BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Tough sledding continues, literally .......upcoming weekend games for Cortland in Newport News, VA weathered out along with Oswego play at Wesley, DE and Salisbury, MD; and Brockport games in Rochester

Still booked is Sunday's Oneonta contest at DC's Gallaudet and Plattsburgh's Saturday/Sunday action in Myrtle Beach, SC vs. Grove City and Manhattanville. Plattsburgh 0-2 after playing two of three games vs. Mary Washington during Valentine's weekend in Virginia.

Rare inactivity for Joe Brown's Cortlands who await March 6-7-8 dates at Johns Hopkins, MD and Wesley. RDragons have added date with Marietta, OH to open Florida slate March 14 in Port Charlotte. Should be interesting season with wealth of veteran arms and a need to replace many key bats. B. McClain preseason All-America pitcher coming off 10-2 season. B. Serio not far behind and Corts added Alex Weingarten who posted good numbers at previous stop Farmingdale, and transfer Seth Lamando. Latter was three-time All-State at Poughkeepsie's Ketcham HS and D-1 Big South freshman of the year at Coastal Carolina in '13. Also a third baseman, Lamando worked just 19 innings last season. Touted reliever Cody Petre returns after missing C-State's '14 campaign. R. McAlary among others back. Staff will be tossing to entirely new catching corps.

All-Conference outfielder veterans include D. Castaldo, V. Bonasuto and C. Ziemendorf. A. Smith returns. Experienced infielders include DeMilio and A. Simon.
All-league performers returning in other houses count Brockport 2B W. Burghardt, Oswego batterymates B. Karinchak (P) and E. Hamlton in addition to rookie of the year pitcher T. Cronin, Plattsburgh OF N. Lupo and C F. Buksa, and Oneonta OF C. Kies

Meanwhile, Cortland product Scott Brown in his third season as D-1 national champion Vanderbilt pitching coach. Vandy off to 6-2 start. Brown, working under then RDragon pitching coach Joe Brown (no relation) was '99 All-American. Was Cortland assistant on Steve Owens' staff, served nine seasons at St. John's before heading to Vandy

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Plattsburgh sweeps Grove City 4-0, 6-1 in Saturday twinbill at Myrtle Beach. Cardinals square their record at 2-2 in seven inning contests. M. Vargues (1-1) tosses complete game three-hit shutout with errorless support. Burgh pushes over three runs in the third. Shortstop TJ Montalbano 2x3, r. Second game features B. Buksa second inning bases loaded triple followed by N. Lupo's rbi single. Flynn flips first five innings, yields unearned run and two walks
Plattsburgh meets Manhattanville in Sunday doubleheader at the same South Carolina site

[jdex]

Plattsburgh splits doubleheader with Manhattanville by identical 16-15 scores at cold, wet Myrtle Beach, winning the first game in 11 innings as M. Vargues strokes walk-off two-run home run. Cardinals overcome 13-4 deficit through 6 1/2 innings of slated nine inning contest. Need TJ Montalbano one-out two-run single in ninth to reach OT at 14-14. Montalbano 4x6, 5bi in Burgh 16 hit attack. DH A.(yes Alex) Rodriguez 2h, 4bi; B. Rombauts 3h, 2bi. No errors. M'ville 17 hits vs. five pitchers. A. Kramer winning hurler.
     Second game settled by M'ville J. Delahunty grand slam in seven inning nightcap that sees five homers, 10 extra base blows. Vargues homers again but takes mound setback as the last of six Cards. pitchers. Burgh posts six-run fifth and holds 15-11 edge into bottom of the seventh. Montalbano 2x5, 3bi. Cards with 12 hits, two miscues. M'ville collects 12 hits, has two boots
     Cardinals' ledger 3-3 after eight hour-plus marathon

Oneonta scheduled Sunday opening game vs. Gallaudet in D.C. canceled

[jdex]

Weather continues raising havoc, with Plattsburgh only team seeing action thus far. Four others charted to play inaugurals this weekend.

Cortland has weekend dates at Johns Hopkins (MD) and Wesley (DE) wiped out, and instead heads to Rocky Mount, NC  for Saturday twinbill vs. Stevenson, MD. RDragons on March 12 at Rocky Mount meet NC Wesleyan enroute to Florida

Brockport in Fayetteville, NC for Saturday games vs. Frostburg and Wesley, and Sunday vs. Stevenson, MD. Eagles begin Florida portion of their schedule March 12

Oneonta begins Florida play Saturday in Auburdale vs. Saint Vincent, PA and Sunday in Winter Haven vs. SUNY Canton

Oswego in Virginia Beach on Saturday vs. Rowan and Sunday vs. Virginia Wesleyan. Lakers start Florida play March 14

Plattsburgh, 3-3, awaits Florida play beginning March 15 vs. Manchester U. (IN) in Fort Myers

New Paltz faces Randolph Macon in Ashland, VA on March 12 heading to Florida and slates of games starting March 14

Fredonia gets going March 12 in Florida vs. SUNY Canton in Auburndale. Ursinus and New England tests follow

[jdex]

Cortland rallies stop Stevenson, MD 7-5 and 9-5 in season starting DH at sunny, beautiful Rocky Mount, NC. RDragons add Sunday doubleheader at D.C.'s Gallaudet
     Down 4-2 thru six fames of nine inning opener Corts' N. Hart delivers two-out, two-run go-ahead single in three-run seventh. S. Lamando's two-run double makes it 7-4 in eighth. T. Brien takes mound in ninth with two aboard and one-out. Sac fly and strikeout later and he's a save-ior. B. Serio starts and goes four innings (2h, 1r, 0er, 1w, 6k). N. DiBenedetto -- third of five hurlers, notches win, surviving three walks over 1.1 innings. Each side with seven hits, two errors. A. Clock 2x2, 2r, 2w; Lamando 1x4, r, 3bi; Hart 2bi
     Second game seven-inning affair started by B. McClain who faces just eight batters (1.1 inn, 3h, 4r, 3er, 0w, 2k). Trailing 4-2 into the fourth, RDragons tally four as frosh catcher M. Personius' two-run double pivotal along with C. Ziemendorf rbi single. Latter's sixth inning triple adds a score and two unearned runs in seventh conclude scoring. Hart 2x4, 2r; Clock 2bi; fr DH P. Schetter 1x3, w, 2r. Soph E. Honce winning pitcher over three innings (2h, 1r, 1er, 1k) succeeding McClain. Two others follow. Cortland nine hits, four errors; Stevenson eight hits, five errors. Beaten Mustangs 0-3-1

Oswego opens with 3-0, 10-2 sweep of ranked Rowan at Virginia Beach. B. Karinshak and M. Kelly both toss eight innings. Karinchak allows four hits in opener with one walk, eight Ks. P. Brown registers two Ks in perfect ninth. M. Kutscher 2x4 with first inning rbi hit. E. Holton 2x2, walk; E. Hamilton SF. Lakers, who manage nine hits, with game's lone error.
   Kelly yields four hits in nightcap, walks pair, fans seven. OSt cracks 13 hits and errorless on defense. Kutscher 3x5, 4rbi, 2bh; Hamilton 3x4, 2rbi in third slot ahead of Kutscher. Leadoff bat D. Saccocio 3x4, 3r. Rowan in first action as well. Oswego on Sunday takes on Virginia Wesleyan twice at same site

Oneonta edged 10-9 in opener by Saint Vincent, PA in Auburndale, FL. Cheers go to victor's Sam Malone for walkoff game-winning rbi double in the ninth. OSt down 9-4 in the sixth but erupts for tying five spot in the seventh capped by M. Cruz two-run double. S. Mullins 3x5, 2r, bi; C. Kies and LJ Gizzarelli two hits apiece, latter with 3bh and 2bi. RDragons 11 hits, three errors; Vincents 16 hits, three boots. K. Jordan hurls first 4.1 frames for Oneonta, 10h, 7r, 7er, 0w, 1k. Third reliever J. Sica takes loss in 1.1 innings. Winners sport 4-3 mark. Oneonta challenges SUNY Canton in Sunday DH in Winter Haven

Brockport breaks even in season opening games in Fayetteville, NC. Eagles slip 7-3 to Frostburg, MD, but bounce back to shade Wesley, DE 5-4 in an evening matchup.
   Port vs. Frostbury holds 1-0 lead on W. Burghardt run-scoring base hit in the third. Unbeaten foe (7-0) answers with two in the third, two in the fourth. Burghardt 2x4; S. Geisel 2x4. Teams split 18 hits, Brockport with game's only miscue. T. Clifford starts and takes the setback in 3.1 innings of five hit, four run(3er) work. Five Eagles follow on the mound. Winner G. Schneider 3-0 on the season
   Brockport never trails debuting Wesley, snapping 1-1 tie on B. Swayne and J. Craig ribbies in the fourth. Stretches lead in sixth when J. Martin's single plates a pair. Two-run Wesley eighth tightens matters before reliever A. Pratt saves it with hitless 1.2 innings. C. Davis 2x4, 2r; Martin 2x3, 2bi for Bport. N. Pontari, on in the sixth for starter J. Prouse, notches the win tossing 1.2 innings of one-hit ball. Brockport with seven hits, three errors. Wesley gets eight hits vs. four Eagle pitchers and is flawless afield
   Port up against Stevenson, MD in Fayetteville on Sunday morn

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Cortland (4-0) on Sunday downs D.C. host Gallaudet 9-0 in first game, 7-0 in second.
      Newcomer A. Weingarten (5inn, 2h, 1w, 7k) and relievers P. Healey and J. Martin combine for seven inning first game shutout. Corts score single runs in first and fifth innings, then strike for seven in sixth inning uprising featuring S. Getman two rbi double, C. Manderson rbi single, two SFs and HBP rbi. Frosh catcher Manderson 2x3, 3r, bi; V. Bomasuto 2x3, bi; C. Ziemendorf 1x4, 3r, bi, 2bh; Getman 1x1, r, 2bi; A. Simon 0x0, 2w, 2bi. Nine hits for 3-0 Cortland. No errors. Gallaudet with three hits, three errors.
     RDragons jump out to quick 5-0 second inning. S. Lamando makes first CSt mound appearance and in two inning stint gives two hits with 0w, 4k. T. Parry (1h, 3w, 4k), V. Bomasuto (3k) pitch two innings each, A. Brant with 1-2-3 final seventh. Six hits in the first inning lead to three runs, N. Hart rbi single, P. Schetter two-run single. Team with 12 hits, one error. M. DeMilio, Bomasuto, R. Nuzzi, J. Teague two hits each. Gallaudet with three hits, one error.

Brockport behind D. Stackhouse beats Stevenson, MD 6-1 in Fayetteville, NC. Stackhouse throws seven innings of three-hit ball with three walks, five strikeouts. Eagles erase early 1-0 deficit on C. Davis' two-run double to right-center gap in the sixth. Add run in the seventh and three with two outs in the eighth when Z. Lander and A. Barbetto deliver rbi blows. J. Martin 3x4, Davis 2x5. Port raps 13 safeties to Mustangs' four. One error each side. Lander pitches final two innings (1h, 1w)

Oneonta over SUNY Canton 4-2 in first game at Winter Haven, FL but falls 16-6 in afterpiece to same opponent. RDragons' C. Kies and C. Kerdesky knock in fifth inning runs to break 2-2 tie, Kies with a double, Kerdesky SF. OSt with seven hits from seven different players. T. Bond gets pitching victory in seven inning complete game five-hitter. Yields two earned runs (0w, 5k).
     Oneonta 6-2 lead in the nightcap vanishes to 11-run Canton fourth inning. Oneonta record 1-2, Canton 2-2. OSt plays Monday vs. Medaille at Winter Haven.

Oswego apparently plays Rowan again Sunday in DH at Virginia Beach. Exchange wins decided in ninth innings. Profs of Rowan prevail 3-2 in first game, Lakers emerge 9-8 winner in the second.
    Scoreless duel in opener till Rowan scores two unearned runs in the seventh. Oswego in 2-2 tie on E. Hamilton two-run single in top of the eighth. R. Strickland the Rowan hero in home ninth with two-out game-winning double. T. Cronin serves up eight innings (5h, 2r, 0er, 1w, 2k) for Oswego. C. Arcuri out of the pen in fateful ninth. Fans one, allows two hits. Oswego with five hits, two errors. Rowan with seven hits, one error.
     Oswego (3-1) wins second tilt via wild pitch producing decisive run in top of the ninth. K. Liner 5x5 leads 19 hit Oswego assault. B. Hamilton, E. Hamilton, J. Giller three hits apiece. Rowan six-run seventh forges 8-7 lead. Oswego ties in the eighth. M. Putillo wins in relief. R. Donnelly starts and pitches into the seventh. Lakers with two errors. Ranked Rowan (1-3) with 12 hits, one error.

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Oneonta evens record at 2-2 with 10-4 win over Medaille in Lakeland, FL. Ahead for keeps with three-run second. Error and C. Kies rbi single does the damage. Seals issue with five-run eighth when M. Cruz doubles in first score and J. Halligan slams bases loaded triple. Teams split 20 hits, two errors. Halligan 3x5, 2 2bh, 2bi, 2r; Joe Franke 3x4, 2bh, 2r, bi. Frosh N. Ponesse gets pitching win with 3.1 relief innings (1er, 2h, 1k). Starter J. McCarty goes 4.1 (2er, 6h, 4k). Medaille with 1-3 mark. OSt on Wednesday vs. Curry, MA for two tests

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Oneonta splits with Curry, MA, winning 4-3 before falling 5-3 in action at Auburndale, FL.
    M. Mastroianni (2x4) whacks walk-off solo home run in opener. S. Mullins 2x3, LJ Gizzarelli 2x2 with 3 rbi for RDragons. N. Ponesse notches pitching victory with near perfect 1.1 innings (hbp). C. Didomizio starts (5inn, 5h, 2r, 2er, 2w, 4k). Followed by RJ Lyman who goes .2(3h, 1r, 1er)
    OSt 3-3, Curry 5-4

Thursday has 4-0 Cortland heading to Florida and tangling with N.C. Wesleyan in Rocky Mount, NC. Brockport fields 2-1 mark against Dickinson, PA in Winter Haven. Fredonia opens its season vs. SUNY Canton in an Auburndale twinbill

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Cortland conquers North Carolina Wesleyan 12-4 in Rocky Mount, NC, grabbing 4-0 lead in first at-bat. S. Lamando (2x4, 4bi, r) belts three-run homer and D. Castaldo (3x4, 3bi, r) rbi single. RDragons with 16 hits, no errors. Corts score in six of nine frames. J. Teague 3x4, 2bi, r; A. Simon 2x4, 2r; C. Ziemendorf 2x5, r. Use six pitchers. P. Healey works the first, N. DiBenedetto three innings (2h, r, 2w, 4k). R. McAlary, E. Honce each tosses two hitless innings. C. Petre, J. Winters finish in ninth. Wesleyan with five hits, two errors. Cortland 5-0 and meets Marietta on Saturday in Florida

Brockport takes pair from Dickinson, PA by 12-5 and 5-4 scores in Florida. Eagles rap 17 hits in first game and take charge with six run second inning. T. Clifford pitches 4.1 innings (8h, 6k) for victory. Second game has W. Burghardt's three-run homer in the fifth tying the score 4-4. Later an error and J. Martin's rbi double makes Bport a winner. A. Barbetto 4x4. A. Pratt hurls win (4r, 5h, w, 7k). Z. Lander gets save

Fredonia wins 13-1, loses 4-3 in season opening action vs. SUNY Canton in Florida
     Devils' K. Johnston doubles in two runs in three-run first inning of first seven inning game. Freds add three runs in second inning, three runs in third and finish with 15 hits. C. Frontale 3x4, 5r; M. Prentice 3x5, 3r, 4bi; V. Sherman 3x5, 3bi. Z. Jordan pitches win in six inning stint (2h, 1r, 1er, 2w, 9k. Canton with four hits, one error
     Setback in second game came when Canton scores in final seventh inning on error, passed ball, J. Rosa's rbi single against J. Harford (1 inn, 1r, 0er, 1h, 2k). Fredonia starter S. Sturma throws 5.2 innings (3r, 2er, 7h, 0w, 2k). C. Frontale 2x3, r; R. Carmody 2x2, rbi for 1-1 Devils. Canton 3-5

[magicman]

Hi jdex,

Have you had a chance to attend any of the SUNYAC games that were held in Florida?

[jdex]

Brockport edged 2-1 by Ohio Wesleyan at Port Charlotte. Eighth inning home run (S. Moore) snaps 1-1 deadlock. OW scores in the third, Eagles answer in the sixth when C. Davis delivers rbi single. Port with eight hits (B. Sanders 3x4, r; S. Geisel 2x4, 2bh) and one error. Wesleyan with 10 hits, error free. D. Stackhouse tosses first 6.2 innings (6h, r, er, w, 3k). N. Pontari charged with loss in .2 inning stint (3h, w). J. Appel closes. Eagles 4-2, OW 4-3

Fredonia twice upended by Ursinus in Fort Myers, bowing 7-6 in extra innings and 3-2 in nightcap.
      Devils succumb in ninth inning of scheduled seven inning opener. Two-out double following a walk tops the Devils.  Fredonia leads 4-1 early and 5-3 in the fifth. Ursinus scores three in its fifth for 6-5 lead. K. Sherman (3x5, 2r, 3bi, 2bh) scores tying run in the seventh with a single, stolen base and passed ball on a strikeout. Freds strand leadoff triple in Ursinus seventh as J. Dileo records foul out, strikeout, flyout but takes mound loss (4.2 inn, 1r, 1er, 4h, 1w, 6k). R. Graczyk starts and T. Morris follows. Freds with nine hits, one error, Ursinus six hits, one error.
      Fredonia yields solo home run in the top of the seventh and final frame of second game. That was the difference although Devils nearly overcome 3-1 hole. Spinella single and Johnston double put runners on second and third in bottom of the seventh. M. Carmody sac fly produces one run but Freds strand tying bid. Ursinus' two-run sixth erases Fredonia second inning B. Castonguay rbi single. Each side with six hits, no errors. Starter C. Wolf (6 inn, 2r, 2er, 5h, 1w, 6k) takes loss. M. Wilhelm serves up the seventh. Fredonia 1-3, Ursinus 8-2

Oneonta suffers 10-2 and 3-0 losses to Clarkson at Lakeland, FL
       RDragons have little to cheer about. See Clarkson strike for six runs in fourth inning of first seven inning affair. Tis 9-0 before OSt manages single runs in fifth and sixth. Victims get five hits and are guilty of two errors. Clarkson with 12 hits and tag starter T. Bond with the loss. He's first of three Dragon twirlers. Second game finds Oneonta with just four hits and four errors leading to all three Clarkson runs. J. McCarthy throws front five innings. Two others follow. Oneonta at 3-5 completes Florida play Saturday morn vs. Medaille. Clarkson 4-0

New Paltz launches season Thursday in 7-1 loss at Ashland, VA's ranked Randolph-Macon. Hawks spot hosts 6-0 lead before DH R. Fitzpatrick's breakthrough rbi single in the seventh. He has two of NP six safeties. Hawks with three errors. Whoopies, 9-1, reach five NP pitchers for 11 hits. R-M with one error. B. Wisner (4inn, 6h, 3r, 3er, 1w, 2k) starts on the hill for guests. New Paltz on Saturday in Florida faces Heidelburg at Port Charlotte.

And by the weekend every conference nine will have landed in the sunshine state for games. In addition to Oneonta's game with Medaille, and New Paltz game with Heidelburg on Saturday, Cortland plays 3-3 Marietta, OH and Salem St., VA at Port Charlotte. It's Fredonia vs. New England, 3-1 Oswego vs. Framingham, Brockport vs. Clarkson.
Among Sunday's tilts, 3-3 Plattsburgh draws 2-0 Manchester, IN at Fort Myers

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   Cortland moves to 7-0 with 14-12 nipping of Marietta, OH and 21-6 bruising of Salem St, VA in Saturday action at Punta Gorda (near Port Charlotte)
     In opening game Marietta leaves sacks full after scoring twice in final at-bat. CSt sends 14 to bat in first inning and scores 10 runs in Punta Gorda (near Port Charlotte). V. Bomasuto with three-run homer to climax opening frame onslaught. B. Serio toes the rubber for RDragons through five (11h, 7r, 6er, 0w, 3k). No rollover in Marietta, within 11-10 in the sixth and still threatening till T. Brien comes out of the pen and pitches three strong innings (0r, 1h, 1w, 7k).  Corts quickly get 14-10 daylight as A. Smith (2x3, 2r, 2bi) and M. DeMilio (2x4, 3r, 2bi) both homer. Marietta, 6-4 and 9-2 winner earlier in the day vs. Wabash, rallies for two runs in the ninth. Passed ball on opening batter's strikeout ignites things. T. Laitar relieves Brien and runs into trouble until groundout leaves bases full. Corts outhit 18-14 but collect nine extra base blows. RDragons with game's only two errors. S. Lamando 3x4, r, bi, 2 2bh; D. Castaldo 2x5, 2r, 3bi, 2bh, hr; C. Ziemendorf 2x5, 2r, 3bi
    Cortland in the second game scored five times in the top of the first and leads 11-3 through 2 1/2 innings. F. Ricci, M. Michalski (triple), K. Andrews with rbi blows in opening uprising. Frosh catcher M. Personius (2x4, 3r, 4bi) slams three-run HR in the third and later triples. N. Hart 4x7, 3r, 2bi; Andrews 4x5, 3r, 2bi; V. Bomasuto 3x4, 2r, bi. Bomasuto gets pitching win with starting 2.1 innings (6h, 4r, 3er, 1w, 1k). three hurlers ensue. Corts bang 26 hits but guilty of seven errors. Salem with 11 hits, four errors and suffer second setback of the day, losing earlier to 9-0 Baldwin Wallace. Salem 2-2.

Fredonia, 2-3, beats New England 6-1 with 15 hits. Q. Danahy 3x4, r, bi; R. Carmody 3x5, bi. J. Korszun hurls six innings (6h, r, er, 1w, 4k). Devils in front 3-0 through the fifth and polish off foe with three scores over final two innings of nine inning contest. Freds with one error. NE has six hits, four errors.

Oswego record at 5-1 after 11-0, 6-5 wins over Framingham.
      Laker C. Arcuri (5inn, 1h, 1w, 10k) in first collegiate start joins A. Stuart (2inn, 2h, 2k) in seven inning shutout. Oswego takes charge with two runs in the first, SF and J. Giller's rbi single the reason. Six-run fifth inning seals it. J. Rauseo triple plates a pair, E. Hamilton double two more. Lakers with 11 hits, no boots. Rauseo 3x4, 2r, 2bi, 2 3bh; E. Hamilton 3x4, r, 2bi, 2bh.
      Second game win arrives on A. Brown rbi single in final seventh inning. Oswego up 3-0 till Framingham puts five on the board in the fourth. D. Saccocio pokes game-tying single in the sixth. Rauseo 3x4, 2r; Brown 3x4, r, 3bi. Thirteen hits for Oswego. One error each side. Reliever JM Guarino wins with three-innings of work (0h, 0w, 4k). T. Cronin starts (4inn, 10h, 5r, 5er, 0w, 4k).

Brockport tumbles to Clarkson 11-3. Eagles at 4-3
      Bport down just 3-1 when W. Burghardt lifts SF in top of the fourth. Clarkson answers with six-run fourth. Brockport collects seven hits, Engineers 11. Flawless play afield. J. Prouse (1-1) losing hurler over 3.1 innings (4h, 5r, 5er, 3w, 2k). Four take the mound for the Eagles. J. Martin 2x4, r, 2bh

New Paltz drops 13-3 issue to Heidelburg, OH in first of doubleheader. Nightcap suspended in eighth with Heidelburg ahead 8-6. NP with 0-2 mark
      A. DiNardo provides NP 1-0 lead that's soon knotted. Heidelburg Student Princes, 7-0, score 11 times over second, third, fourth innings. C. Moran (2bh) and S. DeLaCruz with two hits apiece for the Hawks. Mound loss to starter C. Huertas (2inn, 4h, 7r, 5er, 2w, 0k). Quartet of pitchers touched for 13 hits. NP manages nine with two errors.
      New Paltz pulls even at 6-6. Heidelburg pair of runs in eighth precede 'lights out at midnight' call. Game suspended

Oneonta enjoys Florida sun but not much else the past two days. RDragons tumble 15-5 to Medaille Saturday morn at Winter Haven. Game called after eight innings. A 2-2 game through three, Medaille posts five runs over the next two innings. OSt still within 7-5 into the eighth when Medaille scores eight times. C. Kerdesky 3x4, 2bi, r, 2bh for Dragons who get nine hits alongside three errors. Use eight pitchers, K. Jordan (4inn, 4r, 4er, 7h, 0w, 4k) the first and loser. N. Ponesse absorbs brunt of Medaille eighth inning peppering. Faces nine batters, five hit safely, two walk and seven score (six earned). Breaking five game losing streak including early week loss to Oneonta, Medaille mounts 19 hit attack. No errors. Oneonta with 3-6 mark and heads home. Medaille 2-5

     Among Sunday tilts, 3-3 Plattsburgh draws 2-0 Manchester, IN at Fort Myers

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Cortland survives Endicott, MA twice at Auburndale, walking quite the tightrope in a 2-1 first game, and holding on in the second game 8-7 outcome. CSt record at 9-0. Endicott was in action for the first time in the games of seven inning duration.
      Scoreless opening duel for six innings between RDragon B. McClain and JJ Branch, Endicott breaks through in the top seventh inning with a sac fly. First two Cortland batters retired in the bottom of the seventh. A. Simon singles to left and M. Michelski singles to right. A. Smith draws full count walk loading the bases. Pinch-hitting N. Hart is hit by a pitch to tie it and leadoff batter M. DeMilio singles to right-center off reliever's D. Nova's second serve for the walk-off victory. Cortland held to three hits till the seventh. McClain the rally benefactor (7inn, 8h, 1r, 1er, 1w, 3k). Neither side with an error.
     Corts build comfortable 8-3 advantage after 5 1/2 innings of the second game. Endicott breaks through for four runs in the sixth against A. Weingarten (5.1inn, 11h, 5r, 4er, 0w, 2k) and R. McAlary (1.2inn, 5h, 2r, 2er, 0w, 1k). McAlary stiffens in the seventh, retiring three of four batters. Five RDragons with two hits -- DeMilio (2r, 1bi), Smith (2r, 1bi), Simon (1r, 2bi), P. Dondero (1r), A. Clock (1r, 1bi). Cortland totals 12 hits, one error. Endicott gets 16 hits, four errors and uses six pitchers

Plattsburgh splits with Manchester, IN at Fort Myers. Cardinals rebound from 10-6 loss to get 14-5 win. Big innings settle both nine inning games
      Pburgh holds 4-3 first game edge before Manchester strikes for seven runs in the bottom of the eighth. That took some luster off Card B. Latulipe 5x6, 1r, 1bi effort. TJ Montalbano was 3x5 while A. Rodriguez, B. Rombauts (2 2bh), B. Buksa have two hits each. Plattsburgh with 18 hits, two errors. Manchester with 13 hits, one error. M. Vargues tosses 5.2 innings (4h, 2r, 2er, 2w, 3k) but A. Kramer and Montalbano feel pain of late foe surge.
       Cards turn the tables in the second outing. Manchester assumes 5-3 lead into Pburgh's fifth raps. Scores three to take the lead. F. Buksa and Vargues drive in runs with doubles. Then six-run sixth is virtual kayo punch. F. Buksa drives in four runs with a double and single during the assault. Vargues clears packed sacks with a double and Montalbano knocks in a run with a single. F. Buksa winds up 4x4, 5bi, 3r; Vargues 3x4, 5bi, r; C. Pescetti 3x4, r, 2bi; Latulipe 2x4, 3r. Seventeen hits ring off Card bats. S. Orr (5inn, 4h, r, er, 2w, 4k) picks up the win in relief of W. Flynn. Manchester with 12 hits. Each team with two errors. Plattsburgh emerges with 4-4 log, Manchester 3-2

Oswego drops two games to Washington & Jefferson, PA 8-5 and 8-6 in Winter Haven, the Lakers having to play catchup in both battles.
      W&J forges 4-0 lead after two innings of first contest and hikes margin to 8-1 into Lakers' bottom of the concluding seventh. OSt raises a fuss with four hits. J. Rauseo slugs two-out three-run home run and M. Kutscher an rbi double. Oswego matches W&J's nine hits and commit game's only error. E. Hamilton 3x4, bi, 2bh; J. Giller 2x4; K. Liner 2x3, 2bh. Starter B. Karinchak goes five innings (5r, 5er, 8h, 3w, 5k)
      Lakers fall into 8-0 hole in fourth inning of the afterpiece. OSt tallies four scores in the fourth featuring M. Kutscher's two-run roundtripper and two in the seventh when Kutscher's double scores a run. Kutscher 2x4, 4bi, r; J. Rauseo 2x4, r, bi. Oswego has nine hits, one error. W&J 14 hits, no miscues. M. Kelly assessed pitching loss, going first three innings (10h, 7r, 7er, 0w, 3k). Oswego 5-3, W&J 3-1

New Paltz loses twice, 4-1 victim of unbeaten (6-0) Wooster, OH Fighting Scots, and 15-3 fodder for UMass-Boston Beacons in action at Port Charlotte
    Hawks see UMass-Boston march across the plate in seven of the nine innings. C. Amato 2x2, S. Hensen 2x4, A. Martini 2x4 for NP. J. Fox the losing pitcher (3inn, 5h, 4r, 3er, 3w, 2k). New Paltz 0-4

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Gorgeous Monday in Florida where ......

Cortland continues its drama in 11-6 overhauling of Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors at Auburndale. Needs ninth inning comeback to continue win streak now 10 in a row to start the season. Rutgers-Camden 2-1. Cortland down 6-4 at the end of six innings, RDragons score seven in the ninth. M. DiMilio (2x2, r, 3bi) leadoff solo home run pulls them within a run. A. Smith rbi single ties it and a groundout chases home the go-ahead run, S. Getman has a two-run single before A. Clock triples for a run and DiMilio, who entered the game in the sixth inning, cracks his second hit of the inning, a run-scoring single. Fresh faces contribute in 13 hit spree -- F. Ricci 2x3, 2r, bi; M. Personius 2x3, r, 2bi. Meanwhile, J. Winters  pitches scoreless final 3.2 innings (5h, 1w, 3k). N. DiBenedetto starts and goes four innings. P. Healey follows. R-C All-America candidate J. Brooks 3x4, bi

Oswego rocks Hope, MI 12-1 in seven inning matchup in Auburndale. Lakers break it open with seven run third inning where J. Rauseo gets the first of eight hits in the act with leadoff single, and gets the last with rbi single. J. Giller tags two rbi double to left and D. Saccocio continues eruption with two rbi single to left. Rauseo 3x3, r, 3bi; Giller 2x3, r, 3bi; Saccocio 2x4, 3bi; E. Holton 2x2, r; M. Capobianco 2x2, 3r, bi. Lakers with 16 hits, one error. R. Donnelly on firing line for six innings (3h, 1r, 1er, 2w, 5k). Oswego 6-3, Hope 2-1

Plattsburgh puts down Minnesota-Morris 6-2 at Fort Myers where S. Howard gives the Cards seven strong innings of four-hit ball. Yields 2r, 1er, 2w, 7k. R. Levinson closes strong. C. Pescetti (3x5, bi) and T. Montelbano deliver early rbi singles, A. Rodrigues makes it 4-0 with two-run seventh inning single to left and B. Buksa knocks in final pair with ninth inning single. B. Buksa, F. Buksa, B. Rombauts, M. Vargues with two hits each among Burgh's 15. Cards with one error. M&M boys with six hits, four errs. Plattsburgh 5-4, M-M 4-6

Brockport on the strength of nine-run second inning routs Springfield 18-0 in seven innings at Winter Haven. Eagles rip 15 safeties. Huge second inning begins with runs via wild pitch and two bases loaded walks, J. Martin and J. Craig with two-run singles. Port notches three more runs in the third, one in the fourth and five in the fifth climaxed by J. Kenney's three-rbi double to left-center. Kenney with 2h, 4bi. D. D'Eletto (2r), S. Geisel, Craig split six hits. Barrage backs slants of Z. Lander (5inn, 3h, 0w, 2k). No Port errors. Springfield three hits equals error sum. Brockport 5-3, Springfield 0-3

Fredonia late lead vanishes in 4-3 setback to Maine Farmington at Fort Myers. Devils stake 2-1 lead in the second when wild pitch and fielder's choice scores a pair. M. Prentice double followed by V. Sherman rbi single hikes margin to 3-1 in the third. M-F within 3-2 in the eighth and take lead with two runs on three hits. Rightfielder K. Johnston prevents more harm by throwing out runner at third. Fredonia runner caught stealing ends the game. T. Morris (2r, 1er, 5h, 0w, 5k) and M. Wilhelm (2r, 2er, 5h, 0w, 4k) each pitches four innings with 3-2 lead over Maine Farmington at mid-game. Wilhelm gets the loss. V. Sherman 2x4, r, bi; R. Carmody 2x4. Freds swing for eight hits and guilty of two errors. M-F with 10 hits, no misplays in raising record to 6-0. Fredonia 2-4

New Paltz scores first win by scrambling past Lancaster Bible 15-10 with an eight-run eighth inning at Port Charlotte. Hawks 1-4, Lancaster 0-3 after bowing 10-2 earlier Monday to Wooster, OH. Trailing 10-7 and its first batter retired in the eighth, New Paltz went boom. S. DeLaCruz singled in a run, S. Hansen doubled home two, A. Diana singled in two more, J. Williams tripled for a run and T. Bell's base hit produced another. Hansen (1.1inn, 1k) was also on in relief for the win. Bell wound up 3x4, 3r, bi; M. Sparacino 3x4, 1r, 2bi. Hansen drove in three and Williams had two triples among the winners 16 hits. NP with three errors. LB had 11 hits, two errors

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In the sunny, warm south Tuesday .......

Cortland plays longball and wins 11th straight in 14-2 fashion over Eastern Connecticut at Auburndale. No score for two innings, then unbeaten RDragons tally six times in the third ignited by A. Clock's grand slam to center. A. Smith (3x3, r, bi) follows with solo homer to left. Add four runs in the fourth as D. Castaldo (2x4, r, 4bi) strokes three-run homer to left-center. Finish with 19 hits as 11 different players hit safely. Corts with nine extra base blows. E. Honce (2-0, 4inn, 2h, 5k) and three relievers hold E. Connecticut to four hits. Each side with an error. Unbeaten RDragons. EC 1-5

Brockport whips The College of New Jersey 14-6, bolting to 11-0 lead after three innings at Auburndale. W. Burghardt drives in first run with bases loaded walk. B. Sanders with two-run single to center. B. Swayze 3x4, 2r, bi. T. Clifford pitches win in four innings of work (6h, 2r, 2er, 2bb, 5k). Each team with 13 hits. No errors for Port, five for NJ. Eagles 6-3, NJ 2-3

Plattsburgh loses 4-3 when Keystone, PA rallies for two runs in the bottom of the ninth via throwing error and bases loaded walk at Fort Myers. Cardinals hold early lead, taking 2-0 edge on A. Rodriguez rbi single and 3-1 margin on Keystone misplay. Leadoff hitter N. Lupo 4x5, r for the Burgh whose B. Buksa pitches eight innings (6h, 3r, 2er, 2w, 5k). M. Vargues and A. Kramer out of pen issue three painful walks in ninth. Plattsburgh 5-5, Keystone 6-2

New Paltz downed 7-1 by Denison, OH which breaks open tight 2-1 test with five-run bottom of the eighth at Port Charlotte. M. Sparacino (3x4) brings Hawks within a run in the top of the eighth with rbi single. C. Huertas charged with pitching loss (5inn, 6h, 2r, 2er, 1w, 1k). NP 1-5, Denison 2-2

Fredonia divides twinbill with Hamilton at Fort Myers, the Devils claiming 7-6 opener before losing 12-5 in pair of seven inning outings.
       Freds did all their scoring in final two innings of the first game to wipe out 5-0 Hamilton superiority. Mendiola two-run single was major force in three-run sixth. Four-run seventh included Danahy rbi walk, M. Carmody two-run single and R. Carmody rbi. R. Carmody 3x5, bi; M. Carmody 3bi; V. Sherman 3x4, 2r. K. Smith pitched scoreless seventh to gain Fredonia decision. Devils with 12 hits, one error. Hamilton nine hits, four errors.
       Devils see Hamilton out to early 8-1 lead in second game. Winners with 14 hits, three errors, Fredonia eight hits, two errors. Starter C. Wolf hurls two innings (5h, 7r, 6er, 2w, 2k). One of five pitchers. Fredonia 3-5, Hamilton 3-1