COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team lost both ends of a Northeast 10 Conference doubleheader to regionally-ranked Adelphi University, 11-3 in five innings and 4-1, on Sunday at Doc Jacobs Field. The Panthers were considered for the initial NCAA East Region rankings.
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The Purple Knights honored seniors
CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta) and
Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood) as part of Senior Day.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (9-31, 7-23 NE10), Adelphi (30-16, 26-6 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- Edgerly moved into the top 10 in program history in career hits (117), tying Katy Newland '08 for eighth place.
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Edgerly, 1-for-2, BB
- Sophomore Emma Nordahl (Holden, Mass./Saint Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior), 2-for-2, R, 2 RBI, 2B
- First-year Madi Liimatainen (Turners Falls, Mass./Turners Falls), 1-for-1, RBI, BB, 2B
- Davidson, 2.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 R, 2 BB, 0 K, loss
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Kaitlyn Klepper, 3-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 3B
- Junior Tori Parente, 2-for-3, 2 R
- First-year Emma Priest, 4-for-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 3B, HR, SB
- First-year Faith Wagner, 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 2B
- Senior Jenna Plue, 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
THE ACTION
- Priest led off the game with a home run before Nordahl put the Purple Knights ahead with a two-out, two-run double to straightaway center field in the home half of the first inning.
- The Panthers plated seven runs on six hits in the third, when Klepper and Priest both legged out two-run triples and junior Makayla Comer added a two-run double to help the visitors pull away.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Liimatainen, 2-for-3, R
- Nordahl, 2-for-3
- Sophomore Maddy Eaton (Seabrook, N.H./Winnacunnet), 4 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, loss
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Klepper, 2-for-4, R, RBI
- Parente, 2-for-3, R
- Priest, 2-for-4, 2B
- Sophomore Maddy Moore, 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
- Junior Lily Kenney, 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
THE ACTION
- Klepper's two-out RBI single put the Panthers ahead for good in the first inning, and Moore's two-run homer to the opposite field extended the lead to 3-0 in the third.
- Sophomore Ella Nickerson (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) got the Purple Knights on the board with a sac fly in the bottom half.
- Parente scored on a groundout in the fourth to reestablish the three-run lead.
- The Purple Knights loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh before Kenney fanned the next batter and got the final hitter to pop out.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Tuesday vs. No. 18 Franklin Pierce University, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader.
- The Ravens' national ranking is according to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), and they also appear in the first round of NCAA East Region rankings.
