BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Cortland (8-0) garners all 25 first place votes again to hold serve at No. 1 in second D3 weekly poll. Top five the same: 2. Wisc-LaCrosse (0-0), 3. Emory GA (11-2), 4. Trinity TX (12-3), 5. Birmingham-Southern (11-2)
     Then 6. Shenendoah VA (9-1), 7. UW-Whitewater (0-0), 8. Frostburg MD (6-2), 9. Randolph-Macon VA (11-1), 10. Southern Maine (0-0). Randolph Macon jumps from 16th

Oswego getting some love at No. 23. Ditto for Laker jr. 3B E. Hamilton who makes weekly D3 national squad for his weekend of terrific slugging. Brockport receives poll votes

Cortland and Wisc-LaCrosse to tangle Sunday in Florida where Lacrosse begins season Saturday vs. Anderson IN, and meets Rutgers-Camden in earlier Sunday game

[NYbaseballguy]

I thought Oswego would be much higher.  There are good teams in this region as well as the defending national champ.  Time for the polls to reflect that.  Oswego has challenged themselves as has Brockport, St. John Fisher, Stevens to lesser extent in terms of competition and all of those clubs can play with anyone in the country as obviously can Cortland.  I would love to know when ANY team in NY state in any sport in division III was a unanimous number 1 in any poll that wasn't conducted at the end of the season.  I am only talking big 5 sports...Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Lacrosse.  Plattsburgh in hockey at some point years ago?  Potsdam St in hoops way back in the day?  Interesting and very impressive for Cortland.

[jdex]

Cortland's Thursday date vs. Mary Washington in Virginia ppd.  Certainly shouldn't be a weather thing. Fredericksburg tomorrow expected to reach 80 in sunny conditions. Of course, upstate NY in the 70s today

RDragons next play Saturday in Florida vs. Rowan NJ

Oneonta today in Puerto Rico faces Penn St.-Abington for two games. Split earlier in the week. OSt vs. New Jersey City College on Thursday

Fact that Oswego is 23rd is a climb in itself. Lakers were not even among a slew of 'others receiving votes' the previous week

[NYbaseballguy]

I may be biased, but, they pounded Salisbury at their own park.  OSU 7-0, Salisbury Steak 4-3.  Not saying that Salisbury shouldn't be ranked, or anything like that.  Just a bit surprises that the Lakers went on the road and beat the teams they did by the margins they did.

[jdex]

We agree. Oswego is on course to be the real deal, but wasn't on any of the pollsters' radar in preseason. We've stated before these early season ratings are based mostly on recent history, as in 'what have you done for me lately' and the potential to do it again. Salisbury has been quite good for some time and started the season highly ranked. SUNYs have caused the Sea Gulls to slip a bit. They also won four in a row. Meanwhile Oswego (31 in the Baseball News preseason poll) wasn't even among D3 poll's top 70 (top 25 plus 35 mentions) last week and is 23rd now.

Tis early, very early

Noticed Oswego now playing dh Saturday at regarded St. John Fisher
 

[NYbaseballguy]

That will be a great DH and an early barometer for both teams who have post season aspirations.  Let's hope the weather holds.

[jdex]

New Paltz picks up first victory with Wednesday's 6-1 whipping of host Purchase. Hawks score in five innings and collect 10 hits, two apiece for T. Bell (bi), T. Anderson (bi), R. Frost (r, 2bh). C. Donachie (1-1) flips first five innings (5h, r, er, 2bb, 2k). B. LoRusso, R. Votypka toss two innings each. NP 1-2-1 and challenges Mt. St. Mary in Saturday dh at Wappingers Falls. SUNY Purchase 2-3

Fredonia 7-3 victim of debuting RIT on the campus of Houghton. Total of 15 pitchers toe the slab, eight RIT Tigers. RIT snaps 1-1 tie with two-run fourth. Freds rap 11 hits, C. Danahy 3x5, bi; L. Kelly 3x4, r; R. Weigand 2x4, r, bi. Tigers with 16 hits, CF D. Scialabba 4x5, r, 2bi. RIT with game's two errors. Devils 3-2, next action Saturday at Allegheny PA (Meadville)

Oneonta loses twice Wednesday to Penn St.-Abington 2-1, 8-2 in Puerto Rico Clemente Cup. RDragons playing into tough times in one-run verdicts. First game of seven innings settled by two-run fifth inning after Oneonta's S. Cheron doubles in one in the top of the frame. Cheron 2x3, D. Geloso and C. Kerdesky also with two hits. OSt outhits Abington 8-5. No errors. M. Delio serves up first four scoreless innings (2h, 2bb, 6k) for Oneonta. C. Didomizio takes the loss in one inning (3h, 2r, 2er, 0bb, 0k).
    Nightcap has Oneonta off to 2-0 first inning lead via Grudzinski SF, D. Stamile groundout rbi. Abington lands runs in four of the last six innings of seven inning tilt. Dragons held to  Stamile and C. Kerdesky singles. M. DePalmo draws starting OSt mound duty and takes the 'L' (3.2inn, 2h, 5r, 3er, 4bb, 1k). RJ Lyman, Z. Zimardo follow.
    Oneonta 1-5, PS-A 3-8. Each teams' wins all at the other's expense in PR. RDragons play New Jersey City U. in Thursday dh in PR

Arcadia PA at 4-0 captures Clemente Cup inaugural title, tops SUNY Canton 6-5 in finale

[jdex]

Oneonta defeats New Jersey City U. 7-4 in first game of dh on Thursday in Puerto Rico, then loses 15-3 in seven-inning second outing
      RDragons hand NJCU first loss in four starts though outhit 12-8. Take advantage of six walks, one HBP, four errors to score three unearned runs. Three-run eighth breaks 4-4 tie. Throwing error notches go-ahead mark and rbi groundouts from S. Beaulac and Grudzinski add insurance. E. Johansen retires Jersey boys 1-2-3 in the ninth for first save. LJ Gizzarelli 2x4, r, bi. Seven Dragons hit safely. N. Ponesse starts, pitches six innings (11h, 4r, 4er, 3bb, 5k). Winner C. DiDomizio (1-0) up next (2inn, 1h, 3k). OSt three errors
       Second contest has D. Stamile and C. Kerdesky splitting four of RDragons' seven safeties. Jersey collects 11 hits, 13 earned runs against six Oneonta hurlers. D. Sheldon throws first three innings.
       Oneonta 2-6 and vs. Misericordia PA and Susquehanna PA on Friday in PR. NJCU's worksheet includes win over Stevens

[jdex]

Oneonta winds up play in Puerto Rico with losses to  Misericordia PA 13-0, and Susquehanna PA 13-8in Puerto Rico. Oneonta 2-8, Misericordia 5-4, Susquehanna 4-6. Oneonta next in play Saturday, March 19, at Montclair NJ (dh)

Saturday finds 7-0 Oswego dh at 6-4 St. John Fisher. Fisher idle since ending its Auburndale FL action with split vs. ranked Marietta OH.
    New Paltz dh at Mount St. Mary (Wappingers Falls), Fredonia at Allegheny PA (Meadville), and Cortland and Brockport in Auburndale FL where Corts RDragons clash with 3-2 Rowan NJ while Port's Eagles duel Clarkson in dh. Rowan and Clarkson in Friday dh at Auburndale

Sunday has Cortland and Wisc-LaCrosse at Auburdale FL in battle of D3 ranked 1 vs. 2. Both play earlier in the day, CSt. vs. Wm Paterson NJ, Wisc-Lax vs. Rutgers-Camden. Wisc-Lax opens its season Saturday with dh in Auburndale vs. Anderson IN
   Plattsburgh playing Vassar two games in Orlando. Brockport in Auburndale vs. Western New England

[jdex]

Oswego quieted 10-0 by St. John Fisher in second game of dh in Pittsford for OSt. first setback after rallying for 4-3 first game win.
      Lakers manage just three hits in the afterpiece. Fisher breaks out to 3-0 third inning lead and adds four runs in the fourth. M. Kelly opens on the slab for OSt, tosses 4.1 innings (7r, 4er, 5h, 1bb, 1k). Cardinal dh F. Carnevale 3-4, 3r, 4bi, 2bh. T. Engels throws first three innings of shutout followed by J. Dawson (2.2inn, 3h), S. Lewis, D. Pisciotto
      Oswego strikes for two-run top of the ninth inning in the first contest. E. Holton knocks in winning run, then in LF snags liner and starts game-ending doubleplay in the bottom of the ninth. Play erases Cardinal T. Kline who singles, bunted to second. M. Roman lines to left. Kline tags up but leaves second prematurely and is called out when Laker ss R. Donnelly touches second. Doubles by E. Hamilton, J. Gillet produce tying run leading off the ninth. J. Barnes with one-out single. Fisher brings on reliever L. Brigham for starter M. Iseneker (8.1inn, 4r, 2er, 9h, 1bb, hbp, 9k) and yields  Holton one-out infield rbi hit. Gets next two Lakers. B. Nolan in fourth frame of runless relief for Lakers pitching the bottom of the ninth (4inn, 4h, 1bb, 2k). Lakers with two unearned runs lead 2-1 into the bottom of the fifth. SJF's No. 9 batter E. Ryan leads off with home run to left, With two outs M. Roman home run to left-center. Each side deploys top pitcher. OSt's T. Cronin works five innings (3r, 3er, 6h, 2bb, hbp, 4k);  Iseneker  for Cardinals. Fisher leaves runners on second and third in the seventh. Oswego scores twice in the third on two-out fielding/throwing errors. R. Donnelly 2x4, E. Holton 2x4 bi.
     Oswego 8-1 and off till next weekend's start of Florida games vs. Fredonia on Saturday in a conference dh. SJF 7-5
     First of doubleheader
Oswego          4-10-2
Fisher            3 -9- 2

Fredonia tumbles 12-2 at Meadville PA's Allegheny which swats 20 hits and builds 7-0 lead in first three innings against Z. Jordon (3.1inn, 11h, 7r, 7er, 0bb, 2k). Devils with seven hits, P. Sheehan 2x3. Two Devil errors, one for Allegheny. Freds next duty on Thursday in Auburndale FL vs. Hamilton (dh). Fredonia 3-3, Allegheny 2-0

[NYbaseballguy]

Fisher is going to be a handful in the Empire 8.  First game they left some guys on, a few untimely errors or they most likely get out with sweep. Oswego is very good but from what I saw today Fisher is a very dangerous club. 

[jdex]

Cortland holds on for 4-3 win vs. Rowan NJ in Auburndale FL. J. Cooke hurls nearly flawless final four innings. Issues one-out walk in the ninth. Has two strikeouts. Corts use six of their 13 hits for four fourth inning scores. C. Griffin, C. Ziemendorf singles begin the burst. Wild pitch notches tying run, S. Figueroa infield hit the go-ahead mark. Error makes it 3-1 and J. Teague single to center 4-1. Winner S. Lamando on the hill for C-land for five innings (7h, 3r, 2er, bb, 7k). B. Phillips solo home run for Profs in the fifth. Ziemendorf 3x4, r; Griffin 2x3, r; M. Mihalski 2x4, 2bh and injured swinging the bat in late going. Rowan starter A. Lysy exits with injury in the fourth.
   Cortland 9-0 with two games set for Sunday vs. 5-2 Wm Paterson and Wisc-LaCrosse. And upon closer inspection it appears Rowan is 4-5 and splits Friday action with Clarkson despite Rowan baseball results showing a sweep -- though accompanying box score indeed has Clarkson prevailing 3-2 in the second game
    No. 2 ranked Wisc-LaCrosse launches Saturday with 11-4, 24-1 pastings of 2-6 Anderson IN

New Paltz stunned 5-4 in second game of two vs. Mt. St. Mary which scores all its runs in its final bottom of the seventh inning. New Paltz prevails 9-1 in the first contest at Wappingers Falls
       Hawks in 4-0 control and three outs away from the sweep. They get just one, and all five MSM runs earned against three NP pitchers. K. Krebs first on the mound and goes 4 innings (1h, 0bb, 3k). R. Votypka the LP. T. Bell 3x4, J. Williams 3x4, r for New Paltz whose Hawks outhit 11-6, Each side one boot
       NP rises in the first game to back C. Huertas (1-1). Hawks tally three in the first inning, J. Williams' rbi double in the mix. Williams 3x5, 2r, 2bi. N. DePietro, C. Moran, T. Anderson split six hits. New Paltz with 12 hits, three errors. Hawks emerge with 2-3-1 log.

Brockport rewards pitcher S. McCumiskey seven-inning complete game with two seventh inning runs and 3-1 shading of Clarkson to finish off an Auburndale FL sweep. Eagles earn seven-inning 10-7 verdict for starters, a five-run sixth snapping a 5-5 deadlock.
      Port and Clarkson in game one squared 1-1 with the Eagles batting with two outs, no one aboard in the top of the seventh. L. Gilbert singles, D. DeBlasiis triples to center and J. Martin singles. McCumiskey mows down three batters in the bottom of the inning, two by Ks to give him 13 in the five-hitter. He walks none. W. Burghardt 2x3, r; C. Davis 2x3, bi in Eagle 7-5 hit edge. Port only error
     First game deciding maneuvers feature Burghardt one-out double to right-center to drive in the sixth inning's first two runs. P. Ludden double to left adds another pair and J. Bender single the fifth run. Burghardt and Ludden part of Port seven with two hits each. Eagles with 15 hits, one error. Clarkson with 11 hits and one error. Port uses four pitchers. No. 2 D. Fera 3.2 innings (3h, r, er, bb, 3k). Clarkson's C. Martin 3x4, r, bi, 2bh.
     Brockport 8-2, Clarkson 1-3. Port on Sunday vs. 3-0 Western New England at Winter Haven FL

[NYbaseballguy]

jdex, Rowan split yesterday with Clarkson...lost second game 3-2

[jdex]

Cortland breaks through, wins 4-3 over Wisc-LaCrosse on A. Clock bases loaded single in the bottom of the 10th. Completes uphill climb for RDragons. S. Figueroa opens 10th with single to right. Advances on N. Hart sac bunt and to third on passed ball. F. Ricci works 3-1 count and is passed. C. Ziemendorf also intentionally walked. Clock goes behind count 0-2 before lefty delivers winning blow to right -- Clock's third rbi.
    RDragons get leadoff batter aboard and in scoring position in final four innings. W-L workhorse pitcher C. Boushley keeps Corts at bay till relieved starting the 10th. Snags hot shot to spoil CSt bid in the eighth. Boushley, ace of W-L staff, tosses 148 pitches (9inn, 5h, 3r, 1er, 4bb, 8k). Relieved in the 10th by J. Stern. T. Perry excels in relief for Cortland (3.2inn, 0h, 8k) in late going and gets well-deserved win.
     Corts pull even 3-3 after six innings and escape major W-L threat in the seventh. Parry enters with runners on second and third, one-out. Notches two strikeouts. Corts tie an inning sooner. Two walks, error fill the bases. A. Clock groundout gets equalizer. In the fifth CSter K. Andrews tags first pitch for solo home run with two outs to bring Cortland within 3-2.
      Dragons witness Wisc-LaCrosse come out swinging and challenger stakes 1-0 first inning lead with three hits. Extends to 3-1 in the fourth.
      Cortland sends N. DiBenedetto to the mound opposed by  Boushley and seven regulars that lost to Cortland in last year's World Series final series. DiBenedetto goes four innings (6h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 5k, 3wp). Frosh lefty K. Curry hurls scoreless fifth, sixth, runs into seventh jam. Parry bails him out
      Twentieth straight win over two seasons for CSt, 11-0 this season and rugged unbeaten Rutgers-Camden (see below) on Monday. Tough day for Wisc-Lax, 2-2 on the season.
Wisc-LaCrosse    3-8-2
Cortland             4-7-0

Cortland 10-3 final over Wm Paterson NJ in early test at Auburndale. T. Whiteman draws starting RDragon assignment, pitches five innings (4h, 2r, 1er, 0bb, 3k). J. Winters takes over in the sixth, M. Mills in the eighth. Corts score in each of the first five innings. S. Figueroa double leads to first inning run. Errors help make it 3-0 in the second,  A. Clock double to left and M. Personius base knock highlight three-run third. WP non-starter J. Ferreira with solo home run in 3x3, 2r outing. Each side with nine hits; Cortland 2 errs, WP 4. Corts' F. Ricci replaced early in rf by Nuzzi. M. Mihalski -- injured Saturday, isn't in RDragon lineup. Cortland 10-0, Paterson 5-3
   Cortland vs. 2-1 Wisc-LaCrosse later this p.m. Latter debuts Saturday with pair of one-sided wins vs. Anderson IN

Wisc-LaCrosse spanked 16-4 by Rutgers-Camden (4-0) at Auburndale complex in early Sunday game and should be in a rather mean mood for upcoming game vs. Cortland. Veteran-laden Wisc-Lax sees Rutgers-Camden pour over eight runs in the eighth inning and four more in the ninth. Winners with 19 hits. R-C's B. Jackson collars Wisc-Lax until four-run bottom of the eighth. Vanquished with 10 hits. Uses seven pitchers. Cortland vs. Rutgers-Camden on Monday

Plattsburgh wins seven inning nightcap 9-6 vs. Vassar. Burgh on 13-3 losing end  in the seven inning first game of dh in Florida.
      Second game Burgh triumph has Cards break 3-3 tie with three-run fourth. Attack continues. Amass 10 hits. T. Markey 3x4, 2bi; A. Calabro 2x4, 2r, 2bh, hr; T. Montalbano 2x4, r, 2bh. M. Fox tosses first 4.1 innings. E. Rock strong finish. Cards survive 16 Vassar hits.
      Vassar posts four first inning runs against A. Kramer in the first inning. Vassar with 16 hits, two errors; Pburgh three hits, no errors. T. Montabano 3x3, R. Flynn 2bi for 2-7 Cards. Vassar 2-2. Plattsburgh on Monday vs. 3-1 Suffolk U. MA(dh). Suffolk wallops Clarkson 18-4 Sunday

Brockport loses 14-6 to Western New England (4-0).  WNE runs up five spot in the seventh for 11-2 bulge before the Port returns with four runs in the bottom of the inning. Winners with 21 hits -- five batters with three each. Port bangs 14 hits. C. Davis 3x5, r; G. Ruddy 3x5. Eagles with five pitchers, T. Clifford serves five (9h, 6r, 4er, 1bb, 1k). Brockport 8-3 and meeting 2-0 Springfield MA on Monday

[jdex]

Cortland survives wild 22-20 issue with previously unbeaten Rutgers-Camden at Winter Haven FL. RDragons retired 1-2-3 in first inning is no indication of what is to follow. Each team with 20 hits, Corts getting 10 walks, R-C eight.  Rutgers-Camden with 11-4 lead through four frames. Dragons tally 14 over the next two innings with 8r, 6h sixth. Cortland comfortable 22-14 bulge when A. Clock clubs two-run home run in the top of the eighth. R-C returns for five runs in its eighth, then posts a run and has the bases loaded in the ninth. Game ends on grondout to second base.
    S. Figueroa in CSt leadoff role goes 4x7, 2r, 3bi, 3bh. N. Hart in the second slot homers twice and knocks in five runs. Clock, fresh from his game-winning hit Sunday vs. Wisc-LaCrosse, goes 4x5, 4r, 3bi, hr, bb; D. Schweitzer 3x6, 2r, 2bi, 2bh; M. Perivolaris 2x2, 2r, bb; C. Manderson 2x4, 2r, 4bi, 3bh, 2bb; F. Ricci 2x4, 3r, bb. Rugers-Camden's B. Tenuto 4x5, 3r, 3bi, 2bh; C. Jones 5bi. S. DeBrosky toes Cortland rubber for the start and pitches two innings. Five follow in relief, T. Brien (2.1inn, 0r, 2h, 2k) the fourth and most successful. Five pitchers face Cortland.
     Cortland 12-0 and matched vs. 2-2 Endicott MA on Tuesday at Auburndale. Dragons idle Wednesday, vs. Clarkson Thursday and begin conference play Friday and Saturday (dh) vs. New Paltz. Rutgers-Camden 4-1

Brockport hands Springfield MA first defeat by 9-3 margin, scoring eight times in the sixth inning to wipe out 2-0 deficit in Florida. P. Ludden double drives in first run, his double later in the inning sends home final two in Florida. C. Davis with two-run rbi hit. Port collects 9 hits, makes one error. J. Martin 2x4, r; Ludden 2x5, r, 3bi. A. Spindler (3-0) six-hitter in 6 inn (2r, 2er, 4bb, 3k). K. Perez, J. Lovelass wrap it up. Springfield 2-1 and ends with 10 safeties, three errors. Port 9-3 record and vs. UMass-Boston on Tuesday

Plattsburgh drops 18-5, 4-2 seven-inning pair to Suffolk U. MA in Florida. Cardinals 2-9, Suffolk 5-1. Burgh vs. Trinity CT (dh) on Tuesday
       Burgh locked in 4-4 first game tie till rocked by 12 run, 9-hit Vassar fourth. Cards outhit 17-8. Each side two errors. All 18 Vassar runs earned against handful of pitchers. Starter S. Orr goes three innings (4h, 4r, 4er, 0bb, 1k). J. Bixby losing hurler. TJ Montalbano 2x4, 2bi
       Second game 2-2 till Suffolk tallies twice in the sixth. K. Hutchins pitches complete game (7inn, 6h, 4r, 3er, 1bb, 3k). A. Calabro and Montalbano two hits each, latter with two ribbies.