BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Cortland needs no luck in Florida opener, beating FDU-Florham 20-0 Sunday morning

And Cortland (7-1) defeats RPI 8-5 in the afternoon at Auburndale in sunny 80 degree weather. J. Adornetto breaks a 4-4 tie slugging a two-run home run in the seventh inning. Corts adds two runs in the inning on four singles and a walk. RPI (2-2) scores a run in the ninth. Engineers had built 3-0 lead entering the Corts fourth. M. Rosing and A. Iacomini rap rbi doubles slicing the deficit to 3-2. RPI makes it 4-2 in the top of the sixth but RDragons respond with a tying two-run bottom of the inning

Oneonta falls 26-6 at Frostburg, Md

Plattsburgh tamed twice at Farmingdale, LI, 9-4 and 1-0. K. Kelly hurls six strong innings of the nightcap in which Farmingdale pushed over the game's only run in the eighth. Hosts had eight runs in the first two frames of the first game. Burghers making season start

[easy_money 3]

Wow, 26-6 thats a rough outing for Oneonta just wonder if thats a sign of things to come for that program. Only time will tell. New paltz taking 1 from # 9 Salisbury was a good win for them. Brockport kept its hot start rolling picking up 2 wins from St. Josephs (LI) 13-2, 11-3 from a look at the box score Brockport routed them with the help of 13 errors between the two games. Brockport has a local game with RIT this tuesday. Cortland still seems to be the powerhouse they usually are.

[jdex]

From Sunday ....

Cortland       121 524 500  -- 20-21-0
FDU Florham 000 000 000 --   0-5-  1


RPI             010 201 001  --  5-11-1
Cortland      000 202 40x  --  8-13-0

M. Rosing 5x6, hr(grand slam), 3 2bh, bb, 3r, 7 rbi against FDU. B. Barry also homers as Corts count nine extra base hits and 11 players hit safely. Leaves 16 runners on base. FDU issues 15 walks and hit batter. Fr B. Serio picks up his second pitching win of the year with 5 innings of two-hit ball, one walk and four Ks. FDU was coming off 13-6 victory vs. Washington (Md)

Rosing comes back vs. RPI with a 3x4 effort that includes 2bh, rbi and 2r. C. Jackson 3x3, 2bh, 2r. In the go-ahead seventh Barry's single preceds J. Adornetto's home run. B. Marotta drives in the frame's third run with a single and scores the fourth via an error. M. Hughes starts and needs relief with two outs in the sixth. Allows 8h, 2bb, 4r and fans five. G. Jweid comes out of the pen for the win over 1.1 innings of work. Gives a hit, walk and registers 2Ks. Twas his 17th career W, first since 2009. K. Barkley finishes with a 2 inn, 1r, 1bb, 3K line. M. Campisi starts for Engineers and pitches five credible innings. R. Robarge absorbs the loss

Cortland today up against ranked Webster (MO)

[jdex]

Cortland dispatches Webster (MO) 10-3 in Auburndale, FL. Gorloks up 3-0 in the top of the first against RDragons' starter J. Molloy, who permits three hits, a walk and guilty of a throwing error in the inning. Corts score twice in their first at-bats when M. Rosing doubles home a pair with two outs. They take a 4-3 lead in the third on T. Panetta's sac fly, and settle matters with a five-run fifth featuring J. Adornetto's two-run double.  A run in the eighth completes the scoring. For Corts Z. Graczyk 2x3, r, bb. Eight others add a hit. M. Hollander (1x1, 2bh) and D. Castaldo also have rbi's. Molloy lasts just the first inning on the mound. T. Scott then goes 3.1 innings (2h, 1bb, 1K) for the win. Three others follow. Webster also uses five pitchers who walk eight and yield six earned runs. Starter I. Behme takes the loss.

Ranked Webster, whose R. Hall and I. Foege knock out two hits apiece, was coming off a big Sunday 10-1 conquering of highly regarded Wheaton (MA). Webster meets Marietta on Friday. Corts go to 8-1. Webster 3-5


Webster   300 000 000 --  3-  6 -3
Cortland   202 500 01x -- 10-10-1

[jdex]

Cortland drops its second game of the season on Tuesday evening when Spalding, KY takes a 5-4 decisision in Leesburg, FL. Spalding is 9-1, the RDragons 8-2.

Corts falls as K. Gorence strokes a game-winning two-out rbi single to center in the ninth inning. In its first season playing in NCAA Division 3, Spalding scores twice in the eighth and ninth innings to wipe out a 4-1 Cortland lead. The Golden Eagles use a walk, sac bunt and K. Whitlock's two-out single to tie the score in their final raps. An intentional walk precedes the Gorence two-out first-pitch game-deciding blow.
RDragons scores in the first on J. Adornetto's rbi single to center. Spalding ties it in the first before Cortland's two-run second ignited by C. Jackson's leadoff double. He scores on M. DeCarr's groundout. DeCarr moves around to score on B. Mistretta's single. PJ Rinaldi's single drives home a seventh inning run to make it 4-1. Spalding closes the gap in the eighth when two walks set up JR Belt's two-run double.
Z. Graczyk goes 4x5 with 2r from the leadoff CSt slot. Rinaldi collects two hits. B. McClain pitches 7.1 innings with 10 Ks, 3bb, 2r, 4h line. R. McAlary and G. Jweid follow. Spalding's R. Mosby goes the route for the mound victory.

Louisville's Spalding was 32-11-1 last season

Cortland    120 000 100 -- 4-9-3
Spalding    100 000 022 -- 5-8-3

[jdex]

Cortland edges Franklin & Marshall 9-8 in Auburndale, FL to hike its record to 9-2. F&M is 3-6.

Z. Graczyk goes 3x4, 2 2bh, 3bi, 3r and  M. Rosing finishes 2x3, 2bh, w, 4bi while B. Barry has a 2x4, hr, bb, 2b day for the RDragons, who use seven pitchers.   
 
Cortland takes the lead for good at 6-4 with four runs in the third. J. Quinn singles and scores on Graczyk's rbi double. The latter later crosses the pate on a Rosing sac fly to knot the game. Barry follows with a two-run homer to right. The lead grows to 9-5 in the top of the sixth. F&M Diplomats close to 9-7 in the bottom of the sixth before S. Kimmelman comes on in relief and records a strikeout, groundout and flyout with two runners aboard to prevent further harm. F&M loads the bases with no out in the seventh but reliever C. Petre induces a doubleplay and flyout to preserve a one-run lead. He retires the side in order in the eighth and ninth to earn the save.  Z. Badanes was awarded the victory.

Cortland has three games remaining on its Florida trip - contests Friday in Auburndale versus Western New England and Rowan, and another game against Rowan Saturday in Leesburg,
Rosing was recently named SUNYAC player of the week and to the D3.com national team of the week

Cortland 204 201 000 -- 9- 9-0
F&M       041 002 100 -- 8-11-3

[jdex]

Brockport raises its record to 7-1 by scoring a 14-7 win over Pitt-Greensburg on Friday in Winter Haven, FL.  Eagles sweep to 7-5 and 4-3 victories over Clarkson on Thursday, both in extra innings. Opener goes 11, the nightcap eight. And on Tuesday in Rochester, Bport nipped 3-2 by RIT

Friday's New Paltz vs. Mt. St. Mary game in Fishkill ppd.

[jdex]

Cortland drops 9-7 decision to Western New England in Auburndale, FL. RDragons leave the tying runs aboard in the bottom of the ninth. Corts post a first inning run, see WNE tie matters in the third before the foe scores twice in the fourth and four times in the fifth to put CSt in a 7-1 hole. Two-run home run by T. Perun the big WNE blow off a Dragon reliever in the fifth. Cortland tightens the margin at 8-7 with three runs in the eighth. WNE gets an insurance run in the ninth.
M. Rinaldi 3x5, r, bi in the loss. Z. Graczyk, J. Andornetto, M. Rosing have two hits apiece. Rosing with two rbi. Corts employ five hurlers. Starter B. Serio throws four innings (5h, 3r, 1er, 3bb, 3K).
Cortland 9-3 and faces Rowan later today. Ranked WNE is 3-1

WNE           001 240 101 -- 9-11-3
Cortland      100 021 030 -- 7-13-3

[jdex]

Cortland annexes 10th win with a 12-8 spilling of Rowan in the RDragons' final Auburndale, FL. contest in late Friday afternoon contest.  Corts build 12-0 lead entering the bottom of the eighth when Rowan's Profs post eight runs. CSt knocks out 14 hits, two each by Z. Graczyk (2bi), J. Adornetto (1bi), M. DeCarr (2 2bh), M. Hollander (3bi, 3bh). M. Rosing with 2bi. K. Barkley gets starting pitch nod  and raises his record to 2-0 with a 5.0 inn, 4h, 3bb, 5K line. Next three hurlers allow 8r, 7er, 3h, 7bb. B. Nemeti earns 1.1 innings save with 0r, 0h, 0bb, 1K. Rowan uses four pitchers, starter S. Melchiorre in 4.2 innings allows 10r, 5er. Of Corts' 12 runs, just 5 earned.

Cortland   211 240 020 -- 12-14-4
Rowan     000 000 080 --  8- 7-6

[jdex]

Cortland loses its spring break Florida finale by 5-4 margin to Rowan on Saturday morning in Leesburg. C. Jackson hits a three-run pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the score at 4-4 but Rowan responds with the winning run in the seventh. E. Perez registers the game-deciding rbi single on the heels of a Profs' double. PJ Rinaldi finishes with two hits for CSt. M. Hughes is the pitcher of record on the losing side, throwing 6.1 innings. G. Jweid gives a hit with a strikeout in .2 of an inning, while C. Petre in two hitless frames gets a strikeout. RDragons 10-4 and slated at Rochester on Wednesday. Rowan 7-2
Rowan   100 102 100 -- 5-9-0
Cortland 000 103 000 -- 4-8-2

New Paltz edged 5-4 by Stevens Tech at Fishkill. NP over Baruch 2-1 at the same site
Brockport tumbles 11-3 to RPI in Florida
Oswego beats Clarkson 11-4 in Florida
Oneonta vs. Neumann U. doubleheader, cancelled
Fredonia at Geneva, Pa., dh, cancelled

From Friday, Oswego 16, Emory & Henry 8 in Virginia

[jdex]

Oneonta wins the second game at Purchase 4-1 after bowing 6-0 in doubleheader opener

Oswego rebounds in Florida to beat Allegheny 14-4 following 3-2 twinbill starting 3-2 setback

Plattsburgh takes the Florida 3-2 nightcap over Washington & Jefferson on the heels of a 5-3 loss to W&J

New Paltz vs. Mt. St. Mary in Fishkill cancelled

Brockport, Plattsbugh, Oswego and Fredonia have Florida dates this week, including Bport/Oswego dh

[magicman]

Cortland will undoubtedly lose their #1 ranking when this week's new poll comes out. The Red Dragons have gone 3-3 since the last poll which saw them move into the top spot. It will be interesting to see how far they tumble. I think they will remain in the top 10 and hopefully can work their way back up the ladder.

[jdex]

Certainly would not think Cortland tumbles from top 10 if pollsters are paying attention. But don't believe Joe Brown would be disappointed this early where ever he lands. He'll gladly take 10-4. Those four losses come to good teams as he prepares a very deep lineup. Uses many position players extensively, and five and six pitchers in nearly every game. Close losses have been to Salisbury (a split vs. 13-2 Gulls ranked No. 6 in week 3); up and coming 11-2 first season NCAA Spalding (KY); 15th ranked 5-2 Western New England (which plays Rowan today and ranked Ramapo Wed); and 8-2 Rowan (a split and leaving bases loaded in the ninth of a 5-4 Sat. fall).

If anything a clutch hit here or there could have helped, and the defense of late a bit shaky following a strong start ..............Just an opinion from afar ...

Look for Webster (MO) to make a top 25 appearance this week. Starting the season slowly including a 10-3 slip to Cortland, including recent wins over No. 2 Marietta and No. 25 Augustana to run winning streak to four.

[jdex]

Oswego splits with Vassar. Lakers win 4-1, then lose 7-2. OSt 6-3

Plattsburgh loses 8-7 in first of two games with Allegheny, and bows 1-0 in the afterpiece. Cards 1-6

Brockport digs out of 4-0 hole to beat Washington & Jefferson 7-6. Eagles 8-2, W&J 4-2

New Paltz record dips to 3-7 after 4-3 and 9-6 setbacks to Mt. St. Mary in Fishkill

[jdex]

Cortland third in latest D3.com poll. Salisbury No. 1, Trinity (Tx)  second ......