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Cortland hangs on for 10-9 series finale win Saturday over Johnson & Wales RI at Wallace Field where home team nearly squanders 8-3 lead. Four-run sixth inning including rbi J. Varian and D. Coleman hits give RDragons five-run lead. J&W makes it interesting with four runs in the top of the ninth and tying run on base. Corts with 14 hits ....Varian 3x4, 3bi; M. Bruno 3x5, 3r, sb; N. Chemotti 2h, 2r; B. Rhodes 2x2, bi, sb. S. Mugnolo survives wobbly start to notch the win (6inn, 4h, 3r, 2er, 2bb, 3k, 82p -- 25 1st inning). Four pitchers follow. J&W gets 10 hits.
   Cortland 13-6 and opening SUNYAC play March 25/26 at Oneonta. J&W 1-8

Oswego back on winning track with 6-4 win over ranked Johns Hopkins in Florida on Saturday. Pinch-hitting C. McCarthy triple to right-center coupled with infield error provides 5-4 lead in the bottom of the eighth. T. Featherst follows with insurance-rbi single for the final score. Closer J. Sanders enters with two Hopkins' runners aboard in the ninth and records game-ending popout, groundout. K. Finnegan WP (6.1inn, 8h, 3r, 3er, 1bb, 9k). Oswego four-run second inning has J. Drew with two-run single up the middle. JH Jays climb within 4-3 in the seventh on triple, three doubles surge. Tie in the top of the eighth before Lakers step up in their eighth. L. Olsson 2x3, 2bb; Drew 2x4, 2bi. Nine hits, eight walks, one error come Oswego way. Hopkins with 10 hits, two misplays leading to five unearned Oswego runs.
  Oswego 10-3 heads home vs. Cobleskill (dh) March 30. Hopkins 7-5

Brockport clips Simpson IA 7-3 in Florida on Saturday. Off to 3-0 first inning lead when N. Pastore triples home two. Grows to 5-0 through four innings. GEagles collect 11 hits, Z. Eldred 3x4, r, bi, sb; J. Houlahan 2h (2bh), Pastore 2h (3bh), T. Kretzler 1x3, 2r. Kretzler WP (5.2inn, 5h, 1r, 0er, 1bb, 10k). Simpson with eight hits.
     Brockport 9-2 and Wednesday at Rochester (10-2). Simpson 8-3

Oneonta at home sustains 6-1 and 8-5 losses to RIT in doubleheader.
        First Game: N. Frasca sac fly brings RDragons within 2-1 in the second inning. RIT tallies four runs over middle frames and credits just two earned runs overall, and outhit 8-6. OSt with two errors, RIT none. A. Gonzales 2x3, M. McAllister 2x3, r for Oneonta in nine inning tussle.
        Second Game: Oneonta never able to overcome five unearned first inning runs start by RIT. Within 5-3 in the second when J. Barrett single scores the third mark. Dragons looking up at 8-3 deficit entering last raps in the seventh. P. McGee double to left shrinks deficit to 8-5 and brings tying run to the plate. Doubleplay ends it. A. Bonilla 2x3, 2r, bb; M. McAllister 2x4, bi, bb in Oneonta eight hit attack. Makes three errors. J. Bagley 3x4, r, bi for Tigers. M. Losak LP (5inn, 8h, 8r, 2er, 4bb, 7k)
  Oneonta 3-10 and in home Sunday dh vs. Cazenovia (3-5). RIT 10-3

Fredonia lets things get away late in 10-6 fall to season-opening Keuka in Saturday Florida action. Four runs in the third have BDevils sitting pretty with 5-0 upper hand. J. Genau, T. Phillips, R. Hann, P. Bingham drive in runs. Keuka comes all the way back with two runs in the seventh and five in the eighth featuring D. Nemeth go-ahead 2bi single. Genau 3x3, 3r, 2bh, bi, bb; Hann 2x4, bi; Phillips 2bi, Bigham 2bi. J. Tryon 4x4, r, 3bi for Keuka whose R. Seales 3x3, 2r, 2bi, bb; Nemeth 2x2, r, 2bi. A. O'Connor LP (.2inn, 2h, 4r, 4er, 1bb. T. Slawson WP (2.2inn, 1h, 1bb, 2k).
   Fredonia 9-5 home Tuesday vs. Hilbert (4-9). Keuka 1-0

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Brockport whips homestanding Rochester 12-6 Tuesday, producing 11 runs in two innings. Eighth straight win. J. Pangburn three-run home run to left keys six-run fourth inning to erase 1-0 UR lead. R. Voight single drives in the tying run and N. Pastore rbi double puts GEagles in front. Pangburn blast adds to the surge and J. Houlahan rbi double caps it. Port ahead 7-2 and stretches margin with five runs in the eighth. Voight, Pastore, M. O'Dair with two hits each, part of 13 in all. Pastore with two doubles, O'Dair 2bi, 2bb. Starter M. McGowan (3.1inn) gives way to N. Ianniello (WP, 3inn, 2h, 4k). Port uses five pitchers, Yellowjackets five. D. Bevan LP (3.2inn, 7h, 6r, 6er, 1k). UR with 12 hits: J. Matzat 3x5, 2bi, 2bh, 3bh; J. Leadem hr, D. Stezzi hr. Brockport one error, UR three.
    Brockport 10-2 and home Friday/Saturday vs. Fredonia (9-5) starting conference play. Rochester 10-4

Cortland (13-6) drops from second to seventh with 466 voting points in weekly D3 national media poll while Oswego (10-3) makes first appearance in Top 25 at No. 23 with 110 points.
   Marietta OH (12-2) reaffirms hold on top spot with all 24 first place votes and 624 voting points followed by Birmingham Southern (14-4) 562, Eastern Connecticut (8-1) 550, Lynchburg (14-3) 508, Texas-Dallas (17-3) 495.
   Rochester (10-3) among others receiving points with 57 just out of Top 25. NYU receives one point.

Tuesday game has Brockport (9-2) at Rochester whose Yellowjackets on Monday fall to St. John Fisher 8-4. SJF (6-6) last Friday shades UR 2-1

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Brockport quick starts twice leaves Fredonia in the dust in 14-1, 12-1 verdicts in opening conference action Thursday in Bport.  Adjusted weather-related schedule. Third game in the series due Saturday.
     First Game: GEagles bolt to 8-0 lead scoring seven times in the third inning. R. Mansell homers with mate aboard during the spree. T. Kretzler solo home run in the fifth makes it 11-0 in the nine inning outing. R. Mroczka also homers. Port bangs out 15 hits ....Kretzler 3x4, 3r, bi; R. Voight 2x4, 2r, 2bi; N. Pastore 1x2, 3r, 2bb; B. Tietjen 3bi; M. O'Dair 2x3, 3bi. Fredonia manages five hits, three errors. W. Huffman WP (4-0, 6inn, 4h, 0r, 2bb, 7k), N. O'Brochta LP (3inn)
   Second Game: Five-run first inning suits Bport just fine. Pastore single drives in a pair. Posts four runs in the fourth for 9-0 margin in seven inning affair. Eagles with 16 hits, BDevils just two -- sixth inning singles -- off slants of T. Kretzler (7inn, 2h, 1r, 1er, 8k). Pastore 3x4, 2r, 3bi, 2bh; Mansell 2x2, r, bi, bb; J. Pangburn 2x3, r; O'Dair 3x4, r, 3bi. Freds P. Bigham 1x3, bi. K. Mahon LP (3inn, 10h, 9r, 6er, 3bb, 2k)
  Brockport 12-2, 2-0. Fredonia 9-7, 0-2

Friday pits Cortland at Oneonta in dh; single game Saturday

Plattsburgh at New Paltz Friday/Saturday series ppd.

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Cortland pitching nails down two conference opening Friday wins at Oneonta, 6-1 in nine inning first game and 4-0 in seven inning nightcap in cool, overcast conditions.
      First Game: Lefty A. Fusco works into the seventh for Corts, who supply 15 hits in support of Fusco (6.2inn, 5h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 1k, 66p) and S. Mugnolo (2.1inn, 1h, 1k, 38p). Collect nine hits in the second, third, fourth innings and reap four runs via B. Rhodes,  Varian, D. Coleman rbi blows. OSt's L. Kasata run scoring base knock in the seventh makes it 4-1. Visitors add two scores in the eighth. Seven C-landers with at least two hits, M. Bruno 3x5, sb. A. Gonzales 2x4 for Oneonta. K. Roper LP (7.2inn, 14h, 6r, 5er, 1bb, 107p)
     Second Game: Z. Durant (5inn, 2h, 1bb, 3k, 71p) and P. Dalton (2inn, 1bb, 4k) shut down Oneonta on two-hitter. Cortland gets only four hits off M. Losak who tosses 133 pitches (7inn, 4h, 4r, 2er, 3bb, 7k). M. Bruno leads off CSt fourth with three bagger and continues home on an error. Breathing room comes inning later with the help of two Oneonta errors and A. Pragana rbi single. OSt with four miscues in all.
     Cortland 15-6, 2-0; Oneonta 5-12, 0-2. Series concludes Saturday with single game

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Cortland cruises past Oneonta 15-2 Saturday in raw Oneonta weather. RDragons sweep conference series with another good mound performance. R. Flansburg WP (6inn, 2h, 0r, 4k, 61p). Four Cortland hurlers with no walks, seven strikeouts. Limit Oneonta to five hits while seven errors lead to nine unearned CSt scores. M. Krafft grand slam in the seventh inning seals issue at 11-0. Cortland opens the scoring with error-asssited third inning run. J. Varian singles in fourth and fifth innings trigger three-run outbursts in each frame. Corts with 12 hits ...Varian, A. Pragana, C. Bonacci (3r) with two each. A. Michalski 1x2, r, bi, bb. L. Kaseta 2x3 for Oneonta. M. Sadowski LP (4.2inn, 6h, 7r, 2er, 3bb, 6k, 97p).
   On Friday, Cortland skipper Joe Brown -- at the helm since 2000 -- earns 800th win in 1,024 games with DH sweep.
   Cortland 16-5, 3-0 and home Wednesday vs. Clarkson (3-6). Oneonta 5-13, 0-3 and home Wednesday vs. Utica (5-3)

Brockport pounds Fredonia 10-2 at Rochester's neutral Towers Field on Saturday. Takes all three conference games and settles finale quickly. After BDevils take 1-0 lead in first at-bat on T. Phillips rbi single, Port lifts off with single, walk and T. Kretzler three-run home run. Eagles add four scores in the fourth and three in the seventh when J. Mansell single delivers two. Brockport socks 17 safeties. J. Mansell 2x2, 2r, 2bi; J. Houlahan 2x3, 2r, bi, bb; Kretzler 1x3, r, 3bi, 2bb; R. Mansell 2x4, r, bi, bb; M. O'Dair 2h, J. Pangburn 2h. M. McGowan starts (WP, 4inn, 4h, 1r, 0er, 4k, 54p); D. Walters LP (3.1inn, 6h, 4r, 4er, 2bb, 2k, 56p). Freds Phillips 2x4, 3bh, bi. Devils eight hits.
    Brockport 13-2, 3-0 and home Wednesday vs. St. John Fisher (7-8). Fredonia 9-8, 0-3 and home Tuesday vs. Penn St.-Behrend (5-7)

Plattsburgh at New Paltz Friday/Saturday series ppd.

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Weather brings Tuesday schedule to a halt.  Fredonia home game with Penn St.-Behrend ppd; New Paltz home game vs. Sage ppd.

Already ppd. Wednesday: Clarkson at Cortland, Cobleskill at Oswego.

Still on for Wednesday: Brockport home dh vs. St. John Fisher, Oneonta home game vs. Utica, New Paltz home game vs. Brooklyn St. Joe's

Cortland (16-6)  sixth in D3 weekly media national poll with 461 voting points. Oswego (10-3) moves up to 20th with 135 points. Rochester (13-4) and New York U. (12-1) among others receiving votes.
    Marietta OH (15-3) holds No. 1 slot with 21 first place votes, 620 points. Birmingham Southern (18-5), 574; Eastern Connecticut (12-2) 555; LaGrange GA (20-2) 531; Lynchburg VA (17-4) 514 follow. Birmingham Southern with 2 first place votes, LaGrange with 2.

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Oneonta shades Utica 5-4 Wednesday in Oneonta. RDragons take the lead for the first time with deciding two runs in the eighth. J. Barrett drives home tying run with a single and A. Gonzalez delivers winner with rbi single to left. Trail 4-2 entering bottom of the seventh. S. Liquori tightens matters with run-scoring single. Barrett 2x5, 2bi; Liquori 2x4, bi; M. McAllister 2r; Gonzalez 1x3, 2BI, 2BB. J. Ottaviano WP serving up the eighth inning and M. Losak fans the side in the ninth on 19 pitches for the save. Oneonta 10 hits, two errors; UC seven hits, two errors.
      Oneonta 6-13 and conference games Sat/Sun at Brockport. Utica 6-5

New Paltz slugs Brooklyn St. Joe's 16-9 with two J. Keshner home runs. Hawks score in seven of eight at-bats, netting four runs in the sixth when Keshner socks his first and J. Rios poles two-run homer. Keshner and D. Stalzer unload two-run homers in six-run seventh frame, part of 14 hit assault. St. Joe's makes it respectable with six runs in the ninth inning including O. Salcedo grand slam. NP J. Ortiz 3x6, 2r, 2bi; Keshner 2x5, 3r, 3bi, bb; M. Boccaros 3x5, 2r, 3bi, bb; Stalzer 26, r, 4bi. N. Harvey WP (2inn, k, 19p). Seven hurlers follow.
   New Paltz 5-9 and at Oswego Fri/Sat conference games. St. Joe's 2-10

Brockport home game Wednesday vs. St. John Fisher moved to Thursday. Bport conference  home series vs. Oneonta now Saturday/Sunday

Cortland home conference series vs. Fredonia moved from Fri/Sat to Sat/Sunday

Plattsburgh with home non-conference games vs. Canton (3-13) Friday and Saturday dh

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Brockport nips St. John Fisher 4-3 on M. O'Dair walkoff rbi single to right in the 10th inning. Thursday game in overcast Port marks 12th straight GEagles win -- a program record. Brockport outhits Rochester guests 11-3 but strands 10 runners against nine SJF pitchers. Fisher initially strikes with run in the fourth via three base error and M. Beim sac fly. Takes 3-0 lead in the sixth when two walks bring about Port pitching change. N. Lemire cracks final SJF hit -- two run double to left-center. Eagles' B. Tietjen homers in bottom of the sixth and homesters  tie in the seventh on R. Mansell, T. Kretzler rbi singles. Diving J. McCardle catch in right snuffs further trouble. Extra-inning verdict arrives off O'Dair bat on heels of Z. Eldred leadoff base hit. Bport's B. Tietjen 2x4, r, bi, bb; R. Mansell 2x5, r, bi, sb. Uses four pitchers, C. Pytlak (5.1inn, 2h, 3r, 2er, 2bb, 5k, 75p); N. Ianniello WP (.2inn, 1k, 8p). C. Fitzgerald LP (2.1inn, 2h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 1k, 34p)
   Brockport 14-2 and home Sat/Sun in conference scraps vs. Oneonta. SJF 7-9

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Plattsburgh on Friday puts away guest Canton 10-6 among snow flakes in non-conference activity. Cardinals overcome 5-3 deficit with five-run fifth inning in which six consecutive Pburgers single. C. Ott begins hit-fest followed by A. Kornblau game-tying blow, C. Lent go-ahead hit and A. Veit two-run single. C. Kowalowski single wraps up parade. Each side with nine hits, four errors. Lent 2x3, 2r, bi, bb, 2sb; Kornblau 1x2, 3r, bi, bb, sb; Veit 1x2, 3bi; Kowalowski 2x3, 2bi; C. Gonzalski 1x2, 2r, bi, bb. Kangaroos leave dozen runners aboard. S. Malamud WP (6.2inn, 8h, 5r, 2er, 6bb, 4k, 127p). First Cardinal game in 17 days.
    Plattsburgh 6-6, Canton 3-14. Same teams in Saturday dh

Oswego home conference game vs. New Paltz ppd. to Sunday. Saturday twinbill moved to Maine-Endwell in Southern Tier where Sunday single game will also be played.

Conference series begin Saturday with Cortland home to Fredonia, and Oneonta at Brockport -- both doubleheaders. Single games Sunday

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Cortland twice dismisses Fredonia 11-4, 9-2 in Saturday conference dh at Corts' Wallace Field.
     First Game: M. Bruno slugs home run pair during nine inning 14 hit attack backing starting pitcher A. Fusco. Bruno 2-run homer launches RDragons into first inning control. After BDevils within 4-1 in top of the fourth, Bruno three-run homer extends lead to 8-1 in the bottom of the inning. D. Coleman joins the longball show with two-run poke in the seventh. J. Genau homers for Fredonia in the ninth. Fusco WP (6inn, 2h, 1r, 1er, 4k, 83p). K. Mahon LP (6inn, 10h, 8r, 5er, 1bb, 1k). For CSt, S. Giordano 3x4, 3r, 2 2bh; Coleman 3x4, 2r, 2bi, hr, 2bh; Bruno 2x4, 2r, 5bi, 2 hr; M. Funk 2x2, bi, 2bh; J. Varian 1x2, 2r, 2bb. Freds with five hits, four errors.
    Second Game: More suspenseful game with both nines with first inning run. Seven inning contest stays that way till two walks and J. Varian two-run single gives RDragons' 3-1 lead in bottom of the fifth. Seal deal with six scores in the sixth. Eight Cortlandites score at least one run, nine hit safely in 10 hit total. C. Bonacci 2x4, r; Varian 1x2, r, 2bi, 2bh; P. Franzese 1x1, r, 2bi, 2bh. Fredonia also 10 hit makers, L. Kenyon 3x4, bi; T. Phillips 2x4, r, bi; P. Bigham 2x4. R. Flansburg WP (5inn, 6h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 4k, 64p). N. O'Brochta LP (5inn, 8h, 3r, 3er, 4bb, 5k, 106p)
    Cortland 18-6, 5-0, Fredonia 9-10, 0-5. Single game Sunday

Brockport shades Oneonta 3-1 and 2-0 behind sterling A. Huffman and T. Kretzler mound performances in Saturday conference dh at the Port. GEagles stretch winning skein to 14 straight.
       First Game: Huffman retires first 11 RDragons before issuing only walk and L. Kaseta double. Strands both and enters ninth inning with one-hitter. Oneonta two hits and Port error end shutout bid in the ninth. Huffman strikes out 14, throws 113 pitches. N. Pastore provides winning three-run home run but only after what would have been fourth inning-ending foul pop was dropped for an error. Bport with five hits. Each side one error. J. Houlahan 2x3, sb for winners, L. Kaseta 2x4, bi in defeat. K. Roper LP (6inn, 4h, 3r, 2er, 2bb, 3k, 87p)
    Second Game: Kretzler shuts out OSt on three hits (1bb, 9k, 87p) in seven inning tilt to outduel M. Losak (LP, 6inn, 6h, 2r, 2er, 2bb, 3k, 118p). Brockport two runs in the second inning on J. Houlahan bases loaded single to center. N. Pastore 2x3 in victory. Dragon S. Liquori 2x3, 2bh. Oneonta with game's lone error.
    Brockport 16-2, 5-0. Oneonta 6-15, 0-5. Single game Sunday

Oswego knocks off New Paltz 14-6 and 2-0 in conference dh Saturday at Maine-Endwell.
       First Game: J. Drew drives in six runs as Lakers unload 20 hits, mostly in the middle innings. NP M. Boccaross' two-out double to right propels Hawks to 2-0 first inning lead. Score remains till bottom of the third when Oswego lands lethal six-run, six-hit punch featuring P. Tammaro rbi double and Drew grand slam. Tammaro 3x5, 3r, bi, 2 2bh; L. Olsson 3x4, r; Drew 3x4, r, 6bi; C. McCarthy 3x4, bi; R. Enos 2x3, 2r, 2bi, bb, 2bh, hr; R. Weiss 2r; T. Featherstone hr. A. Vanfosse WP (7inn, 6h, 2r, 2er, 1bb, 5k. B. Moeller LP (4.2inn, 14h, 10r, 9er, 3bb, 3k). Boccaross 2x3, bi for Hawks who push over four runs in the ninth.
      Second Game: K. Finnegan tosses seven inning three-hit shutout, walking one, fanning seven. L. Olsson with two-out rbi single in the first and adds game's second run with rbi double to left following R. Enos walk and K. Lauria single. Oswego with four hits. Neither side commits an error. B. Ramsey LP (4inn, 4h, 2r, 2er, 6bb, 3k)
   Oswego 12-3, 2-0 in first action since March 19. New Paltz 5-11, 0-2. Series concludes Sunday at M-E

Plattsburgh romps 23-5, then walks off 4-3 win over Canton on Saturday in Plattsburgh.
      First Game: Cardinals and Kangaroos scoreless through three frames before homestanding bats go to work. Score six times in the fourth on four hits. Ten batters step to the plate and C. Lent triple drives home two runs. Fourteen Cards go to bat in nine-run fifth. C. Gonzalski single to left plates two, S. Messserschmitt double to center clears loaded bases, and J. Hutton single sends home two more runs. Pburgh with 22 hits, Messerschmitt 3x4, 2r, 3bi, bb; K. Cremin 3x3, 3r, bi, 2bb; Gonzalski 3x4, 2r, 3bi; Hutton 2x5, r, 3bi; Lent 2x4, 4r, 2bi, 2bb. P. Gregory WP (5inn, 7h, 4r, 3er, 1bb, 9k, 77p)
      Second Game: Seven inning affair ends in walkoff fash ion when Plattsburgh fills the bases on C. Gonzalski one-out walk, S. Messerschmitt single to right, intentional walk preceding four balls to C. Ott. Makes winner of reliever C. Santic (.2inn). Cards with six hits and survive five errors. K. Cremin 2x3, r, bb. Canton with five hits, one error. K. Kapfer 2x3, 3bi for Kangaroos.
   Plattsburgh 8-6 and hosts SUNY Poly (2-10) Monday. Canton 3-16.

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Oswego spanks New Paltz 14-3 Sunday to sweep weekend conference series in shivering Endwell. Lakers with 18 hits starting early. L. Olsson double chases home pair and 2-0 lead. Four OSters cross the plate in the second, two via K. Lauria triple. Five-run fifth features CJ McCarthy home run with two aboard. S. Allen home run leads off the sixth. Credit 10 Lakers with hits. McCarthy 3x3, r, 3bi, 2bh, hr; Lauria2x3, 2r, 4bi, 3bh, bb; Olsson 2x4, 3bi, 2bh, sb; R. Enos 2x2, 3r, 2bb, 2bh; J. Levine 2x2, 3r, bb, 2 2bh; P. Tammaro 2x3, 2r, bb. J. Sanders WP (5inn, 5h, 1r, 0er, 1bb, 2k). J. Trink LP (2inn, 7h, 6r, 5er, 2bb, 2k). Hawks J. Harvey, R. Mackle split four of team 12 hits.
    Oswego 13-3, 3-0 and Wednesday at St. John Fisher (9-9). NP 5-12, 0-3 and home Tuesday vs. NJ City (8-11)

Sunday's Cortland home game with Fredonia ppd. to Monday.

Brockport home game Sunday vs. Oneonta ppd. Bport at RIT (13-7) on Tuesday

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Cortland at home sweats out 5-3 conference win vs. Fredonia on Monday. RDragons seemingly resting on their laurels after staking out early 5-0 lead. Get four hits and full run complement in the first two innings -- H. Holliday with two-run home run to left-center in the second, and have just two more hits the rest of the way. Z. Durant shuts down BDevils over first 4.1inn (1h, 1bb, 4k, 55p). Four relievers follow. Freds get error-aided run back in the sixth, then throw big scare into the host in the eighth. First two batters retired. Next five reach base on three hits, two walks. L. Kenyon single to center drives in two runs. L. Krasney induces bases loaded third out liner and retires Fredonia in order in the ninth. Devils match Dragons six hits. P. Bigham, with just 3.1inn to his Fredonia pitching line this season, throws effectively (7.2inn, 6h, 5r, 4er, 6bb, 3k, 108p).
     Cortland 19-6, 6-0 and home Fri/Sat vs. Brockport. Fredonia 9-11, 0-6 and Tuesday at Aurora's Wells (6-15)

Plattsburgh fourth straight 'W' beating guest SUNY Poly of Utica 14-3 Monday at the Burgh. A. Wein 4x4, 3bi, bb show paces Cards' 12 hits. Up 5-1, home squad posts six-run fourth inning in which A. Kornblau has 2bi with base hit. Plattsburgh scores in six innings and fully takes advantage of seven Poly errors leading to eight unearned runs. K. Mordecki WP (5inn, 4h, 1r, 0er, 1bb, 4k). Poly with 10 hits.
   Plattsburgh 9-6 and Tuesday at Clarkson (5-9). Poly 2-11

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Brockport 15th straight win suspenseful 1-0 decision over Oneonta on Wednesday evening at Syracuse's Onondaga CC. Game winds up conference series from Saturday when GEagles took 3-1, 2-0 issues. Lone Tuesday run for M. McGowan (WP 2-0, 9inn, 4h, 10k, 103p) comes on bases loaded passed ball in the second inning. Bport with five hits off LP M. Sadowski (1-3, 7inn, 5h, 1r, 0er, 5k, hbp, 96p) and M. Russo (1inn, 2k). Best Oneonta scoring chance in the seventh. L. Kaseta singles with two outs and swipes second. M. Sabatine follows with single and Port CF T. Kretzler cuts down Kaseta at the plate. Kaseta 2x3, sb; Sabatine 2x3. Eagle B. Tietjen 2x3. Brockport run in the second set up by R. Voight and Tietjen inning-opening singles to left. Bunted along by N. Pastore. Infield error fills the bases before decisive passed ball. Port strands six runners, Oneonta three. Port with two errors, RDragons one.
     Brockport 17-2, 6-0 and Wednesday at RIT (13-7) and Fri/Sat at Cortland. Oneonta 6-16, 0-6

Oswego outslugged 8-4 at Rochester on Tuesday evening. Of game's 16 hits, 11 went for extra bases. And if that 'hitting' wasn't enough, there were eight hit batters -- four each side. R. Enos' solo home run in the top of the first began the bashing for the Lakers. Two walks and J. Matzat homer to left-center was UR answer in its first at-bat. Yellowjacket M. Cappelletti double produces two runs and 6-1 lead in the second. Oswego closes within 6-4 on K. Lauria three-run third inning big fly. UR single runs in fourth and fifth innings ends the scoring. Lakers with five hits, one error. Jackets collect 11 safeties, three errors. Matzat 3x4, 3r. T. Poveda LP.
   Oswego 13-4 and Wednesday at St. John Fisher (11-9). Rochester 16-4

Plattsburgh uses 10 run fifth inning to upend Clarkson 16-10 Tuesday in Potsdam. Hosts' Brouillette homers with mate aboard in the first inning to springboard to 3-0 lead as Cards came to bat in the fifth. They send 14 to the plate and reap nine hits including two each by A. Roman and K. Kowalowski. Pburgh winds up with 15 hits. Roman 4x5, 2r, 4bi, 2bh; S. Messerschmitt 3x5, 4r, 3bi, hr, 2 2bh; C. Gonzalski 3bi, hr; Kowalowski 3bi. J. Osborn WP (6inn, 5h, 4r, 4er, 2bb, 3k, hbp). Clarkson clubs 11 hits.
      Plattsburgh 10-6 and home Fri/Sat vs. Oswego. Clarkson 5-10

New Paltz rises over New Jersey City 8-2 at home Tuesday. Hawks get M. Laurelli home run for 2-1 advantage in the fourth. NJ squares the contest but D. Ristano rbi double sends New Paltz ahead in the sixth. Hawks take charge with four-run raid in the seventh when M. Boccaross triple plates three. J. Patane 2x4, r, bi, bb; Ju. Ortiz 2r. N. Harvey WP (3-1, 4inn, 4h, 1r, 1er, 3k); D. Schuch (4inn, 4h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 2k, hbp).
       New Paltz 6-12 and Wednesday vs. Nichols MA (7-11-1) ppd, Thursday vs. Western Connectucit (4-7) ppd, March 12 vs. Ramapo NJ (8-9-1). NJ City 8-12

     Fredonia at Aurora's Wells (6-15) ppd.

Cortland (18-6) remains sixth with 472 voting points in weekly D3 national media Top 25 poll while Oswego (13-3) jumps four slots to 16th with 198 voting points. Brockport (16-2) among others receiving votes with 13 points.
   Rochester (15-4) and Ithaca (14-5) receive 40 and 2 voting points, respectively, to join ORV.
   Marietta OH (19-3) still No. 1 with 24 first place votes, 622 points ahead of Eastern Connecticut (15-2) 565 points, Birmingham Southern (21-7) 541 and 1 first place vote, LaGrange GA (20-3) 516 and Lynchburg VA (20-5)

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Brockport clips RIT 12-5 Wednesday in Rochester. GEagles' 16th consecutive triumph heading into Fri/Sat conference series at Cortland. Bport opens scoring with three-run third. N. Pastore single knocks in two. Expand advantage to 6-2 in the fifth when Z. Eldred bingle delivers two. Tigers in the seventh within 6-5 on C. Reilly home run to left. Six-run Port flurry over final two frames a T. Kretzler highlight show. Triples in a run and socks two-run homer. M. O'Dair doubles for two more runs in four-run ninth. Kretzler 3x6, 3r, 3bi, 3bh, hr. A. Marsh 3x5, r in defeat. Starter C. Pytlak (2inn) heads Eagles' seven pitcher rotation. N. Lawlor WP
   Brockport 18-2, RIT 13-8

Oswego edged 7-6 Wednesday at St. John Fisher which tallies winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Verdict spoils nice comeback by Lakers who yield four hits and three walks as SJF strikes for five second inning runs. Oswego battles for 5-5 tie. L. Olsson 3bi double to right in the third and R. Enos' bases loaded single and K. Lauria walk pull even an inning later. Lauria single in the sixth puts Lakers ahead. SJF's J. Murphy home run ties it in the eighth. Walk, wild pitch and N. Lemire rbi double to right-center ends matters. P. Tammaro 3x4, 2r, sb, hbp; Lauria 2x3, 2bi 2bb; Enos 1x3, r, bi, 2hbp. Fisher 11 hits, OSt. eight. No errors. B. Wilcox LP, L. Persse WP.
     Oswego 13-5 and Fri/Sat at Plattsburgh. SJF 12-9

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Cortland convincingly kayoes Brockport 15-2 at home in Friday opening nine-inning game of conference double-bill before Port's T. Kretzler dons his hero's mantle to lead 3-1 extra-inning win in the afterpiece.
      First Game: Outcome snaps GEagles' Division 3 leading 16 game win streak. RDragons ride A. Fusco's six inning pitching (WP 5-1, 6h, 2r, rer, 1bb, 3k, 79p) and 3B D. Coleman eight ribbies on pair of three-run home runs and two-run double. Coleman with team-best eight HRs, 36 RBI. Corts with 17 hits. After leaving bases full in the first inning, Cortland puts three spot on Wallace Field scoreboard in the third on Coleman's initial blast to right off Port starter A. Huffman (5-1, 3.1inn, 7h, 8r, 8er, 1bb, 2k, hbp, 68p). Huffman yields his first earned runs of the season in 35 innings. Dragons followup with five-run fourth and 8-0 lead sparked by S. Giordano single to right for two scores. Coleman doubles for two more, and in the sixth inning unloads his second home run. Coleman 3x5, 2r, 8bi; A. Pragana 2x2, 3r, 2bb; Giordano 3x5, 2r, 2bi; J. Varian 1x2, 2r, bi, sac, hbp; M. Krafft 2x4, 2r, bi, 2bh; B. Rhodes 2x4. Brockport with seven hits J. Houlahan 2x3, r; R. Mansell 2x4, r; T. Kretzler 2bi. Cortland reliever M. Hennessy finishes (3inn, 1h, 2k). Eagles deploy six hurlers and commit game's only two errors.
     Second Game: Kretzler pitches and bats GEagles to victory in scheduled seven-inning contest. His two-out bases loaded double in the eighth inning disappoints RDragons who had early chances turned back by Kretzler mound work (7inn, 4h, 1r, 1er, 3bb, 2k, 2hbp, 93p). Cortland puts runners in scoring position in each of the first five innings, and strand 10 in all. Meanwhile, pitching counterpart R. Flansburg (6.1inn, 3h, 1r, 1er, 69p) retires first 12 Eagles. Scoreless match into the seventh. R. Mansell in the top of the inning opens with double to right and moves to third on Kretzler flyout. R. Voight touches reliever B. Buchan second pitch for go-ahead double to left. Dragons send it to OT on A. Michalski leadoff single and S. Giordano clutch two-out rbi single. In the eighth, Buchan retires first two Eagles but walks next three. Kretzler greets another Cortland fireman with his clutch knock down the left-field line. M. Colucci records the pitching save -- strands two. Brockport with five hits, Corts six. Errorless affair. Giordano 2x3, bi, bb; Michalski 2x2,r for Dragons ...Voight 2x3, bi for Eagles.
   Cortland 20-7, 7-1. Brockport 19-3, 7-1. Single game Saturday.

Oneonta at Fredonia moved to Sunday single game, Monday DH

Oswego at Plattsburgh Fri/Sat series moved to Monday DH and Tuesday