Unreal finish at national No. 1 Denison OH where host Big Red walks-off Cortland on Saturday. Denison on Sunday for third straight day walks-off another -- this time RDragons conqueror Kalamazoo MI, 13-12 to capture the Denison Regional. Second game between the pair would have been needed had result been reversed.
      Denison scores five runs in the bottom of the ninth. Was actually behind 11-4 in the sixth inning. Kalamazoo on the brink of ending Denison 41 game winning streak this season. Instead, falters to unrelenting Denison attack. Game ends on long blow to center scoring two runs. Walks-off all three regional foes -- Grinnell IA 5-4 Friday, Cortland 4-3 Saturday, Kalamazoo today!!!
    Denison takes 43-1 record into Super-Regional against Piedmont GA.

Remaining two NY tourney entries, Liberty League's Hobart and RIT, met season closures Sunday.
    Hobart reaches concluding day with 2-1 record and bows 4-3 in 12 innings to host Salisbury MD. despite outhitting Sea Gulls 14-10.
    RIT goes out 0-2 when Babson MA survives 9-8 after six-run first lead to 9-3 lead through six innings. Regional at Southern Maine delayed a day by weather and winds up Monday.

Cortland cops major SUNYAC individual laurels ....Jr. Tristan Gatchalian player of the year, soph Warren Miller pitcher of the year, frosh Anthony Carlo rookie of the year, Joe Brown coach of the year. Eleven RDragons all-conference

     

Cortland sent home by Kalamazoo MI in 7-6 elimination game Saturday night. Follows suspenseful RDragons 4-3 loss to top seed Denison OH whose Big Red posts second walk-off triumph in as many days. Denison's Granville campus site of double elimination regional. Host on Sunday needs one win over Kalamazoo to advance.
    Against Kalamazoo outfit that gained revenge from first day 16-1 licking by Cortland, Dragons never have lead in day's third game. Three run fourth put Hornets ahead for good. Was 7-3 advantage middle of the seventh. Un-Corts-like four errors and 10 strikeouts. Get final run via T. Gatchalian home run leading off ninth frame. Next three retired by last of effective pitching quartet. R. Newland 3x5, r, 2bi for Hornets who eliminate Grinnell IA 10-4 in day's weather-delayed first game. Gatchalian 3x4, 2r, 2bi; T. McGowan and T. Elkins split four hits. C. Hayden LP (3.2inn). Dragons use six arms. 
    Against Denison, Corts trail 3-1 and down to their last out ...pinch-hitting J. Yovino homers to left-center followed by bunt single, infield error, walk and tying run on hit batter. Third reliever of the inning registers third out fly ball. Denison in last at-bat prevails via M. Fishbein leadoff double, sac bunt and J. Rollo rbi single.
    Dragons fill the bases in the first inning and walk home 1-0 lead. E. Sundgren homers in Denison Big Red first. B. Haarde base hit rbi makes it 2-1 and J. Lutte sac fly mounts 3-1 edge. CSt starter W. Miller works 5inn (3h, 2r, 2er, 4bb, 3k) before Z. Zerrilli enters (LP 3+inn, 4h, 1r, 1er, 1k). M. Mullen WP (.1inn).
      Cortland 3-8-1
      Denison  4-7-1
Denison 42-1
      Kalamazoo  7-7-1
      Cortland    6-8-4
Kalamazoo 33-12, Cortland 30-12-1 season over

Sage season ends in 8-5 loss to Penn St.-Harrisburg in late Saturday elimination game at home. Earlier stayed alive Saturday with elimination game 7-4 win at Trinity CT expense.

RIT drops 7-5 Saturday issue to Rowan NJ in first game of rain-dalayed Southern Maine regl in Gorham ME. T. Rapp with 3-run hr for Tigers who Sunday morn meet Babson MA in elimination game. Babson tumbles 11-7 to host Southern Maine.

Hobart makes it to regional final Sunday in Salisbury MD against host Sea Gulls. Beaten 11-6 early Saturday by Salisbury, Hobart later downs Mount Union OH 10-1 for the second straight day in elimination tilt. Mount Union earlier Saturday conquers Bridgewater St.15-6 in elimination round.

Farmingdale ousted from Shenandoah VA regional by Messiah PA 16-12 in Saturday elimination game in Winchester. Rams outhit Messiah 18-16

Cortland rolls 16-1 over Kalamazoo MI in Denison OH reg'l. RDragons face host on Saturday at 2:30 in double elimination play. Score in first seven innings and knock out 17 hits. J. McFarran homers to left in 3x5, 3r, 2bi outing; D. Jackson bases loaded triple; N. Smith 2x2, 3r, bi, 3bb; T. McGowan, L. Granger, A. Carlo 2h each; T. Gaatchalian 2r, 3bi, 2bh. R. McLlaughlin WP (6.1inn, 5h, 0r, 3bb, 2k).
    Denison walk-off 5-4 win vs. Grinnell IA in opener. Back to back two out doubles in the ninth plate winning score. Grinnell/Kalamazoo in Saturday morn elimination match
Cortland notches 30th win.

Hobart 4-1 over Mount Union OH in Salisbury MD regl. Statesmen back hurlers C. Tarrant (6.1inn) and J. Dunham (2.2inn) five-hitter. Hold 3-0 first inning lead on S. Garvin, W. Jones rbi blows. Play Salisbury tomorrow

Farmingdale bows 21-1 to host Shenandoah VA. Rams Saturday vs. Transylvania KY. Latter 8-6 Messiah PA victim Friday

Sage falls 9-2 to Penn St.-Harrisburg at Sage's Schnectady Central Park. Sage vs. Trinity CT on Saturday. Trinity loses 6-5 vs. Randolph Macon VA

RIT idle Friday in Southern Maine (Gorham ME) regl. Tigers on Saturday meet Rowan NJ before Babson MA/So. Maine tangle. Regl extends to Sunday/Monday

Cortland heading to Granville OH to open NCAA tourney action Fri/Sat/Sun. RDragons face Kalamazoo MI (31-11) while host and tourney top-seed Denison (40-1) plays Grinnell IA (25-16).
      Double elimination regional, one of 16 involving 64 team field determined by final NCAA Power Index (npi). Regional winners go into Super Regionals May 22-23. Playing opposite the Denison section is the regional at Centre's Danville KY campus where it's Piedmont GA vs. Centre, Washington U MO vs. Aurora IL.

Four other NY tourney teams, Liberty League leader RIT (24-13) and LL at large pick Hobart (30-13), plus Skyline champ Farmingdale LI (27-9) and first-time NCAA tourney maker Russell Sage from Albany (36-6) from the Empire 8.
    RIT debuts vs. Rowan NJ (32-5) at Southern Maine (30-10) regional in Portland ME. where Southern Maine meets Babson (26-15).
    Hobart goes against Mount Union OH (31-10) at Salisbury MD where host Sea Gulls (32-9) play Bridgewater St. VA (30-8).
    Sage Gators will be at their home Schenectady field vs. Penn St.-Harrisburg (33-13) while Randolph Macon VA (36-14) plays Trinity CT (27-13). Sage and RIT regions clash in Super Regional.
    Farmingdale travels to Shenandoah VA (35-10) where Transylvania KY (29-12) collides with Messiah PA (32-12)
     

While Cortland claims automatic SUNYAC call to 64 team NCAA tourney although RDragons prior NCAA Power Index would have gotten them ticket, three other NY teams assuredly advancing to nationals.
    Russell Sage of Albany qualifies winning Empire 8 tourney with 6-2 win over St. John Fisher following SJF forcing deciding game with 3-1 win. High in NPI rankings, Sage would be NCAA bound anyway. SJF likely out.
    RIT captures automatic Liberty League national berth with deciding 17-5 clipping of Hobart in LL tourney. Hobart forces deciding game with 17-6 toppling of RIT. Hobart now very uneasy in its national bid hopes.
    Skyline Conference's Farmingdale  wins Sunday over Marchant Marine 5-2 for automatic NCAA tourney spot.
    Alfred State bounced Saturday in Allegheny Mountain CC tourney final by Penn St.-Behrend.

Danny Jackson single to left in home ninth inning drives home T. McGowan giving Cortland 4-3 victory over Oswego and conference tourney title at RDragons Wallace Field.
    Dramatic end follows Lakers scoring twice in top of the ninth on freshman H. Uvena two-run single to center to tie. McGowan, top Oswego player previous three seasons before becoming a Dragon, opens Cortland ninth with double to left. Takes third on groundout. Two intentional walks fill the bases. Lefty swinging Jackson caps mvp tourney lining 0-2 pitch to left.
    Cortland southpaw starter W. Miller works masterful first 7.1 innings (4h, 1r, 1er, 0bb, 5k, 112p). Retires 11 straight Lakers just before exit leading 3-1.  A. Carlo sac fly and J. McFarran rbi single provide Dragon fourth inning edge. B. Olson run-scoring single had given Oswego 1-0 lead in top of the fourth. Corts extend to 3-1 in the fifth.
    Dragons use two relievers past Miller with T. Lynch WP (1inn, 2h, r, 2k, 20p). M. Drillings hardluck LP in relief (4.2inn, 5h, 2r, 2er, 2bb, 2k, 73p). McGowan on attack 3x5, r; Jackson 2x4, r, bi, sac; T. Gatchalian 1x2, r, 2bb while for OSt. Olson 2x4, bi; Uvena 1x3, 2bi, hbp.
    Oswego   3-7-1
    Cortland 4-10-0
Cortland 29-10-1 and awaits Monday NCAA tourney call. Oswego 23-16 season complete
 

Latest (thru Friday results) NCAA Power Index (NPI). Top 64 qualify for national tourney .....
    Among teams in conference championship play Saturday: 11. Albany Russell Sage; 33. Cortland; 44. Hobart; 50. RIT; 55. St. John Fisher; 74. Penn St.-Behrend; 89. Oswego; 98. Farmingdale; 55. St. John Fisher; 164. Merchant Marine; 256. Alfred St.

  Cortland and Oswego in SUNYAC final game of best-of-3 series at Cortland.
  Hobart and RIT in Liberty final at Rochester where Hobart needs to defeat RIT twice
  Sage vs. St. John Fisher in Empire 8 final in Schnectady where SJF needs to defeat Sage twice
  Alfred St. vs. Penn St.-Behrend in Allegheny Mountain CC at Johnstown PA where Alfred St. needs to defeat PS-B twice.

Cortland and Oswego swap one-sided Friday wins opening conference playoff finals. Visiting Lakers leave little doubt in 11-1 opener before RDragons bounce back 11-5. Deciding third game Saturday afternoon at 2.
    First Game: Oswego's M. Sands twirls terrific six innings (WP 7-1, 7h, 1r, 1er, 4bb, 2k, 118p). Righty keeps Corts off balance throughout his stint. A. Kerr pitches closing 3 innings of one hit, 3k, 30p. Well distributed 12 hit attack back pair. B. Mair and D. Rosenberg tag two-out second and third inning solo homers to lead 4-0 lead. Mair also pokes two-run double later in the third. Rosenberg greet fourth Dragon reliever with another homer with two aboard in four-score sixth. Rosenberg 4x6, 2r, 4bi; Mair 3x4, 2r, 3bi, bb; D. Winchester 2x5, r, 3bi, hbp; E. Sandor 1x3, 2r, 2bb, hbp. Everyone of six CSt pitchers yield runs. Starter R. McLaughlin LP (2.2inn).
      Oswego    11-12-0
      Cortland  1-8-2
    Second Game: Cortland reversal features clutch hitting from J. McFarren. Raps doubles in second and fifth innings to drive home pair each time. Second two-bag knock comes on heels of L. Granger leadoff home run to left. Dragons tally nine runs in final four at-bats. T. Gatchalian homer in the sixth makes it 8-0. Tis 9-1 in the seventh. Granger 2x3, 3r, bi, bb, hbp, sb, hr; Gatchalian 2x4, 3r, bb, hbp, 2bh, hr; McFarren 2x4, 4bi, 2 2bh. C. Hayden (WP, 2-1, 4inn, 2h, 2bb, 2k, 59p). Z. Zarrilli follows (2.2inn, 2h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 2k, 44p). Laker TJ Harrington 2x4, r, 2bi, hr. J. Shearer LP (6-2, 5inn, 6h, 6r, 6er, 4bb, 1k, 98p).
      Oswego  5-11-1
      Cortland 11-9-0
Cortland 28-10-1, Oswego 23-15

With weather a factor ....again. Oswego at Cortland final series scheduled to start Friday moved up to early afternoon and now doubleheader. Single game Saturday if needed .....

Conference trio named to D3 national Team of the Week ....Cortland's Tristan Gatchalian, Lucas Granger and Oswego's Jonah Shearer.
    In series vs. Oneonta, sr. outfielder Granger 8x13, 2hr, 3bb, 2sb, 3bi, 4r while jr. infielder Gatchalian 8x13, 3hr, 2bh, 3bb, 9bi, 3r. Sr. pitcher Shearer hurled against Fredonia and in playoff win over New Paltz gave up one hit in 7.2 innings. Cortland and Oswego go at it Fri/Sat in three game final series showdown at CSt.

Albany's Russell Sage jumps ahead of Cortland although both ranked in this week's national polls. Sage Gators (33-5) of Empire 8 and RDragons (27-9-1) rank 23 and 25 in D3 media Top 25. Downstate's Farmingdale Rams (24-9, winners of 18 straight) of Skyline Conference among mentions. ABCA coaches' Top 30 polls Sage 25, Cortland 26. Empire 8's St. John Fisher (27-10) mentioned.
   

    ABCA Top 10: 1. Denison OH 37-1; 2. Lynchburg VA 33-4-1; 3. Wisc-Whitewater 36-3; 4. Salve Regina RI 34-4; 5. Rowan NJ 32-5; 6. Johns Hopkins MD 33-9; 7. Shenandoah VA 32-9; 8. Salisbury MD 30-9; 9. Bridgewater VA 32-11; 10. Baldwin Wallace OH 28-9
    D3 Top 10: Denison; 2. Lynchburg; 3. Wisc-Whitewater; 4. Salve Regina; 5. Rowan; 6. Johns Hopkins; 7. Salisbury; 8. Shenandoah; 9. Bridgewater; 10. Baldwin Wallace

Monday's latest NPI (NCAA Power Index) which determines 64 team national tourney field has Sage 12, Cortland 29, Hobart 44, Fisher 52, RIT 61, Oswego 91, RPI 112, Farmingdale 117, St. Lawrence 123, Brockport 160, Utica 217

Oswego on Sunday gains championship series at top seed Cortland on Friday and Saturday. Behind pitching gem from J. Shearer, second seed Lakers at home beat third seed New Paltz 8-1 to sweep best-of-3 series. Oswego took Hawks 7-2 Saturday.
    Shearer faces minimum 23 batters over 7.2 innings. Yields just T. Poggi single with one out in the third inning. Poggi picked off. Shearer (6-1) strikes out six. Throws 97 pitches. Oswego uses three relievers to get final four outs.
    Lakers score in five innings, B. Olson first inning single drives in two runs.
    New Paltz   1-2-1
    Oswego      8-10-0
Oswego 22-14, NP 23-15 complete season

With Tristan Gatchalian seven rbi leading the way, Cortland claims harder-than-it-looks 10-4 victory past Oneonta. Do-or-die result at CSt comes after OSt forces third game in the series with 10-7 win earlier in the afternoon. Gatchalian overall 7x10, 9bi, 3hr.
Cortland RDragons advance to series final as host next Friday/Saturday. Oswego with leg up heading into Sunday dh vs. New Paltz to complete semi series.

    Second Game: Deciding Saturday fray 4-4 midway into the sixth inning. T. McGowan scores two with two-out triple eluding diving Oneonta leftfielder. Four-run eighth inning when Gatchalian plates three with double clinches it. Gatchalian tags first and fifth inning two-run home runs. Second blast matched inning later by Oneonta's B. Duffy tying shot. Gatchalian 4x5, 2r, 7bi, 2bh, 2hr; McGowan 2x5, r, 2bi, 3bh. Cortland starter T. Elkins (5inn, 56p), then A. Knutiila (WP, 2.1inn), T. Lynch (S, 1.2inn)
M. Neglia LP (5.2inn, 6h, 6r, 6er, 5bb, 3k, 93p) first of five OSt chuckers.
     Oneonta   4-9-1
     Cortland  10-9-0
     First Game: Oneontans R. Cronin and A. Halwick deliver two-run singles in top of the ninth to headline 10-7 stopping of C'land. Latter wastes 17-9, three home run advantage. Uncharacteristic CSt throwing error opens OSt three-run third. Immediately D. Jackson and T. Gatchalian homers bookend five straight hits and 4-3 Corts lead. L. Karwowski home run and error allow home side to forge sixth innning 6-5 edge. Guest RDragon Z. Rowe opposite field four-bagger knots it in the seventh. Scoreless till the ninth. Oneonta begins winning strut with hit batter, walk and single to set up Cronin and Halwick heroics. Third Oneonta hurler L. Jachens WP (3.1inn, 4h, 1r, 2k, 57p). Rowe 3x4, 3r, 2bi, sac; Halwick 3x4, 3bi, bb, hbp; Duffy 3r, 2bb, hbp. Corts pitch quartet, J. Yovino LP (4.2inn, 4h, 5r, 5er, 1bb, 5k, 2hbp, 60p). D. Jackson 4x4, 2r, bi; T. Gatchalian 3x5, r, 2bi, hr; L. Granger 3x5, r.
    Oneonta  10-9-2
    Cortland  7-17-1
Cortland 27-9-1, Oneonta 20-19 season complete

Oswego downs New Paltz 7-2 at Oswego in Saturday first game of best-of-3 playoff semi. M. Sands WP (6-1, 7inn). Play second and if needed third games Sunday. OSt 7-10-1, NP 2-11-1.

Cortland hitters unleash 17-hit sortie on Oneonta in runaway 14-2 Friday playoff opening win at CSt Wallace Field. Showing the way are top three batters T. McGowan 4x6, 3r, 6bi; L. Granger 4x4, 2r, 3bi, 2hr, 2bb; T. Elkins 3x5, 3bi, bb, sb bludgeoning.
    Best of 3 semi series resumes Saturday. Survivor meets New Paltz at Oswego semi winner May 8-9 at higher seed.
    Granger slugs his first of two home runs to left as top seed RDragons' second batter of the game. Fourth seed Oneonta ties 1-1 on A. Loia second inning rbi single. Corts quickly answer with three unearned runs via L. Karwowski sac fly and Elkins two-run single. Later, McGowan with two-out, two rbi singles in third, seventh and eighth innings!
     Reliever Z. Zarrilli WP (4inn, 3h, 1r, 1er, 3k, 57p; R. McLaughlin closes (2.2inn, 20p). A. Chartrand LP (2.2inn, 8h, 6r, 3er, 3bb, 2k, 79p). J. Clinton and A. Halwick split four OSt hits. Cortland strands 12, Oneonta 10.
     Oneonta    2-10-1
     Cortland   14-17-0
Cortland 26-8-1, Oneonta 19-18

Cortland hosting Oneonta Friday and Saturday in best-of-three playoff semifinal, but New Paltz at Oswego semi series moves to Saturday/Sunday.
    New Paltz on Wednesday wins 4-2 road game at Western Connecticut where Hawks use five pitchers including one-inning starter Xavier Zykoff. Latter on national D3 Team of the Week for April 21 seven-inning 13-1 no-hit decisioning of Oneonta.

    Cortland returns to weekly D3 media Top 25 poll at No. 25. RDragons also ascend to 27 in ABCA coaches Top 30 weekly poll. Russell Sage (29-5) of Albany 28th in ABCA poll and among D3 mentions. St. John Fisher (25-9) also 'mention' on coaches' poll
    Sage leads Empire 8 at 18-1 ahead of 16-3 Brockport (20-17 overall) and 14-5 SJF.

Final SUNYAC: Cortland 15-1 (25-8-1), Oswego 14-4 (20-14), New Paltz 11-7 (23-13), Oneonta 7-9 (19-17), Fredonia 6-12 (7-26), Plattsburgh 5-13 (15-18), Canton 3-15 (11-22)

ABCA Top 10: 1. Denison OH 33-1, 25 No. 1 votes; 2. Lynchburg VA 34-4-1; 3. Wisc-Whitewater 31-3; 4. Salve Regina RI 29-4; 5. Rowan NJ 29-5; 6. Johns Hopkins MD 30-9; 7. Shenandoah VA 30-9; 8. Bridgewater VA 30-10; 9. Salisbury MD 27-9; 10. Baldwin Wallace OH 27-8
D3 Top 10: 1. Denison; 2. Lynchburg; 3. Wisc-Whitewater; 4. Salve Regina; 5. Rowan; 6. Shenandoah; 7. Salisbury; 8. Johns Hopkins; 9. Bridgewater; 10. Balwin Wallace

Sunday finds Cortland and Oneonta idle ....weather conditions force ppd of Saturday doubleheader to Sunday. Although good weather conditions available, Sunday regular season final conference series canceled. Has no bearing on final standings. Also canceled is Tuesday non-league Alfred St. at Cortland clash.
    Top seed Cortland and fourth seed Oneonta clash in best-of-3 SUNYAC semifinal series at Cortland next Friday (single game), and Saturday (dh of needed). Winner advances to league best-of-three series finals following Friday/Saturday.
    Second seed Oswego hosts third seed New Paltz in semis.

Standings: Cortland 15-1 (25-8-1), Oswego 13-4 (18-14), New Paltz 11-7 (22-13), Oneonta 7-9 (19-17), Fredonia 6-11 (7-24), Plattsburgh 5-12 (15-15), Canton 2-15 (10-22)