BB: SUNYAC

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Fredonia claims  6-5 11-inning win at Oneonta in first of two games. B. Sheehan singles home deciding run. Blue Devils storm back from 5-1 deficit after four innings.
Oneonta comes back to win the second game 8-5. Freds and Oneonta 3-2 in YAC behind Cortland's 7-3 mark

Reeling Cortland bows 9-5 to guest Ithaca. IC ahead since a three-run first fueled by walks. Hikes lead to 9-2 at one time. RDragons -- their pitching in disarray, at Rochester on Wednesday. Cortland going into the game with three losses in last four starts to drop to seventh in national poll. Kean moves from sixth to first. Linfield remains second. Salisbury third, St. Thomas fourth, J. Hopkins climbs from 11th to fifth and Marietta sixth. Ithaca 19-4, winners of 15 straight and No. 29 with a bullet in nat'l poll. Bombers' A. Sanders a pitching revelation vs. Corts. First start of the season and only fourth appearance

Plattsburgh at home to Middlebury loses 5-3.

New Paltz defeats Fairleigh Dickinson College at Florham in contest at NP

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Cortland regains balance to take down host Rochester 11-3 Wednesday night. UR's S. Eychhner brings home two with two-out single in the third to begin scoring. Corts strike for four runs on six hits in their fourth, add two runs in the fifth and five over the last two innings. Yellowjackets -- losers of seven straight, use 10 pitchers. RDragon M. Hollander 3x5, 2r, 2bi; Z. Graczyk and M. DeCarr two hits each, D. Castaldo two rbi. Cortland sends four to the mound. Quartet yields three unearned runs, fans 13. S. Kimmelman wins it with 3.1 relief innings of one-hit ball.  CSt 19-8, UR 7-13
CSt entertains Old Westbury Friday and meets Misericordia on Sunday at 2 at PNC Field in Moosic, Pa.
Cortland    000 420 032 -- 11-14-3
Rochester  002 000 100 --  3-3-2

Fredonia finishes off series at Oneonta with 11-6 win on the heels of splitting Tuesday's pair. Oneonta later game today vs. Mt. St. Mary's (NY) ppd.

Oswego loses 7-4 decision at home to St. John Fisher. Second game of scheduled pair ppd. Oswego 10-10, Fisher 14-7

Plattsburgh outscores Clarkson 9-3 with all of the run-making in the first five innings

Cortland game at Rochester moved back by weather to 6:30

Brockport home date with Ithaca ppd.

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Cortland home game Friday vs. Old Westbury canceled by rain

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Cortland regains balance to take down host Rochester 11-3 Wednesday night. UR's S. Eychhner brings home two with two-out single in the third to begin scoring. Corts strike for four runs on six hits in their fourth, add two runs in the fifth and five over the last two innings. Yellowjackets -- losers of seven straight, use 10 pitchers. RDragon M. Hollander 3x5, 2r, 2bi; Z. Graczyk and M. DeCarr two hits each, D. Castaldo two rbi. Cortland sends four to the mound. Quartet yields three unearned runs, fans 13. S. Kimmelman wins it with 3.1 relief innings of one-hit ball.  CSt 19-8, UR 7-13
CSt entertains Old Westbury Friday and meets Misericordia on Sunday at 2 at PNC Field in Moosic, Pa.
Cortland    000 420 032 -- 11-14-3
Rochester  002 000 100 --  3-3-2

Fredonia finishes off series at Oneonta with 11-6 win on the heels of splitting Tuesday's pair. Oneonta later game today vs. Mt. St. Mary's (NY) ppd.

Oswego loses 7-4 decision at home to St. John Fisher. Second game of scheduled pair ppd. Oswego 10-10, Fisher 14-7

Plattsburgh outscores Clarkson 9-3 with all of the run-making in the first five innings

Cortland game at Rochester moved back by weather to 6:30

Brockport home date with Ithaca ppd.

UR used 10 pitchers by design, to give guys some work. I wouldn't read too much into the victory. 5 of the pitchers used are Freshmen. Menke & Diller are conference starters. Wednesday is normally their bullpen day so they each threw one inning. Both gave up 0 hits, as did Todd and Warren, two of the freshmen.The surprise was Sullivan, usually the closer and a guy who has been lights out. With respect to position players, 6 of the starters are freshmen, but need to grow up quickly in order to salvage a conference playoff spot, which is more important to the Yellowjackets.

Yes, other than 4 guys, all aspects of the 'Jackets game broke down. The main problem all year has been the hitting, as the freshmen starters adjust to the college game. The Jackets also committed a couple of costly errors, although Cortland did commit 3. We'll keep our fingers crossed!

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Cortland quick to add game to replace today's rain-canceled home outing vs. Old Westbury. Red Dragons will travel Saturday to 19-5 LaRoche in Pittsburgh, then travel PA roads east to Moosic for Sunday date vs. Misericordia. Both games 2 p.m. starts

Saturday also sends New Paltz to Fredonia, Oneonta to Oswego, Plattsburgh to Brockport for single games

And Sunday, Oneonta at Oswego, New Paltz at Fredonia, Plattsburgh at Bport for twinbills. Pburgh at Fisher game canceled

Fredonia had Thursday game with PS-Behrend ppd. by weather

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Cortland edges La Roche 2-1, making two first inning runs hold up and riding the pitching of M. Hughes and T. Scott. RDragons notch 20th win. Score when Z. Graczyk singles and comes home on M. Rosing two-out double. Rosing home on PJ Rinaldi's single. Corts get 13 hits but strand 10. Rosing 3x4, A. Iacomini and Graczyk with two hits apiece. Hughes pitches seven innings, gives 7h, 0bb, 6K. Scott save it, yields two out single in the ninth. Has 2K. La Roche scores in sixth.
Cortland    200 000 000 -- 2-13-0
La Roche   000 001 000 -- 1- 8- 0

Oswego bumps Oneonta 6-1. D. Erne tosses two-hitter. Series switched from Oswego to Dragon country

Brockport whips Plattsburgh 10-1 in first of two games. Second contest goes to Plattsburgh in overtime eight-inning 3-2 verdict. L. Weaver singles home winning run

New Paltz at Fredonia ppd.

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Oswego nips Oneonta 6-5 in the 13th of the doubleheader second game. M. Stark pokes two-out base hit to left to drive in the winner. J. Giller opens the inning with single. J. Rauseo on base via fielder's choice and swipes second before Stark heroics. Oswego completes sweep, taking opener 13-1

Cortland wins suspensful 2-1 verdict over Misericordia. Dragons push over ninth inning tie-breaking run on J. Adornetto's two-out bloop single to left to score T. Panetta from second. Panetta aboard on two-out walk preceding pinch-hitter B. Mistretta hit by a pitch. Misericordia threatens in the ninth with one-out hit batter and two-out single. Reliever C. Petre ends it with swinging third strike.
M. Rosing rbi single in the third plate Adornetto for CSt. Cougars' squeeze home tying mark in the sixth. B. Serio hurls first five for Corts, yielding three hits and getting 2bb, 5K. Three pitchers follow including S. Kimmelman 2.2, 1h, 1bb, 4K performance. Petre enters in ninth. Ten Dragons down on strikes, nine at the hands of Misericordia starter E. Robaczewski in six innings. Adornetto with two hits. Second day in a row for CSt 2-1 win. Strand nine, Cougars leave 11.  Dragons 21-8,  Misericordia 22-8
Cortland     001 000 001 -- 2-5-2
Misericordia 000 001 000 -- 1-6-1

Plattsburgh ekes out 9-8 win at Brockport. M. Vargues doubles to left to open the Burgh ninth -- the Cards' 17th safety. Takes third on groundout and scores on passed ball. Port retired 1-2-3- in home ninth

New Paltz sweeps Fredonia, 10-8 in first game and 5-0 in second contest. Series' third game Monday in Fredonia

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Fredonia tops New Paltz 7-1, scoring four times in the first inning


Cortland     7-3  21-8
New Paltz   8-5  12-13
Fredonia    6-4   15-7
Oswego     6-4   13-10
Oneonta    4-6    9-18
Plattsburgh 4-8   9-16
Brockport   4-9   13-12

Cortland coach J. Brown pilots 500th victory with Sunday's win. Brown 500-139-3 in 14 campaigns, all leading the Corts

Tuesday: Cortland at Oswego, NP at Oneonta, Fredonia at Bport -- all doubleheaders

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Oneonta shuts out New Paltz 1-0 in rainy first game of slated doubleheader. B. Parkes wins pitchers duel in seven inning contest. Each side has four hits. T. Hand single plates lone run in the fifth. Second game ppd.

Postponed to Wednesday by rain: Cortland at Oswego, Fredonia at Brockport ......doubleheaders all

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Cortland captures pair at Oswego, completing sweep with 5-2 win by scoring five runs over final three innings. Oswego takes 2-1 lead in the seventh. S. Buniak doubles for go-ahead run but thrown out on the bases for third out in the process. That edge quickly reversed. Z. Graczyk opens CSt eighth with single. M. Rosing single produces tying run and A. Iacomini sac fly puts Dragons ahead 3-2. Leave sacks loaded. Corts had insurance pair in ninth, Rosing rbi gets the first. B. McClain pitches first seven innings for Corts, yielding but four hits, no walks. Fans seven. Matched by T. Miller until he exits after 6.1 innings. Dragons touch up R. Donovan. Meanwhile T. Scott gets the save with two innings of work. Records final out on strikes with two Lakers aboard. Dragon M. Rosing 3x5, 1r, 2bi. K. Liner 2x3, 1r, 1bi for Oswego.
Cortland rises 4-0  at Oswego in first game. K. Barkley pitches seven-inning four-hit shutout with 2bb, 3K. Leadoff hitter Z. Graczyk 3x4, 1r, bi. Corts break up duel between Barkley and Oswego lefty A. Bishop with two runs in the fifth. Two walks set the table for Graczyk rbi single. After second out of the inning M. Rosing single drives in second run. Oswego misses early opportunity with bases loaded threat in first inning. Bishop goes six innings for Lakers. Walks two, fans two. Twas Bishop who had Dragons' number earlier this month when Oswego trimmed host CSt in 11 innings. Bishop worked into the ninth, allowing three hits
Cortland keeps No. 7 slot in D3.com poll. Ithaca, which tamed Corts last week, climbs nine spots to No. 20. IC fell 8-6 Tuesday to Rochester
Cortland     000 021 1 -- 4-8-1
Oswego      000 000 0 -- 0-4-2

Cortland    000 000 122 -- 5-9-2
Oswego     000 000 200 -- 2-4-0


Brockport back with a vengeance in the second game to bombard Fredonia 11-3 with 16 hit assault

Fredonia pushes over six runs in the top of final seventh inning to win 6-2 in the opener at Brockport. Uprising starts innocently enough -- strikeout -- but batter reaches via wild pitch. A single is followed by two outs. Next six Devils reach safely, three on walks, one on error and C. Lorenzo and I. Gallagher deliver big singles. Freds outhit Ports 12-6


Plattsburgh loses 15-4 at St. Lawrence

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Brockport beats host RIT 11-10. Port scores a run in top of the ninth and holds RIT to four in its ninth!

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New Paltz nips Plattsburgh 6-4 downstate. Hawks score three in the first, then break 3-3 tie with two-run third. D. Lostaglio 3x4, 1r and 4 ribbies for NP

Cortland home game with Oneona moved by weather from Friday to Sunday. Saturday twinbill start time vs. Oneonta moved to 12:30

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Cortland chills Oneonta 7-2 in second game at Wallace Field. Corts early 4-0 lead. OSt with two in the fifth and leaves bases loaded in the sixth. Frosh B. Serio starts for Cortland and wins fourth in five decisions. Takes three relievers to quell sixth inning OSt threat as C. Petre goes to full count before final out fly. Three-run seventh provides Cortland daylight. J. Adornetto, Z. Graczyk, C. Jackson and M. Rosing have two hits apiece. Adornetto and Jackson split four rbi. Oneonta's C. Orlando and D. Haussel with two hits each. A. Mastrianni absorbs pitching loss. Goes 5.2 innings.
Cortland spanks Oneonta 8-2 in first game, getting breathing room with six runs over 6th, 7th, 8th innings.  Corts strike for two runs in sixth to snap 2-2 tie. First two batters retired, next two walk. Error and Z. Graczyk single propel CSt. and kayo Oneonta pitcher S. Ascher. Corts with 14 hits. D. Castaldo 3x3, 1r; Z. Grraczyk 3x5, 1r, 1bi; B. Barry 2x4, 2r, 3bi, 2bh; M. Rosing 2h, 2r. M. Hughes on Corts mound, giving way to S. Kimmelman to start the eighth. Ascher successor J. Hegmann yields five hits, four runs in two innings. Oneontan D. Stamile 3x4, bi; D. Haussel 2x4. Cortland strands 11
Oneonta    010 100 000 -- 2- 8-1
Cortland    101 002 13x -- 8-14-0

Oneonta    000 020 0 -- 2- 8-0
Cortland    121 003 x -- 7-11-1

Oswego turns back Fredonia 10-5 in the second game to complete sweep. In opening game
Oswego holds off Fredonia 7-5. Freds score four in the ninth in Lakerland. D. Erne tosses seven innings for Oswego. One unearned run. Relieved in eighth

New Paltz downs Plattsburgh twice in NP, 7-0 behind A. Grann three-hit shutout. Hawks eke out 3-2 nightcap triumph

Brockport rules Stevens twice. N. Bunce grand slam in first game 11-4 win. Frosh T. Clifford pitches route in 4-0 second game triumph, gives three hits and fans nine in Jersey

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Cortland makes it 3-for-3 over Oneonta with Sunday's 9-0 whitewashing. Z. Badanes (3-0) and three relievers allow three hits. Badanes works 6.2 innings with 0bb, 5K. D. Castaldo heads 17 hit attack with 3x5, 2r, bi. Ex-Oneontan M. DeCarr 2x3, r, 3bi. Z. Graczyk, J. Quinn, B. Mistretta two hits apiece. Corts use 24 players in raising record to 26-8 overall, 12-3 YAC. M. McFerran (1-2) first of five visiting moundsmen.
Oneonta    000 000 000 -- 0- 3-2
Cortland    001 323 00x -- 9-17-0

Oswego conquers Fredonia 3-1, breaking 1-1 tie with two runs in the sixth inning. J. Stevens pitches complete game five-hitter, 1bb, 3K

Brockport scheduled game at Keystone, PA canceled

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Cortland, sixth in this week's D3.com poll, has clinched top seed for YAC tournament and will host May 3-4-5. Since '97 has been in that position every year -- quite the remarkable feat ......

Heading into final week of conference play  ...

Cortland    12-3  26-8
New Paltz  11-6  15-14
Oswego      9-6  16-12
Fredonia     7-8  16-11
Oneonta     5-9  10-21
Brockport   5-10 17-13
Plattsbgh   4-11   9-20

NP assured of second seed with win in lone remaining YAC game vs. Oneonta on Wednesday night at Amsterdam. Tis makeup game from last week when Oneonta won 1-0 in first game of DH. Second game rained out. Current third seed Oswego has three games Fri/Sat at Pburgh. Should NP/Oswego share second place, NP holds second with earlier sweep of Oswego.

Current four seed Fredonia at home for three Fri/Sat vs. Cortland. Present fifth place Oneonta at home faces No. 6 Brockport for three games Fri/Sat

Cortland on eight game win streak with six left including next Monday trip to D3.com No. 18 Ithaca. Corts entertain Mount St. Mary today and Cazenovia Wednesday. Oneonta hosting IC today, New Paltz with DH at IC on Saturday