Cortland over Clarkson 12-0 in non-conference Tuesday tilt at cold but sunny CSt. Scores in six innings. JJ DeLawder with first inning rbi single followed by M. Stockhausen two-run homer to left. RDragon C. Bonacci 3x3, 2r, bb, sb from leadoff slot. Twelve other Cortlanders add one hit apiece. Z. Taro with late three-run homer. M. Nochowitz WP (4inn, 1h, 2bb, 8k, 69p). Six others check Engineers to one more hit. C. Kanick LP (3inn, 7h, 6r, 5er, 3bb, 4k, 69p). Corts 12-15-1, Clarkson 0-2-4.
  Cortland 11-10, Clarkson 8-9

Oneonta topples Hamilton 8-4 in Tuesday contest in Clinton.
  OSt 12-6-1. Hamilton 9-8

  Cortland makeup league game from Saturday rainout vs. New Paltz dated Sunday at CSt. Meanwhile, RDragons vs. Fredonia upcoming series moved from Fredonia to Cortland and now Thurs/Fri.
    NP home to Oswego, Canton at Oneonta Fri/Sat

    Former conference member Brockport rises to No. 25 in weekly D3 media Top 25 poll. Empire 8's Bport 13-2-1. Otherwise no NY team to be found including 'mentions.'
    D3 top 10: 1. Wisc-Whitewater (13-0, 22 No. 1 votes), 2. Lynchburg VA (20-4, 3), 3. Denison OH (16-3), 4. Johns Hopkins MD (19-3), 5. LaVerne CA (19-3), 6. Endicott MA (13-3), 7. Salisbury MD (18-5), 8. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps CA (19-5), 9. Trinity TX (21-6), 10. Wisc-LaCrosse (13-2)


 

New Paltz strikes quickly and hangs 3-1 defeat on Cortland in Saturday opener of DH at overcast Wallace Field in C-land.
    First Game: Onetime RDragon A. Pericolosi homers on game's third pitch and Hawks add another first inning run on D. Ristano rbi double. Cortland in the third fills the bases with no outs but manages just D. Tierney sac fly. Dragons strand 10 over the first six innings and 12 in all. M. Ascanio adds eighth inning NP rbi single. M. Weed (WP 3-0, 6inn, 7h, 1r, 0er, 2bb, 7k, 74p) and relievers R. Knieriemen, M. Sarni hold down hosts. Ristano 2x3, bi, bb; T. Kreider 2x3, 2r, hbp. Dragon M. Stockhausen 3x4, bb; T. Elkins 2x4, 2bh. N. Jessen LP (1inn, 3h, 2r, 2er, 26p) while relievers R. Banks (5inn), N. Hanson (3inn) fan 12. NP 3-8-2, CSt 1-8-0
    Seecond Game: Postponed by rain. Makeup TBA
    Cortland 2-3, 10-10 and home Tuesday vs. 8-7 Clarkson. NP 4-1, 13-7

Oneonta late uprising falls short Saturday at RPI where Engineers prevail 8-6. RDragons slip behind 8-1. From seventh inning beyond, RDragons post five runs including three with two outs and nobody on base in the ninth. Have OSters on second and third when flyout ends it.
    Oneonta 3-0, 10-6. RPI 14-6
   

Cortland and pitcher L. Misla halt New Paltz six game win skein in 6-0 fashion Friday afternoon at RDragons Wallace diamond. Lefty Misla tosses four-hit, 16 strikeout gem (4-2, 9inn, 4h, 1bb, 16k, 109p) in swiftly played outing. Retires final 13 Hawks, stranding runners at first and third in first and third innings. Dragons strike in the first via L. Schartner rbi double and take 2-0 lead in the third. NP K. Paingank (LP 1-1, 6.2inn, 9h, 6r, 6er, 2bb, 7k, 105p) looks to escape jam in the CSt fifth. Z. Kringdon, M. Stockhausen open inning with singles. Next two batters retired but N. Marola slams 1-1 serve over the left-center field fence. Marola later in the game adds rbi single. Marola 2x3, r, 4bi; Stockhausen 2x3, bi. Corts leave 11 on base. Cortland 6-10-0, NP 0-4-1.
      CSt 2-2, 10-9. NP 3-1, 11-7. Teams play two Saturday with rain in forecast.

Oswego takes two Friday from visiting Fredonia, steamrolls Blue Devils 20-1 over seven innings to atone for previous day's home opening loss, then wins second game 8-6.
    First Game: Lakers set the table with four-run first inning and score in every frame but one. Manage 12 hits, 10 walks. D. Rosenberg 2x3, 2r, 3bi, hr; B. Mair 1x3, 2r, 3bi, 2bh. J. Sanders WP (5inn, 5h, 0r, 1bb, 6k. P. Ahlstrom LP (1inn). OSt 20-12-1, Freds 1-6-4
    Second Game: Oswego down early but quickly reverses things with six-run third inning -- three runs on two walks and hit batter, three more on A. Barone double to right. Barone 3x4, 4bi, 2 2bh; D. Winchester 4x4, 2r, 2sb. Lakers send J. Shearer (3inn), S. Dertinger (4inn), W. Coleman (2inn) to the mound. M. Byrnes LP (2.2inn). 
  Oswego 4-2, 11-6. Fredonia 1-2, 8-6

Plattsburgh at Canton series Friday/Saturday ppd. by weather

Oneonta has ex-conference member Brockport on the ropes Friday in Oneonta but settles for 13-inning 9-9 tie. RDragons lead 6-1 into the top of the ninth. Bport with five runs, four, pushes match to OT. Oneonta leaves bags full in its ninth and looks dead in the water when GEagles score three in the 13th. OSt ties on N. Jacoby two-out bases clearing double after two walks and hit batter. Impending darkness ends it. Jacoby, L. Hutter, M. Wurster 3h each for Dragons. OSt 9-13-2, Bport 9-14-3

Fredonia kayos Oswego 5-3 on Thursday. With balky weather continuing to be in play, Devils and Lakers move conference series in Oswego up a day. In cool air today, pair plays single game with doubleheader on Friday.
    Freds overcome early Oswego 2-0 lead on D. Hickok one-out two-run sixth inning single. Pull ahead in the eighth on K.Tedford rbi single to left. Stretch lead to 5-2 in the ninth when V. Groziople double and C. Cabrera single drive in runs. Oswego notches sac fly in its final bat. M. Zientara WP (2-2, 9inn, 4h, 3r, 2er, 1bb, 2k, 86p). Lakers J. Hayner (7inn), A. Conrad (LP, 2inn) on firing line.
    Fredonia 1-0, 8-4. Oswego 2-2, 9-6

    Still booked for Friday single games and Saturday DHs are New Paltz at Cortland, Plattsburgh at Canton.
    New Paltz on Wednesday drubs Brooklyn St. Joe's 14-4 for sixth straight win.
    Oneonata over Cobleskill 13-9
    Canton at Utica ppd

Oswego among the many 'mentions' in ABCA (coaches) Top 30 weekly poll of D3 teams. Among NY collegians Brockport (14-1) at No. 25, RIT at No. 30.
   Oswego at RIT ppd to April 22.
   Plattsburgh 3-2 victim of Middlebury
   Oneonta at Utica SUNY Poly ppd

ABCA top 10: 1. Wisc-Whitewater, 2. Johns Hopkins MD, 3. LaVerne CA, 4. Lynchburg VA, 5. Endicott MA, 6. Denison OH, 7. Trinity TX, 8. Salve Regina RI, 9. (tie) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps CA, Salisbury MD

Former conference contender Brockport (14-1) on the verge of entering weekly D3 media Top 25. No NY team again in that group. Liberty League's RIT (now 12-4 post voting of two Monday losses to Hobart) joins Empire 8's Bport among only NY 'mentions.' RIT hosting Oswego on Wednesday, Bport at Oneonta on Friday.
    Key conference series upcoming when New Paltz at Cortland for Friday single, DH Saturday. Those days also pit Fredonia at Oswego, Plattsburgh at Canton.

D3 top 10: 1. Wisc-Whitewater (8-0), 2. LaVerne CA (18-1), 3. Lynchburg VA (17-3), 4. Johns Hopkins MD (16-2), 5. Denison OH (14-3), 6. Endicott MA (11-3), 7, Salve Regina RI (11-3), 8. Salisury MD (15-4), 9. Trinity TX (19-5), 10. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps CA (17-4)

Cortland's L. Granger's game-tying two-out three-run homer on a 1-2 count in the bottom of the ninth wasn't enough to prevent Oswego from sweeping the RDragons with 7-6 10-inning nightcap win. Oswego takes 8-4 opener. Conference opening series wraps up in cold, rainy, snowy, windy shape in Cortland
    First Game: Oswego with big five-run third inning whose scoring ends with T. Featherstone two-out double. Lakers extend to 8-0 in the sixth aided by TJ Harrington two-run base knock, more than enought to make J. Sanders the winning pitcher (6inn, 7h, 4r, 3er, 0bb, 9k, 87p). RDragons get four back in their sixth when JJ DeLawder cracks two-run single. Corts leave bases jammed in seventh and ninth innings against Laker lefty reliever A. Conrad who breathes easier when Dragons' N. Smith seventh inning drive caught near the fence for the third out. D. Rosenberg 2x5,  r, bi, sf, sb for Oswego. C. Bonacci 3x5, run paces Cortland bats. Starter R. Banks LP (2.1inn). Oswego 8-10-1, Cortland 4-10-0
  Second Game: Corts jump out to 3-0 lead through four frames but Lakers' B. Mair two-run double and wild pitch in the seventh help tie it. Mair infield hit drives home go-ahead score in the eighth and P. May rbi double in the top of the ninth lifts Lakers into 6-3 control. Granger's tying blast in the home ninth follows walk and M. Stockhausen single. But facing two CSt relievers in the 10th, Oswego uses two walks -- the decider to D. Winchester, single and hit batter for the winning mark. M. Drillings (WP) sets down the Dragons thereafter. P. Byrne LP. Mair, Harrington, M. Carner, May, Featherstone two hits each for OSt. Dragon N. Smith 2x4. Oswego 7-12-3, Cortland 6-7-2
  Cortland 1-2, 9-9. Oswego 2-1, 9-5.

Oneonta over visiting Plattsburgh times two, 8-7, 14-9.
    First Game: B. Duffy delivers game-winning rbi double to center in the ninth. OSt 8-7-0, Pburgh 7-10-4
    Second Game: Shortened by weather to five innings. RDragons score in their four at-bats to offset nine-run Cards' second inning. N. Jacoby 3x3, 2r, 3bi, 2 2bh; B. Duffy 2x2, 3r, 3bi, bb, hr. OSt 14-8-0, Pburgh 9-6-3
  Oneonta 3-0, 10-5. Pburgh 0-3, 5-8

New Paltz mauls Canton 12-0 in seven innings and 10-2 in NP-hosted DH.
    First Game: Hawks' A. Pericolosi 3x5, 2r, bi; T. Kreider 3x4, 2r, bi, 2 2bh. M. Weed WP (2-0, 7inn, 7k). NP 12-14-1, Canton 0-8-2
    Second Game: More Pericolosi 3x4, 2r, bi, 2bh; Kreider 3x4, 2r, 2bi, 2bh, 3bh. NP 10-11-1, Canton 2-10-1
    New Paltz 3-0, 11-6. Canton 0-3, 3-11

Fredonia downs Knox ILL 9-3, tumbles 7-0 to Carleton MN in Florida

Cortland thwarts Oswego 8-2 in conference opener at CSt's blustery Wallace Field. Possible snow in tonight's forecast. Visiting Lakers provide RDragons wakeup call when E. Sander pokes home run with man aboard in the top of the second inning. Aroused Corts put up six-run, six-hit bottom of the second. JJ DeLawder double to right ignites assault. Z. Kringdon, N. Marola with rbi singles, N. Smith two-run double, L. Schartner rbi single. Game then scoreless till Dragons post two in the eighth. L. Misla sharp in Cortland mound outing (WP 3-2, 7inn, 6h, 2r, 2er, 2bb, 7k, 93p). N. Hanson closes, stranding five! J. Hayner LP (7.1inn, 10h, 8r, 8er, 2bb, 3k, 113p) and retires 13 straight in one stretch. For Dragon bats, N. Smith 2x4, r, 2bi, 2bh; Kringdon 2x3, r, 2bi; Marola 2x4, r, bi. For OSt, A. Barone 2x3, r, bb; D. Rosenberg 2x5.
  Cortland 1-0, 9-7. Oswego 0-1, 7-5. Play two Saturday

Oneonta belts Plattsburgh 19-0 in seven inning mercy finish. RDragons out to 7-0 lead thru three frames, scoreless next two, then rip for 12 in the sixth. K. Roper (WP 3-1, 7inn, 3h, 3bb, 7k, 97p) shuts down Cards. OSt's R. Cronin 3x4, 2r, bi; A. Wurster 3x3, 2r, 4bi, 2bh; L. Hutter 1x2, 3r, 3bi, bb; B. Duffy 2x3, 2r, 2bi bb. Just one extra-base hit. Dragons with 10 walks, five hit batters. Six Pburgh hurlers, C. Mordecki LP 1-1. Oneonta 19-13-1, Pburgh 0-3-1.
  Oneonta 1-0, 8-5. Plattsburgh 0-1, 5-6. Meet in Saturday DH in Oneonta.

New Paltz swats Canton 18-0 in seven innings. A. Pericolosi -- onetime Cortland player ('22) -- swats two homers, two doubles in 4x4, 3r, 6bi in leadoff role to head 11 extra-base hit Hawks' performance. Launch five home runs in all among team's 20 safeties. Score in every inning. T. Kreider 3x4, 2r, 2bi, bb, hr; F. Apicella 3x4, 3r, 3bi, 2bh. K. Paingankar WP (1-0, 7inn, 3h, 7k, 76p). H. Lavalley LP (0-2). NP 18-20-1, Canton 0-3-1
  New Paltz 1-0, 9-6. Canton 0-1, 3-9. Play DH Saturday at NP

Fredonia in Florida trims Springfield MA 3-2 Thursday. Starter C. Burkestone one-hitter thru five innings. Plays Knox ILL, Carleton MN on Saturday.

Cortland juniors Kendall Arcuri and Aaaon Coston land more honorss ....Arcuri makes D3 media All-Region 3 first team and coaches (ABCA) All-District 3 second team along with Coston.

RDragons NCAA tourney conqueror NYU in tonight's Final Four semis in Fort Wayne IN. Top ranked Violets (28-1) vs. St. Louis MO's Washington U. (23-6) in match of UAA foes after Trinity CT (28-3) vs. Wesleyan CT (30-1) in duel of NESCAC affiliates.
   Title game Saturday

First weekly coaches (ABCA) Top 30 poll without NY team. Cortland (8-7), Oswego (7-4) among many mentions along with Brockport (10-1, lone loss to Clarkson), RIT (11-2), Union (8-4), Rochester (4-6).

Top 10 ....
  1. Wisc-Whitewater, 2. Johns Hopkins MD, 3. Lynchburg VA, 4. Endicott MA, 5. LaVerne CA, 6. Salve Regina RI, 7. Denison OH, 8. Trinity TX, 9. Salisburg MD, 10. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps CA (14-3)

Wednesday play ....
New Paltz over Purchase 15-8
Plattsburgh clubs Knox ILL 15-1
Fredonia in Florida loses 17-8 to Wisc-EauClaire, loses 10-2 to Brockport

Cortland drops into D3 media's Top 25 mentions after 3-3 week that includes four game series split at No. 9 Trinity TX. whose Tigers fall two slots, and loss to No.19 Rutgers-Camden.
  RIT and Brockport also among this week's mentions.

  Top 10: 1. Wisc-Whitewater (8-0), 2. Johns Hopkins MD (11-1), 3. Lynchburg VA (15-2), 4. Endicott MA (7-2), 5. Salve Regina RI (9-2), 6. LaVerne CA (15-1), 7. Denison OH (9-3), 8. Salisbury MD (11-3), 9. Trinity TX (15-4), 10. Kean NJ (15-2)

Tuesday play includes ....
Oswego slipping 6-5 at Christopher Newport VA
Fredonia shading Vassar 8-7
New Paltz beating host St. Elizabeth NJ 12-1
Oneonta nipping Marywood PA 4-3
Canton losing 16-6, 19-9 to Utica's SUNY Poly

Cortland outruns, er, walks to 18-10 triumph over Southwestern TX in Georgetown to complete Texas-sized five-games in five days. Monday evening's four hour marathon sees RDragons get 16 bases on balls, five hit batters and score in eight of nine innings. Host Pirates in charge 8-6 after three innings. L. Schartner three-run roundtripper highlights four-run Cortland second. Reversal comes with five-run fourth frame uprising. Dragons go on to 17-8 command through seven innings. JJ DeLawder hits ninth inning solo home run. Relivers R. Banks (WP, 3inn, bb, 7k, 53p) and N. Hanson (1inn) hold Pirates scoreless over middle innings. Cortland sends seven to the mound, SW eight. Schartner 2x4, 3r, 2bi, hbp, hr; C. Bonacci 2x5, 3r, 2bi, 2bh, hbp; N. Smith 4bb; D. Jackson 3bb; DeLawder 1x1, r, 2bi, bb, 2hbp.
    Cortland 8-7 and Fri/Sat hosts Oswego to start league play. Southwestern 9-11

Oswego (7-3) tops Randolph-Macon 12-10 in seven innings at Ashland VA.
Plattsburgh (3-4) suffers 9-0, 3-1 dips in Florida to DePauw IN
Canton (3-6), Fredonia (4-1), New Paltz (6-6), Oneonta (6-5) idle 

Pitching depth reared its head Sunday when Cortland suffers 7-2 loss to Trinity TX to complete four-game series split in warm, windy San Antonio. In first two innings RDragons yield six walks and five hits to fall behind 6-1! Meanwhile Trinity Tigers' J. Clay tosses 7.1 innings of six-hit, 8k, 1bb in 118 pitches. Westchester CC junior transfer M. Stockhausen provides Cortland runs with first and third inning home runs to opposite fields. Dragons with six hits, Texans eight plus eight walks off four CSt pitchers, three of them freshmen including final pair W. Miller (3.2inn), T. Elkins (2.2inn) who deliver workmanlike efforts. Fr starter T. Blake LP. Cortland 2-6-0, Trinity 7-8-0.
    Cortland 7-7 and Monday vs. 9-10 Southwestern at Georgetown TX before opening conference Fri/Sat at home vs. Oswego. Trinity 15-4

Oswego takes Virginia Wesleyan 13-2
Fredonia beats Rutgers-Newark 7-4, tumbles to Clarkson 21-14
New Paltz halves with Lycoming PA, up 11-3, down 17-13
Plattsburgh tumbles twice to Farmingdale 2-1, 1-0

Cortland mastery over Trinity TX the previous two nights ends with Saturday afternoon 13-9 loss to the Tigers in their San Antonio lair. Four-run bottom of the eighth inning settles it after RDragons -- twice down by five runs, tie 9-9 in the top of the eighth. Trinity holds 7-2 lead thru two innings and 9-4 thru five. C. Bonacci three-run homer to right features four-run seventh. Bonacci 2x4; JJ DeLawder 2x3, 2r, 2bi, hr, 2bb; E. Gallo 4bb. Trinity uses walk, two hit batters and B. Nelson pinch-hit two-out 2bi single to grab final lead. Corts use four pitchers, starter W. McCarthy (1.1inn, 5h, 7r, 5er, 3bb, 35p), L. Citrola LP. Dragons get 10bb, hbp and strand 11. Cortland 9-10-2, Trinity 13-11-2.
    Cortland 7-6, Trinity 14-4. Pair finish four-game, four day series Sunday afternoon before Dragons travel for Monday date at 8-8 Southwestern in Georgetown TX

Oswego clips Christopher Newport 5-3 in Virginia.
New Paltz splits with Lycoming PA, winning 4-3, loses 6-4
Fredonia two wins, stops Ohio Wesleyan 10-7 and Gwynedd Mercy PA 7-6
Plattsburgh clips Wisc-Superior 5-3
Canton bows twice, 11-6 to PS-Schuylkill and 16-1 to Geneva PA

Cortland gets sparkling L. Misla pitching performance and enough offense to turn back Trinity TX for the second straight night on Friday in summer-like San Antonio. An 8-5 final heading into matinee matches the next two days vs. the same highly ranked Tigers. RDragons again get early jump. Take 3-0 first inning lead. A. Mieczkowski with rbi single. Hold that edge through Misla six strong innings (3h, 8k, 0bb, 74p). Corts extend lead to 8-0 in the seventh when D. Tierney double and Z. Kringdon triple ignite uprising that ends with N. Smith two-run single. Trinity answers with five-run home seventh. Third Dragon reliever R. Banks retires last six Tiger batters in order.
  Smith 2h, 2bi; Tierney 2x3, rbi, 2bh, bb; C. Bonacci 2r, bi, bb. Cortland 8-9-2, Trinity 5-8-3
    Cortland 7-5, Trinity 13-3

Oswego on Thursday defeats Rochester 3-1, 6-0 in UR-hosted DH.

Oneonta in Florida drops 3-2 Friday issue to Vassar after downing Emerson MA 4-2, 4-3 in Thursday DH.