home half of the third, with Flaherty's two-run double to the right-center gap putting her team up for good.
- Wilson pitched out of trouble in the fifth, when the first two Hawks reached on singles before eventually pulling off a double steal with two down, but the final batter grounded out.
- Saint Anselm left the bases loaded in the sixth, when Wilson capped a nine-pitch at bat with the final batter on a strikeout.
- The Hawks again put the first two runners on in the seventh before a sac bunt advanced them 60 feet, but the next batter popped out on the first pitch before Branon made a nice pickup at third base on a hard ground ball to her left and tossed across the diamond for the game's final out.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. Adelphi University, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader.
- The Panthers are among nine teams listed in the initial NCAA East Region rankings.
