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Cortland unanimous D3 Top 25 No. 1 for the second straight week. Oswego climbs from 23rd to 16th. St. John Fisher among others receiving votes in Sunday balloting
     Trinity TX (16-4) second, Birmingham Southern (15-3) third, Emory GA fourth, Wisc-LaCrosse (2-2) fifth. Rutgers-Camden 4-0 at voting time before bowing to Cortland in Monday runfest comes in at No. 25.

Cortland senior relief pitcher Turner Parry on weekly D3 Team of the Week for his winning/saving hitless performance Sunday in 4-3 10-inning decision vs. Wisc-LaCrosse. Parry faces 11 batters, fans eight

Cortland takes 12-0 record into Tuesday Florida contests vs. 2-2 Endicott MA at Auburndale. Endicott receives poll voting points. Brockport at 9-3 playing 3-4 UMass Boston, and 2-9 Plattsburgh playing 1-3 Trinity CT

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Cortland tumbles first time when Endicott MA scores seven times in the fourth inning and wins 8-3 at Auburndale FL. Endicott with nine hits, no errors. Cortland with eight hits, two errors. RDragons 1-0 lead in the second. Endicott erupts keyed by leadoff walk, two singles and an error. Hyde knocks in two with a single. CSt starter J. Martin chased (3.1inn, 5h, 7r, 3er, 2bb, 4k, 1ibb, 64 pitches). M. Paola triples for two runs off reliever K. Curry. R. Nuzzi 2x4 for Cortland, C. Seidl 3x4, r, bi for Endicott whose W. Ferreira and D. Nova check Dragons. Fan 10
     RDragons 12-1 idle Wednesday, vs. Clarkson Thursday, vs. New Paltz Friday dh/Saturday. Endicott 3-2 and ends Cortland 21 game win streak over two seasons

Brockport edged 4-3 by UMass Boston ninth inning run in morning action at Auburndale FL. Eagles down 3-1 after four innings. They tie it in the top of the ninth on B. Sanders' rbi double to right and W. Burghardt single to center. Port's lone error -- infield miscue opening the bottom of the ninth, hurts. Passed ball followed by two walks sandwiched around a strikeout load the bases. J. Lopez single to left ends it. Sanders 3x3, bb; Burghardt 2x4 for five of Brockport seven hits. UM-B gets six. B. Barnes gets the ball in starting Eagles mound role. Gives way in the second to J. Hellwig (6inn, 3h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 1k). S. Kowalski toils 1.1 innings and victimized in ninth. Port 9-4, UMass Boston 4-4
     Conference opener vs. Plattsburgh on deck for Brockport.  Two games Friday, one Saturday in Florida

Plattsburgh falls 18-0 and 19-3 to Trinity CT in Florida dh. Cardinals drop to 2-11. Yield 41 hits to 3-3 Trinity. Burgh with three hits in the opener and trail 5-0 in the first. R. Levinson starts for Cards who use three pitchers. Plattsburgh with eight hits in the seven inning nightcap. TJ Montalbano starting pitcher as Cardinals use four

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Cortland defeats Clarkson 5-3 in Florida although outhit 10-7. RDragons seize 1-0 lead with unearned third inning run. Tis 1-1 game in the top of the fourth when C. Martin drives in Golden Knight run. Corts post two more unearned runs in their fourth for 3-1 lead. Clarkson within 3-2 in its fifth as C. Miller has rbi double. F. Ricci rbi single boosts CSt to 4-2 edge in the fifth. Contest tightens on A. Padrazo run-scoring single in the eighth. A. Clarks adds Cortland fifth run with home run to right in the home eighth. B. Moxley (2-0) tosses 5.2 innings (6h, 2r, 2er, 2bbb, 3k) for Dragons. N. DiBenedetto works 2.1 innings, T. Parry ninth inning save. P. Dondero 2x4, r; Ricci 2x4, bi. L. Castle (0-2) and J. Rooney hurl for Knights, Padrazo 3x5, r, bi. RDragons 13-1 and open conference play Friday vs. New Paltz in Winter Haven FL doubleheader. Clarkson 2-7

New Paltz 12-12 nine inning tie with Springfield MA in Auburndale FL. Hawks build 12-6 advantage through five acts, conclude with 15 hits, all singles. A. Pantana 3x3, 2r, 2bi; S. Brown 3x4, r, bi; J. Williams and T. Anderson two hits each, T. Bell 2bi. NP sends six to the mound, L. Christy starts. Hawks with five earned runs, Springfield 11. NP 2-3-2, Springfield 3-2-1

Plattsburgh wastes two six-run leads and loses 12-10 to Fairleigh Dickinson @ Florham at Auburndale FL. Cards watch 8-2 and 10-4 gaps vanish to seven FDU scores in the fifth and sixth innings. Matching 14 hit attacks. Burgh's A. Calabro 3x5, r, 3bi; B. Rombauts 2h, 2bi, 2bh; TJ Montalbano 2h, 2bi, 2bh; T. Markey 2h; M. Fox 2h, 2bh. J. Bixby toes the mound (5.1inn, 7h, 7r, 7er, 3bb, 5k, 1hbp). A. Kramer 1inn, 7h, 5r, 5er and the loss. F. Nakano 1.2 hitless innings. Plattsburgh 2-12, FDU Florham 4-6

Fredonia deals Hamilton double dose of setbacks, 8-4, 3-2 in Winter Haven FL. Devils cop opener with seven runs in the sixth and seventh innings of seven inning outing. M. Prentice doubles in two, Yirinec triples in two. Freds 14 hits, C. Frontale 3x4, r; Q. Danahy 2x4, 3r, bi; L. Kelly 2x2, 2bi, bb; J. Crocetti 3x3, r. Starter B. Atkinson 5inn, 8h, 3r, 3er, 2bb, 4k, hbp. Three relievers have B. Gauthier notching the win in 0.1 inning (1h, 2bb); L. Shaefer closes. Devils 5-3, Hamilton 3-3

Conference play gets underway in Florida on Friday: Cortland vs. New Paltz (dh) at Winter Haven FL, Brockport vs. Plattsburgh (dh) at Auburndale FL. Also that day in Florida Fredonia plays 3-3 Minnesota Morris which is coming off a win over Utica, split vs. Hamilton

On Saturday in conference, Cortland plays New Paltz in Leesburg FL, 8-1 Oswego vs. Fredonia (dh), Plattsburgh vs. Brockport at Winter Haven. Also, 2-8 Oneonta at 5-6 Montclair (NJ)

On Sunday in conference, Fredonia vs. Oswego at Lakeland FL. Also, New Paltz vs. 0-4 Knox ILL at Auburndale FL, Oneonta at 9-4 Old Westbury (dh)

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Cortland and New Paltz exchange one-sided verdicts. Hawks romped 11-2 in the conference opening doubleheader in Florida and RDragons even 15-4 in the seven frame second contest.
      First game sees eight NP Hawks cross the plate in the sixth for 10-2 lead. CSt sends  five pitchers out in the sixth before uprising quelled. Twelve Paltz bat. Fills the sacks with two outs and two walks force in runs to launch the onslaught. T. Bell single delivers two more vs. CSt reliever. J. Williams with two singles in the inning, C. Baltera with two-run single. Corts load the bases with no outs in the bottom of the sixth and chase NP starter C. Donachie (5inn, 5h, 2r, 2er, 1bb, 2k, 84 pitches). Relievers B. LoRusso and J. Stybel (3.2inn, 1h, 2k) stymie the threat.  Usual bullpen pick J. Cooke starts for Corts, tosses 5.1 inn (8h, 5r, 5er, 2bb, 4k). New Paltz with 15 hits from nine sources. T. Bell 3x6, r, 3bi, 2 2bh; Williams 3x5, 2r, bi; Baltera 2x4, 3r, 2bi, 2bh; A. DiNardo 2x4, r, bi, 2bh. Dragon C. Griffin 2x3, r; C. Ziemendorf homers. Errorless game.  Cortland 0-1, 13-2; NP 1-0, 3-3-2
       Second contest has S. Lamando (5inn, 2h, 0r, 0bb, 4k, 50 pitches) pitching for Cortland and goes 3-0 on the season. K. Krebs on the NP hill till kayoed in three-run RDragons' second at-bat for 6-0 edge. Cortland adds six runs in the fourth and totals 14hits. CSt frosh J. Hewitt in his first action comes on as pinch-hitting in the fourth and clubs three-run home run to left-center. THEN doubles in another run in the fifth inning. Not bad for a debut: 2x3, 2r, 4bi, 2bh, hr!! C. Ziemendorf 2x3, r, 3bi, 2bh; N. Hart 2x4, 2r, bi, sb. Eleven Dragons hit safely. NP solves P. Healy slants over final two innings and closes game with nine hits, four errors. CSt no miscues
       Cortland 1-1, 14-2; NP 1-1, 3-4-2. Series concludes Saturday in Leesburg FL

Brockport sweeps  Plattsburgh 5-0 and 8-1 in conference dh in Auburndale FL behind complete game pitching performances from T. Clifford and S. McCumiskey.
       Eagles take opener as Clifford (3-1) allows six hits, walks two, fans five to get the better of Burgh's S. Orr (9inn, 5h, 5r, 2er, 4bb, 3k). Port's Eagles 2-0 in the top of the first via leadoff B. Sanders single, G. Ruddy bunt single, double steal scores one. Add three-run clincher in the ninth. D. Battel leadoff double and Cardinal errors contribute. Sanders 2x3, r, 2bh, bb, sac, sb. For the Burgh A. Calabro 2x4, 2bh; T. Markey 2x4. No Eagle errors, three for Plattsburgh
      Port's McCumiskey in the seven inning afterpiece yields 6h, 1r, 0er, 2bb, 3k. Brockport with two runs in the first inning without a hit. C. Davis sac fly accounts for one. Port nets three runs in the third, Davis' double plating one, J. Valentino single to right two more. Davis 2x2, r, 3bi, 2bh, 2sf; L. Gilbert 2x3, bi, 2bh, bb. Pick on M. Fox (2.2inn) and E. Rock (4.1inn) for eight hits, 9 walks. Burgh's TJ Montalbano 2x4. Pburgh three errors, Port one
      Brockport 2-0, 11-4; Plattsburgh 0-2, 2-13. Wind up series Saturday at Winter Haven

Fredonia continues flexing some muscle, stopping Minnesota Morris 7-5 at Auburndale FL. J. Koepsell  (1-0) twirls eight innings (12h, 5r, 5er, 2bb, 6k, 2hbp) and Z. Lyman (1bb) strikes out three in the ninth. Devils take the lead with three-run sixth (K. Yinnec rbi double, D. Fie rbi single) and tacked on three unearned runs in the seventh (Fie clearing loaded bases with a double) for 7-3 margin. Yinnec 3x4, 2r, bi, bb; J. Crocetti and Fie (4bi) two hits apiece.
       Fredonia 6-3 and vs. Oswego tomorrow in Florida dh for conference debuts for both. Play again Sunday. Minn Morris 3-4

Baseball News/ABCA poll out this week has Cortland first followed by Birmingham Southern, Trinity TX, Wisc-Whitewater, Emory GA
      Second five of Southern Maine, Wisc-LaCrosse, Salisbury MD, Ramapo NJ, Wisc-Stevens Point
      Oswego 24th, Brockport with votes outside of top 30

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Cortland falls 4-3 to New Paltz whose Hawks take 2-of-3 games from defending champs in conference opening action in Florida. Saturday's issue in Leesburg settled by New Paltz' three-run top of the fifth. T. Anderson has leadoff single to left preceding a walk. RDragon pitching change. N. DePietro's bunt single thrown away for a run. Intentional walk follows. T. Parry records two strikeouts before J. Williams game-tying rbi single to center that's misplayed into NP fourth run. Hawks then strand Cortland runners on second and third in the bottom of the inning. Contest being played in the rain from the early innings.
     RDragons' S. Figueroa's two-out three-run home run to right center in the third inning provides 3-1 lead. Twas Corts first hit and they get just four. NP with seven hits including T. Bell double and C. Moran rbi single in the first inning. T. Whiteman (4inn, 5h, 3r, 3er, 2bb, 4k) starts for Cortland and C. Huertas (4.1inn, 4h, 3r, 3er, 1bb, 3k, 2hbp) for the Hawks.  Parry (5inn, 2h, 1r, 0er, 1bb, 6k) for Corts and R. Votypka (4.2inn, 0h, 2bb, 4k, hbp) shine in relief.  Cortland leaves tying run on second in the ninth. CSt with game's two errors.
      "These wins have been great not only for current student-athletes, but for our alumni as well. Today is a great day for anyone associated with the New Paltz baseball program." ----- NP skipper Matt Righter
      Cortland 1-2, 14-3; NP 2-1, 4-4-2. Dragons host 6-6 Ithaca on Tuesday. IC returning from California trip

Oswego and Fredonia first game of conference dh in Florida suspended by rain with Freds batting one out into the home fifth inning with an 8-3 lead. Will resume in Lakeland on Sunday afternoon. A seven-inning game will follow. The third game in the series has a Monday date.
      Fredonia on Saturday gets 5-1 liftoff after two innings against Laker T. Cronin. Has 10 hits, OSt 7 and two errors when rain hits.

Brockport beats Plattsburgh 5-0 in rain-shortened seven inning contest in Winter Haven FL. Port sweeps conference opening three-game series. Single runs in the first and third innings followed by game-sealing three runs in the fifth when C. Davis double to left plates one. W. Burghardt and G. Ruddy with earlier ribbies. Davis 2x3, B. Sanders 2x5, r. A. Spindler shuts down Cards on three hits (7inn, 2bb, 3k). Port with nine hits, one error. Burgh four errors.
     Brockport 3-0, 12-4 and at Rochester Tuesday, home vs. Fisher Wednesday. Cardinals 0-3, 2-15 and at New Paltz next Fri/Sat

Oneonta loses both ends of doubleheader at Montclair NJ by 4-1 and 10-1. Gizzarelli rbi single in the fifth brings RDragons within 3-1 in the seven-inning opener. Oneonta with five hits, one error in support of T. Bond (1-2) in 6 inning outing (4er, 1bb, 2k, 86 pitches). Second game of nine innings has host scoring in six stanzas and up 3-0 when a dropped fly gives Dragons a fourth inning run. C. Kerdesky 2x2, sac. Five pitchers trot out for OSt, starter T. Sitar (0-2) going four frames (7h, 4r, 2er, 0bb, 0k)
     Oneonta 2-10 and at 9-5 Old Westbury for Sunday dh. Montclair 7-6

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Fredonia in unreal 7-6 extra inning win over Oswego in Lakeland FL to complete Sunday conference opening sweep. Second game of dh scheduled for seven-innings. Devils score three times in the bottom of the ninth with two outs after Lakers post two runs in the top of the ninth with first two batters having been retired. Fredonia's S. Zaprowski double drives in tying and winning runs on the heels of M. Prentice rbi two-out base hit bringing Freds within 6-5. L. Kelly single keeps the comeback in motion to set the stage for Zaprowski. In the top of the ninth two walks and Fredonia infield error fill the bases for Oswego. J. Giller doubles home a pair for 6-4 advantage.
     Fredonia, which captured the first game 8-3, had 15 hits, one error in the second game. Oswego counted 11 hits, three errors. Devils with 4-1 lead heading to the fourth on Kelly two-run single and Q. Danahy two-run home run. Lakers rally for two runs in the fifth on B. and E. Hamilton run-scoring hits, and tying score in the sixth on E. Holton single. Kelly 4x5, r, 2bi, 2bh; Danahy and Prentice two hits each. Laker E. Hamilton 4x4, r, bi, bb, 3 2bh; Giller 2x5, 3bi, 2bh; Holton 2x4, bi, 2bh. OSt with six doubles, one triple.
     L. Schaefer (4inn, 2h, 2r, 2er, 4bb, 1k) wins in relief of L. Kuczewski (5inn, 9h, 4r, 4er, 0bb, 3k). M. Putillo the loser (3.1inn, 5h, 3r, 3er, 0w, 2k, hbp) in relief of B. Nolan (5.1inn, 10h, 4r, 4er, 0w, 7k).  Both relievers get clutch outs from the pen.
     Earlier in the day Freds finish off Oswego 8-3 in completion of Saturday suspended nine inning first game. Z. Jordon throws complete game victory (9inn, 10h, 3r, 3er, 1bb, 5k) and receives flawless defensive work. Contest was interrupted with Devils up 8-3 in the fifth inning. They lead early and never falter in collecting 10 hits from seven different players. M. Prentice 2x5, 4bi, 2bh; K. Sherman 2x4, 2r, bi; C. Frontale 2x4, 2r, bi, bb. T. Cronin takes the hill for the Lakers (1.2inn, 8h, 5r, 5er, 0bb, 2k) and succeeded by C. LaFlamme (faces 7 batters, 6 reach base) and A. Stuart (4.2 hitless inn, 2k, 2hbp). E. Hamilton 2x4, 2bi, hr (6th home run of the season), M. Kutscher 2x4, bi, 2 2bh).
     Third game in the conference opening set Monday. Fredonia 2-0, 8-3, Oswego 0-2, 8-3

New Paltz experiences no Sunday letdown in topping Knox ILL 8-6 at Auburndale FL where partly cloudy skies and 80 degree temps prevail. NP 5-4-2 and coming off Fri/Sat 2-of-3 game series wins vs. Cortland. Hawks on Monday in Florida vs. 0-3 Mt. St. Vincent NY, Tuesday vs. 4-1 Hope MI (dh)

Oneonta bows 6-1 and 6-0 at Old Westbury in pair of seven-inning games in 40 degree weather. Oneonta matches OW eight hits in the opener and with one error. Hosts with 6-0 third inning lead. C. Kerkesky 2x4. J. McCarty (0-2) goes the first three innings (6r, 6er, 1bb, 4k), J. Sica finishes with three hitless frames (2bb, 3k). Second game goes similarly. Oneonta in 6-0 hole through two innings and manages mere four hits alongside three errors. OW with nine hits, three errors and spoils start by OSter R. Ottaviano (1.1inn, 6r, 5er, 7h, 3bb, 2k). Three relievers do well
      Oneonta 2-12, Old Westbury 11-5. Oneonta next plays on Fri/Sat at Brockport in Dragons' conference start

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Oswego's E. Hamilton hits his eighth home run of the season in Lakers' 12-3 beating of St. Michael's VT on Monday evening in Auburndale FL. Oswego earlier routed Fredonia 20-3. Hamilton's three-run clout features the Lakers racing out to 6-0 first inning command against the Mikes, stretching to 11-1 in the third. Winds up with 14 hits, one error. Leadoff batter W. Randall raises his average over .500 going 3x3, 2r, bi, 3bh. J. Barnes 2h, 2bb; M. Capobianco 2h, bi, 3bh; E. Hamilton sf, 4bi. Starter B. Zywicki wins first decision (4inn, 4h, 3r, 2er, 0bb, 3k. Five arms on display.
       Oswego 1-2, 10-3. St. Mike's 0-4 

Oswego thunder past Fredonia 20-3 at Auburndale, FL. Game concludes opening conference series. Devils win the first two games and riding five-game win streak that came to a thud today in brisk, windy weather. Freds with 2-1 lead till Lakers strut eight-run stuff in the fourth inning, knocking out seven hits, among them M. Dellicarri game-tying triple, Z. Kollar go-ahead rbi double and M. Kutscher three-run home run to wrap up the frame. Oswego adds five runs in the seventh, five in the eighth. M. Kelly in line for the win (6inn, 7h, 3r, 2er, 7bb, 2k).
      Six Lakers with two hits each among total of 16. E. Hamilton 3x5, 3r, 2bi, bb and his seventh home run of the season; W. Randall 2x5, 2r, 3bi, bb, sb; Kutscher 2x3, r, 3bi, hr, hbp; J. Giller 2x6, r, 5bi, 2bh; Dellicarri 2x4, 3r, bi, 3bh, sb; Kollar 2x3, 3r, bi, 2bh, sb. Oswego with six extra-base blows. B. Gauthier starts for Devils (3.2inn, 8h, 7r, 7er, bb, 1k. Q. Danahy 2x3, 2bi, 2bh, bb.  Freds with seven hits, four errors. OSt one error
      Fredonia 2-1, 8-4 and vs. Union (dh) Tuesday.

New Paltz halts Mt. St. Vincent 8-4. Breaks 4-4 deadlock with four-run eighth as N. DePietro single sends home the lead run and A. Pantano tags three-run home run to left to stake 16 strikeout pitcher L. Christy with the well-earned win (9inn, 10h, 4r, 4er, 2bi). Hawks with 13 hits. Pantano 3x5, r, 3bi, hr. DePietro, J. Williams, T. Read two hits each in Auburndale FL action
      New Paltz 6-4-2 and vs. 4-1 Hope MI on Tuesday. MSV 1-5

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Cortland and Trinity TX switch places in this week's D3/Media top 25 poll though Sunday. Former No. 1 RDragons 14-3 with 8 first place votes and 587 voting points now trail 20-4 Trinity with its 11 first place votes, 599 points. Birmingham Southern at 18-4 (537) retains No. 3, Ramapo NJ at 12-0 elevates from 12th to No. 4 with 2 first place votes,  Southern Maine at 4-0 up two slots to No. 5 with 3 No. 1 votes.
  Southern Maine in Florida drops two Monday to RIT (7-6, 15 inn) and Salve Regina.

Second five: Randolph-Macon VA 15-3, Emory GA 17-6, Wisc-Whitewater 2-0, Shenendoah VA 13-4, Whitworth WA 17-4

Oswego at 8-3 slips three notches to No. 18. Among others receiving votes 12-4 Brockport, 8-4 Fredonia

Tuesday's agenda has 6-6 Ithaca at Cortland which has lost three of its last five, Brockport at 4-4 Rochester, Fredonia in Winter Haven FL for dh vs. 1-3 Union, New Paltz in Florida for dh vs. 4-2 Hope MI

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Cortland wins 3-2  in the bottom of the 10th via soph R. Nuzzi two-out home run on 3-2 pitch at CSt.
     Bombers get first two batters aboard via errors in the top of the ninth. Runners on first and third, no out. T. Parry relieves for RDragons and strikes out the side.  IC scores in the first and seventh, Cortland in the fourth and sixth.  RBIs for J. Savacool, T. Thompson for Bombers, N. Hart 2 for RDragons. J. Martin (3.1 inn, 2h, 1r, 0er) starts for Corts. N. DiBenedetto effective in 3 inn (2h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 1k). Parry fifth CSt pitcher fans four in 2inn.  B. Parkes tosses first six for Ithaca (9h, 2r, 2er, 0bb, 2k). T. Hill (2-3) in relief and yields deciding roundtripper (3.2 inn, 1h, 1r, 1er, 3bb, 1k). C. Griffin 2x4, P. Dondero 2x5, Hart 2bi for Cortland. J. Savacool 2x5, r, bi for Ithacans. Cortland with 10 hits, IC 5. Dragons 4 errors, IC 1
     Cortland 15-3 and poor weather forecast ppd. Wednesday at Rochester. Meets Fredonia Fri/Sat in conference games.  Ithaca 6-7

New Paltz captures 12-3 and 4-3 seven-inning wins over Hope MI in Florida. Raps 14 safeties in the first game and scores five times in the first and third innings. A. Pantano 3x3, 3r, bi; T. Anderson 2x4, r, 2bi. J. Stybel (1-0) throws 5inn (4h, 3r, 2er, 2bb, 3k). Hope with six errors. Hawks tally twice in the top of the second game's second inning on S. Brown and K. Gilligan rbi blows and never trail. J. Williams 2x3, r, bi. B. LoRusso (1-0) allows five hits over four innings on the mound.
      NP 8-4-2 and vs. 3-4-1 Kalamazoo MI on Wednesday in Florida and entertains Plattsburgh Fri/Sat in conference. Hope 4-4

Fredonia falters 17-4 and 3-0 to Union  in Florida action. Union with 20 hit attack in the first game and goes on nine-run final seven-inning rampage. D. Cecilia and L. Kelly split four Devils hits. Pitcher C. Wolf loses with three starting innings. Freds with mere three hits in the second game. Union with seven hits. Atkinson LP
      Fredonia 8-6 and ending Florida play Wednesday vs. 1-5 Salve Regina RI whose only win vs. ranked Southern Maine. Unon 3-3

Brockport nipped 3-2 at Rochester whose rbi double in the bottom of the sixth the deciding score. Port squares things 2-2 in the top of the sixth when J. Wallwork singles to center for rbi. D. Fera takes the ball for the Port and flips five innings (8h, 2r, 2er, 2bb, 4k). J. Lovelass (1-1) absorbs the loss in relief. L. Meyerson the winner with three innings of relief. Also doubles home go-ahead run in the UR fifth. G. Ruddy 2x4, bb for the Port which counts fived hits, no boots; UR 11 hits, 1 error.
     Eagles 12-5 and at home Wednesday vs. St. John Fisher. Rochester 4-5

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Baseball News/Coaches top 30 poll: 1. Trinity TX, 2. Cortland; 3. Birmingham-Southern, 4. Wisc-Whitewater, 5. Ramapo NJ, 6. Emory GA, 7. Southern Maine, 8. Whitworth WA, 9. Randolph-Macon VA, 10. Rutgers-Camden
    29. Oswego, 33. Brockport

Wednesday's Cortland at Rochester game ppd.

Brockport at home vs. 8-6 St. John Fisher ppd. to April 13

Oswego gets the better of Farmingdale 6-1 in Florida outing. Lakers outhit 9-6 but beneficiary of eight walks -- seven to top three batters -- W. Randall, B. Hamilton, E. Hamilton who score all six runs and go 1x6. J. Giller and M. Kutscher with two RBI each. Oswego scores two on walks and two groundouts. Adds three runs in the fifth, B. Hamilton with rbi double and J. Barnes rbi single. N. Boughton  in seven innings allows earned run, two walks while fanning seven. C. LaFlamme finishes.
   Oswego 11-3 and Thursday vs. 2-7 Wisc-Stevens Pt. at Auburndale, Friday vs. 3-4 Allegheny PA (dh) at Lakeland. Farmingdale 3-9

New Paltz loses 8-2 to Kalamazoo MI. Each side with 10 hits, one error in Florida tilt. Hawks t. Laco 2x4, R. Frost, A. DiNardo rbi apiece. J. Deitch LP (4.1inn, 4h, 3r, 2er, 2bb, 4k). NP with four pitchers
       New Paltz 8-5-2. Kalamazoo 4-5-1

Fredonia tumbles 10-1 in Florida to Salve Regina RI. Q. Danahy 3x4, bi for Freds who fall behind 5-0 after five innings. Devils with eight hits, yield 15. J. Koepsell LP (3inn, 5h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 2k).
     Fredonia 8-7, Salve Regina 2-5

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Oswego dispatches Wisc-Stevens Pt. 5-2 in Auburndale FL. Four-run third inning virtually settles the issue. W. Randall hit by pitch ignites the third. B. Hamilton doubles to left-center to drive in Randall for a 1-1 game. E. Hamilton (3x5, r) follows with a single and J. Giller's groundout breaks the tie. M. Kutscher homers on 1-1 pitch making it 4-1. Eight Lakers hit safely behind the serves of R. Donnelly (7inn, 2r, 1er, 8h, 2bb, 5k). A. Morano pitches final two hitless innings.
     Oswego 12-3 and vs. 4-4 Allegheny PA (dh) on Friday. Allegheny coming off 10-8 Thursday win vs. Salve Regina RI. Wisc-Stevens Pt 2-6 though ranked 24th in latest D3/Media poll. Lakers 19th

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Brockport      3-0      12-5
Fredonia       2-1        8-7
New Paltz      2-1       8-5-2
Oneonta        0-0       2-12
Cortland        1-2      15-3
Oswego         1-2      12-3
Plattsburgh    0-3       2-15

Friday: Fredonia at Cortland, Oneonta at Brockport, Plattsburgh at New Paltz. And while skies in CNY expected to be cloudy and temps in low 50s, Oswego winds up Florida stay vs. Allegheny PA with good chance of p.m. showers and temps near 80

Saturday: All of Friday conference pairings in doubleheaders

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Jdex, with your insight into the SUNYAC, let's have some fun with weekend outlooks. What are your thoughts on how the weekend conference series will shake out?

Fredonia at Cortland
Oneonta at Brockport
Plattsburgh at New Paltz

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Cortland cruises past Fredonia 10-2, using a six-run second inning springboard at cool, windy Wallace Field. S. Lamando goes 7 inn (3h, 0bb, 8k, 79pitches) to raise his record to 4-0. S. DeBrosky takes over but yields four straight singles in the ninth and R. Koval finally retires the Devils who score twice. Z. Jordon opens for the Devils and finishes six innings (10h, 8r, 4er, 2bb, 2k). Corts'  six runs in the second inning on five hits -- three doubles and a triple. S. Figueroa first pitch two-bagger drives in fifth and sixth scores. F. Ricci's triple begins that surge in which 10 RDragons bat. Figueroa 2x4, 3bi, 2 2bh; J. Teague 2x4, r, 2bi, 2bh; N. Hart 2x3, 2r, bi, hbp; C. Ziemendorf in the leadoff slot 1x3, bi, 2bh, 2bb. RDragons with five extra-base blows among 13 hits. Have one error as does Fredonia which nets seven hits, two by dh R. Weigand. Cortland's entire starting cast sits in the ninth.
     Cortland 2-2, 16-3. Fredonia 2-2, 8-8. Twinbill for pair on Saturday

New Paltz at home belts Plattsburgh 13.3 led by T. Anderson six RBIs including grand slam to left-center in the third inning. Anderson 3x4, 2r also drove in second and sixth inning scores. Burgh posts a pair in the first, Hawks a five spot in the second, four in the third. Hawks with 15 hits, no errors. N. DePietro with two hits, r, 4bi; A. DiNardo 2x3, 2r. C. Donachie notches third win in four decisions (7inn, 4h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 1k). K. Hutchins hurls first for Plattsburgh.
  New Paltz 3-1, 9-5-2. Plattsburgh 0-4, 2-16. Doubleheader Saturday

Oneonta at Brockport ppd. Play dh Saturday at Rochester, single game Sunday at the Port

Oswego ekes out 2-1 win over Allegheny PA in Winter Haven FL. Second contest cancelled with stormy weather in the region. Lakers take seven-inning contest on six hits, two errors. B. Hamilton bingle delivers unearned 1-0 lead in the third. M. Kutscher's SF to right ups the count to 2-0 in the fourth. B. Nolan cruising till hitting Allegheny leadoff batter in the seventh. Bunted to second and M. Putillo comes out of the pen. Records lineout to left and groundout to end it. Nolan (3-0, 6.1inn,4h, 1r, 0er, 0bb, 1k). J. Giller 2x3.
    Oswego 13-3 and homebound. Allegheny 4-5

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Cortland wins home pair from Fredonia, 7-2 and 7-1 on a chilly, sunny Wallace Field.
       RDragons march in the seven inning opener with B. Moxley picking up the win for six innings of work (5h, 2r, 0er, 1bb, 3k, 82 pitches). Freds 2-1 edge on RDragon errors through two innings. Corts dash to four runs in the third started by C. Ziemendorf triple. Later in the five hit frame A. Clock triples home two runs. Ziemendorf with two-run home run to left-center in the fourth inning. Cortland with 12 hits. Ziemendorf in the No. 1 batting slot 3x3, 3r, 2bi, bb, 3bh, hr; P. Dondero 2h; F. ricci 2h, r, bi; Clock 2h, r, 2bi, 2bh, 3bh. Devil M. Prentice 2x3, r. L. Kuczewski starter for Fredonia (4.1inn, 10h, 7r, 7er, 0bb, 3k, 2hbp). Cortland needs J. Cooke to bail out K. Curry when Fredonia fills the bases in the seventh.
      Second game scoreless into the Cortland third when the first six batters reach base, the first five via hits. Perivolaris double leads off preceding S. Figueroa's home run to left. F. Ricci triples and A. Clock singles him home. Corts add two runs in the sixth, two in the seventh and pound out 13 hits. T. Whiteman (5-0) tosses the first seven innings (3h, 0r, 0bb, 3k), T. Parry finishes the ninth inning fray. Figueroa 3x4, 2r, 2bi, hr; Ricci 2x3, 2r, 3bh; N. Hart 2x2, 2bi. Freds with five hits. L. Kelly 2x4. B. Gauthier (1-2) works five innings (9h, 4r, 4er, 1bb, 4k)
      Cortland 4-2, 18-3 and at SUNY Poly in Utica on Tuesday. Fredonia 2-4, 8-10 and vs. Penn St.-Behrend on Wednesday

New Paltz stops guest Plattsburgh 3-0 in seven-inning first contest of doubleheader, but the Burgh stops 10 game losing skein in the afterpiece with an 8-4 reversal.
      New Paltz' C. Huertas tosses complete game four-hitter (1bb, 4k) to begin things. Hawks score once in the fourth and two in the fifth. Finish with five hits. S. Orr victimized on the slab (5.1inn, 5h, 3r, 2er, 8bb, 1k). A. DiNardo 2x3, r, bb for NP whose C. Baltera and T. Anderson knock in a run apiece. Burgh with three errors, NP one
      Plattsburgh breakthrough sees the Cardinal explode for three runs in each of the first two innings of the nine-inning second game. T. Markey knocks in the first two with a single to right. B. Rombauts, J. Tolosky  have RBIs in the second. Hawks within 6-4 in the eighth. Tolosky double and TJ Montalbano deliver ninth inning Burgh insurance scores. Rombauts 3x4, 3r, bi; Tolosky 1x3, 2r, 2bi for the Cards. NP registers two hits each from N. DePietro, T. Bell, T. Anderson. M. Fox WP (6inn, 5h, 2r, 1er, 2bb, 1k) and now 3-1. K. Krebs LP (1.1inn, 6r, 3er)
     New Paltz 4-2, 10-6-2 and at Old Westbury on Tuesday. Plattsburgh 1-5, 3-17 and at Mt. St. Mary (Wappingers Falls) Friday night

Brockport over Oneonta twice, 5-3 and 6-1 in games played at URochester.
       Port builds 5-0 lead by the fifth frame of the inaugural. W. Burghardt's single delivers initial mark in the third. G. Ruddy single in the fifth produces two more. OSt breaks through late against T. Clifford (4-1). He throws 7.2 innings (5h, 1r, 1er, 2bb, 4k). Burghardt 2x3, 2bi, bb; B. Sanders 2x4, r; D. Cala 2x3, 2r, bb. Eagles chase T. Bond after 4.1 innings. RDragons S. Beaulac, C. Kerdesky with two hits each.
      Brockport's S. McCumiskey (5-0) complete seven-inning second game (4h, 1r, 0er, 3bb, 2k). G. Ruddy 3x3, 3r, 2bh; W. Burghardt 2x3, r, 2bi; C. Davis 2x2, 3bi. Eagles 10 hits. Flawless fielding both ways. N. Ponesse LP (0-2) in four inning stint
       Brockport 5-0, 14-5. Oneonta 0-2, 2-14. Play third game of the series Sunday at Bport

Oswego idle till Tuesday trip to Ithaca