BB: SUNYAC

[108 Stitches]

What has happened to the once dominant Marietta?
Seems like a mirror image of Chapman on the West Coast.

[jdex]

Cortland comes back to defeat Methodist 5-3 in Methodist NC invite. Host Monarchs undone by key fielding miscues -- three of them. Just two RDragons runs earned in contest played in windy conditions blowing in. Cortland 4-0, Methodist Monarchs 2-2.
    Cortland trails Methodist 1-0 after five innings. Newcomer B. Moxley of Oneonta starts on the hill for RDragons playing with considerably revised lineup from 7-4 handling of early afternoon foe Marietta OH. Off the bench contributions are key.
    Methodist scores in the fourth on D. Cass rbi hit. A. (yes, Alex) Rodriguez scores. CSt's R. Nuzzi with two-out double in the fifth. Stranded. Moxley in five frames, 1r, 1er, 3h, 1bb, 3k. S. Beard in five innings, 3h, 3bb, 5k for Methodist.  Hosts build 3-0 edge in the sixth after Cortland reliever J. Winters gets one out, walks two. N. DiBenetto out of the pen. Yields rbi hit to C. Ford and Methodist moves ahead 2-0, then 3-0 when pair of walks forces in run
   Cortland scores twice in the seventh when R. Nuzzi 2bh plates one, and three times in the eighth on two hits, two Monarch miscues. MU loads the sack in its eighth. Threat doused by T. Parry strikeout.
   Dragons with five pitchers. J. Martin goes 1.2 innings of one-hit relief ball. Turns it over to Parry for final 1.1 closing innings. Four hurlers for Monarchs.
    Nuzzi 2x3, 2 2bh, bi, r; J. Teague 2x2, 2r; S. Figueroa 2x4, r

Cortland    5-7-0
Methodist   3-6-3

   Cortland opposes Neumann PA (10 a.m.) and Lynchburg (7 p.m.) on Saturday in invite action

  Meanwhile, Cortland basketball overcomes halftime hole to beat Brockport 80-78 and reach Saturday's conference final vs. Oswego whose Lakers upset top seed Plattsburgh 81-74

[jdex]

Cortland annexes fifth win without loss in 14-hit 8-6 toppling of Neumann PA at Methodist NC invite where RDragons 3-0 and meeting Lynchburg VA this evening in CSt final game at Fayetteville site.
    Four-run seventh inning decides Corts' latest issue. Tied 4-4, F. Ricci launches things with a single. A. Clock single produces go-ahead run and J. Teague doubles plates a pair. Newmann gets two back in its eighth but Cortland's A. Brant halts that attack and pitches scoreless ninth.
    S. DeBrosky goes four innings (4h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 3k) followed by K. Curry (3.2inn, 2h, 2r, 0er, 1bb, 5k) and Brant (1.1inn, 1h). Neumann starter K. DeLuzio tosses 6.2inn (13h, 7r, 6er, 3w, 5k). For Cortland N. Hart, P. Dondero, F. Ricci, C. Griffin, Teague two hits each

Neumann   6-7-2
Cortland    8-14-3 

Methodist swats Neumann 16-1 in mercy rule 7-inning skirmish. Five-run seventh stops the action this afternoon

Marietta 15, Lynchburg 6 from Friday night

Methodist and Marietta currently having at it

[jdex]

Cortland/Lynchburg tonight at Methodist NC invite

Earlier this evening at the invite Marietta OH 6-5 11-inning win over Methodist

Also today:

Oswego 7, Virginia Wesleyan 4  Lakers with 12 hits and T. Cronin pitches five innings, 6h, 2r, 2er, 0bb, 6k

Oswego  7, RPI 0

Plattsburgh drops 8-1 and 11-2 verdicts to St. Joe's LI

New Paltz falls 14-0 to Washington MD

Brockport (4-0) defeats Pitt-Greensburg 15-12 and 11-1. Eagles rake 23 hits in twinbill in Fayetteville NC

[jdex]

Cortland blanks Lynchburg 4-0 late Saturday night behind T. Whiteman (6inn, 2h, 3bb, 7k) and two relievers in two-hit effort to complete four-game two-day sweep in Methodist Invite at Fayetteville NC. RDragons hike record to 6-0 and capture event title.

Final Invite game for Cortland underway Saturday at 8:45 and concludes not far from midnight. Second baseman M. Perivotaris gets first start and double to left knocks in first inning unearned run. Cortland makes it 2-0 in the seventh as F. Ricci leads off with single, moves around to score on A. Clock sac fly. Two-run ninth features one-out F. Ricci and M. Personius singles, Clock rbi single and capt. K. Andrews sac fly.

Senior newcomer righty Whiteman start finished by R. Koval (2inn, 3k) and T. Parry (1inn, 1bb, 3k). Whiteman escapes two major jams, one early via doubleplay and another late leaving runners on second and third. Lynchburg's D. Goulding (2-2) tosses 8.1 innings (6h, 4r, 3er, 4bb, 8k)
Cortland    4-6-2
Lynchburg 0-2-2

Corts head home, play ranked Johns Hopkins in Baltimore next Saturday/Sunday.

From Sunday: Marietta rallies past Neumann 6-5
Methodist over Lynchburg 4-1

Final standings:
Cortland     4-0 (6-0 overall)
Marietta     3-1 (3-1)
Methodist   2-2 (4-3)
Neumann   1-3 (1-3)
Lynchburg  0-4 (3-7)

[jdex]

OSWEGO takes two wins Sunday, taming RPI 7-2, then Virginia Wesleyan 10-2 in Norfolk VA to give the Lakers a 4-0 record. Wesleyan was coming off 7-2 win over Ithaca, IC's third loss in three games this season.
   Oswego on Saturday defeated Wesleyan 7-4 as well as RPI 7-0 by scoring all its run in the final three innings of the latter tilt. W. Randall 3x5 and knocks in the game's first two runs to make a winner of seven-inning pitcher M. Kelly. C. LaFlamme completes five-hit shutout

BROCKPORT on Sunday morn in Fayetteville NC belts Farmingdale 16-1 to run Eagles' record to 5-0. J. Martin and C. Davis split six hits in 19 hit assault. S. McCumiskey (2-0) heads five Port pitchers in five inning stint. Farmers 0-3. Bow twice Saturday to 5-0 ranked Frostburg whose earlier charted Saturday test vs. Brockport never came off though Eagles twice kayo Pitt-Greensburg

NEW PALTZ in Baltimore Sunday loses 16-6 to Keystone PA and then plays homestanding Johns Hopkins to an 11-11 nine inning draw. Hawks overcome 10-2 deficit starting with six-run sixth inning. NP outhits the host 17-8

[jdex]

Cortland at 6-0 atop the weekly D3 poll with all 25 No. 1 votes. RDragons have had to battle back in five of their wins against the likes of seventh ranked Salisbury NC, 19th Marietta OH and formerly ranked Methodist NC. Corts get current poll mention Johns Hopkins in single games Saturday and Sunday in Baltimore

Brockport at 5-0 gets poll mention in the 27th slot but surprisingly no where to be found among the 30-plus mentions is 4-0 Oswego whose Lakers in our mind will very much be a conference contender. Very formidable in every area and frosh catcher C. Thompson named to the D3 national team of the week

Last week's national team included Corts' seniors C. Griffin (2b) and F. Ricci (of)

[jdex]

Cortland sr outfielder Fabio Ricci and sr pitcher Tanner Whiteman named conference players of the week. Ricci batted .579 (11-for-19) with two walks, two doubles, two steals and six runs scored as the top-ranked RDragons opened the
season with six straight wins. Cazenovia native Whiteman opened the season with a
2-0 record. The D1 Maryland-Eastern Shore transfer picked up a win in relief
with one hitless inning at ranked Salisbury, and threw six shutout
innings in a 4-0 win over Lynchburg.

[jdex]

Plattsburgh on Thursday drops 1-0 tilt to ranked Mary Washington VA in Myrtle Beach. Mary Wash puts two hits together in the bottom of the ninth for the game's only run. R. Levinson in first career start goes five innings for the Cardinals. Allows three of MW's eight safeties. Burgh gets two hits off route-going N. McIntyre (3-0) who strikes out 10. Cards 0-3, Mary Wash 10-1 was was coming off Wednesday loss to Catholic DC

Pburghers in Myrtle Beach Friday vs. John Jay for dh, Saturday vs. Johnson & Wales RI, then Lehman

[jdex]

Fredonia launches its season Friday with 4-2 win vs. Johnson & Wales RI in Myrtle Beach. Two runs in the top of the ninth keyed by L. Kelly, A. Medina (4x4) and J. Krolikowski singles did the trick. Hurler Z. Jordon with a strong 7.1 innings

Plattsburgh beats John Jay 9-3 in the second game of Friday twinbill at Myrtle Beach for Cardinals' first victory in five starts. Burgh drops 8-2 decision in the opener.

Brockport goes to 6-0 Friday with 17-0 romp of  Mount St. Mary in Wappinger Falls. Eagles strike for seven-run second inning and finish with 19 hits. P. Ludden 3x5, 3r, 2bi, 1bb. T. Clifford tosses seven innings of one-hit ball. Bullpen pair completes two-hit shutout. Hosts winless

On Saturday ....
6-0 Cortland in Baltimore vs. Johns Hopkins (also meet Sunday); 4-0 Oswego at Salisbury NC; Brockport at Rutgers-Camden; Plattsburgh vs. Johnson & Wales RI and Lehman in Myrtle Beach; Fredonia vs. Staten Island (dh) in Myrtle Beach

[jdex]

Cortland wraps up 9-0 win at Johns Hopkins as five RDragons throw one-hitter. Lone Blue Jay safety one-out sharp single to left by Z. Robbins off lefty P. Healey who was facing his first batter.
    C. Moxley starts for CSt, exits after two with two walks, three strikeouts and a lot of pitches. J. Cooke works four frames with one walk, four Ks. J. Martin with 1-2-3 seventh and records liner to third on one pitch before relieved by Healey who finishes the eighth. N. DiBenedetto retires the side in order in the ninth. Both sides errorless.
    RDragons strike for three runs in each of the second and third inning single score in the fifth and two in the sixth.  S. Figueroa 3x4, r, 3bi and lacked  home run for the cycle. Cortland with 14 hits in 40-degree temps. C. Griffin 2x3, r, 2bi, sb; C. Ziemendorf 2x5, 2r, 3bh
    Second frame sees Figueroa triple plate a pair, Griffin infield single the third. C. Ziemendorf triples and Figueroa doubles in the third.
    Cortland, 7-0, duels 1-3-1 Hopkins again Sunday afternoon

Oswego storms Salisbury NC 15-6 to impressively go to 5-0. Lakers post five-run third inning and six-run fifth and collect 20 hits behind pitcher T. Cronin who gets relief from B. Nolan and B. Zywicki. Catching newcomer C. Thompson 4x4, 3r, bi. B. Hamilton 3x5, 2r, 3bi; W. Randall 3x5, 3r; E. Hamilton 2x4, r, 5bi; e. Holton 2x4, r, bi. Sea Gull leadoff batter K. Goodwin 3x4, 2r, 2bi, hr. Oswego on Sunday due for doubleheader vs. Wesley at Dover DE
   Salisbury had won four straight following pair of home losses to Cortland. Sea Gulls this week scored four in the eighth to defeat J. Hopkins 9-5

Brockport in an 8-2 setback at Rutgers-Camden. Hosts break 2-2 tie with six runs in the eighth to deal Eagles first loss in seven games. A. Spindler in the starting blocks for the Port and impressive in six innings (2r, 2er, 3h, 3bb, 1k). Then S. Kowalski and N. Jerolimov touched up. W. Burghardt 2x4, bi, 2bh, B. Sanders 1x4, bi in defeat. Rutgers-Camden 2-0. Eagles on Sunday vs. Bard at Wappinger Falls

Plattsburgh bows twice at Myrtle Beach on Saturday, 11-0 in the morning to Johnson & Wales RI and 1-0 in the afternoon to Lehman. Cardinals with 1-6 record heading home

Fredonia splits with Staten Island at Myrtle Beach, losing 5-3 and winning 7-3. Frosh pitcher L. Kuczewski went six innings (6k, 0bb) to get the 'W' in the seven inning nightcap where C. Frontale had two hits (3bh), D. Cecilia and K. Sherman each drove in two runs. Freds at 2-1 test John Jay on Sunday at MB

Also Sunday in addition to above mentions, Oneonta opening in Puerto Rico with two games vs. Penn St.-Abington. Oneonta playing in PR through next Friday

[pg04]

Great info Jdex! I just kind of discovered this board LOL.

+k

[jdex]

Cortland wins eighth in a row with 4-2 halting of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Seth Lamando comes on to pitch the final four outs, stranding three runners (1h, 1bb, 2k). Is fifth RDragon to take the hill. T. Whiteman tosses 4.2 innings (4h, 2r, 2er, 0bb, 4k). Frosh lefty K. Curry gets one out, senior T. Parry follows with two hitless innings and is credited with victory, A. Brant two outs precede Lamando's save. Eight of nine RDragon starting batters hit safely. M. Personius with two-run go-ahead single in the fourth -- both unearned. C. Ziemendorf rbi single in the fifth, an error on K. Andrews's hard hit ball in the sixth add insurance. M. Weaver solo home run for Hopkins in the fifth cutting CSt lead to 3-2 at the time.
    A. Clock 2x3, 2r, bb, sb; Personius 2x4, 2bi, hbp. Ranked Johns Hopkins 1-4-1, Cortland takes 8-0 mark and 17 consecutive wins over two campaigns to 13-1 Mary Washington in Fredericksburg VA on Thursday enroute to Florida activity including an early contest vs. No. 2 ranked Wisc-Lacrosse.
Cortland        4-10-0
J Hopkins      2- 6-2

Oswego sweeps Wesley DE with plenty of noise, coming from arrears in the nightcap 10-5 on the heels of 13-9 win. Both seven-inning affairs in Dover. Oswego 7-0 and idle till March 19 in Florida in conference starting play vs. Fredonia. Wesley 6-4.
     Lakers in the second game back from 4-1 deficit with four-run fifth fueled by M. Kutscher solo home run to left. M. dellicarri, Z. Kollar, W. Randall follow with rbi blows. Splurge for four more in the seventh, three on E. Hamilton HR, his third of the day. OSt with 18 hits, three each from Z. Kollar, E. Hamilton, W. Randall, and two each from B. Hamilton, J. Giller, M. Kutscher, J. Barnes. R. Donnelly starts on the hill, yields first inning three-run HR to C. Siebert. Hosts with 12 hits and game's lone miscue.
   Lakers halt four-game Wesley winning streak in the first game. E. Hamilton homers twice and doubles in 3x4, 2r, 5bi performance. First HR in opening inning quickly countered by two unearned Wesley scores. His double in the second inning clears loaded bases putting Lakers ahead for keeps. Hold 7-2 and 13-6 leads. M. Kutscher 3x4, 2r; dh M. dellicarri 2x2, 2r, 3bi; W. Randall 2x4, r, 2bi; J. Barnes 2x4, 2r. M. Kelly, A. Stuart, A. Morano divide mound chores
   E. Hamilton 9x14, 5hr, 14bi for the weekend. Skipper and Cortland grad S. Landers earns 100th career win with Saturday's dispatch of Salisbury

Fredonia's A. Medinia swipes home with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Devils' 6-5 come-from-behind win over John Jay at Myrtle Beach. Sunday morning verdict sends Freds home with 3-1 record. Trail 5-4 in the ninth. Q. Danahy has leadoff single, pinch runner swipes second, takes third on sac bunt. Medinia is hit by pitch, B. Gauthier single against reliever ties it. Medinia steals third, then home.
   Danahy, D. Cecilia, R. Weigand with two hits apiece among Fredonia's 11. Devils use five pitchers. J. Koepsell goes first three(2h) but first reliever J. Weyman runs into trouble in the fourth (0.2inn, 5r, 5h). D. Atkinson enters in the ninth, notches win ( 2k). Fredonia posts one run in the first, three in the eighth. Two errors for Devils who next play Wednesday vs. RIT. John Jay 1-7, lone win vs. Plattsburgh

Brockport on lean end of 5-2 outcome vs. Bard at Wappingers Falls. Port 2-0 lead in the fifth shortlived. Bard scores twice in its fifth against starter S. McCumisky (5inn, 6k) and three times in the sixth. J. Hellwig absorbs pitching loss. Bard 13-4 hit advantage. J. Valentino and G. Ruddy drive in Eagle runs. Port with three errors, Bard two in cold conditions. Brockport 6-2 and returns to play Saturday in Florida. Bard 3-0

Oneonta splits opening play in Puerto Rico vs. Penn St.-Abington, losing 9-8 and winning 10-3 as part of 10 team inaugural Clemente Cup. How neat is that!!! PS-Abington 1-7 and previously in PR loses to Pitt-Greensburg and SUNY Canton. Latter helped organize the event. Oneonta today vs. Messiah and Canton
      RDragons in Sunday lid-lifter have 5-0 first inning liftoff offset by Abington seven-run second inning against J. McCarty (1.1inn, 7r, 7er, 3bb, 2k). Reliever N. Ponesse around for Oneonta 7-7 tie into the sixth when Abington scores twice. In Oneonta ninth CF S. Cheren (2x4, r, 2bi, bb) delivers game's final run with two-out double. Stranded on game-ending strikeout.
      Second game sees Oneonta swift start again, 2-0. Makes it 7-1 in the fifth. Just three of 10 runs earned. C. Kies in leadoff slot 3x5, 2r, 3bi, bb. M. Grudzinski knocks in two. Starter T. Bond tosses six innings (1r, 1er, 5h, 3bb, 7k). OSt 8 hits, 1 error; PS-A 9 hits, 3 boots

[jdex]

Oneonta falls twice Monday by identical 3-2 scores to SUNY Canton and Messiah PA as Clemente Cup continues in Puerto Rico.       
      Against Canton, RDragons' J. Franke rbi double provides 1-0 lead in the fourth. Canton's W. Matos' bases loaded triple builds 3-1 advantage in the fifth (playing in his home country, Matos' grand slam on Saturday the difference in 8-6 win over Penn St.-Abington). Oneonta final run today driven in by D. Stamile single in the seventh. Stamile 3x4, bb; C. Kerdesky 2x4. T. Sitar pitches 7 innings (5h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 5k). Dragons with 8 hits, 0 errors; Canton 5 hits, 2 errors. Canton 3-1 after losing Sunday to Pitt-Greensburg
     Oneonta led Messiah 2-1 in the seventh. Then, two-run, two-out triple meant Dragon doom. OSt record slips to 1-3, Messiah 4-5. Oneonta not scheduled Tuesday, returns to Cup action Wednesday vs. TBA

[magicman]

jdex,

Just stopping by to see what's been happening. Great recaps. I now know all about the teams southern jaunts without having to go to a bunch of different websites.

Cortland off to a great start. Love the #1 ranking which is right where they should be after such an impressive start. Tough loss not having Weingarten back on the mound. Perhaps the senior D1 transfer you mention, Tanner Whiteman, can make up for the loss.

Red Dragons 8-0 start certainly look like Coach Brown has filled many of those holes you were talking about. Sounds like they will be in the mix once again for the Big Doorstop. Oswego and Brockport also opening up with impressive southern campaigns. Looking like my Cardinals will have another less than stellar year. Definitely need some better bats. 

Looking forward to a certain Southern Maine shortstop having another banner year. I see he's already accumulated some honors...Preseason All American team and named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list, the only D3 player on that list. Hoping these are just the first of many awards he may garner in this, his final season. Back to back Player of the Year awards would be nice. Probably asking to much but who knows.

Looking forward to your summaries.