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BOXSCORE 2 BUFFALO, N.Y.. -- Fredonia State dropped a doubleheader Tuesday at Buffalo State, 4-0 and 6-5, in their first SUNYAC softball action of the spring.
The Blue Devils (3-8 overall, 0-2 SUNYAC) led the second game 5-3 with two outs in the last of the seventh before falling.
The Blue Devils managed just two hits in the opener -- back-to-back singles by
Alyssa Morgan (Soph.; Homer, N.Y.) and
Cherise Gunnell (Jr.; Falconer, N.Y.) with one out in the fourth inning. A double-play erased the threat and Buffalo State held on to its 1-0 lead.
The Bengals then broke the game open on a two-out, two-run single by Shelly Maggard in the last of the fourth, and added an insurance run on an RBI single by Sarah Gorski in the last of the fifth. They took a 1-0 lead in the third on a RBI double by Stephanie Novo, the reigning SUNYAC Player of the Week. The Blue Devils only other threat came in the fifth inning when they put runners on first and third with one out, yet did not score.
Maddie Coneys was the winning pitcher while
Alyssa Brognano (Sr.; New Paltz, N.Y.) took the loss.
The Blue Devils unleashed an 11-hit attack in Game 2. Gunnell,
Jess Lauck (Jr.; Buffalo, N.Y.), and
Madeline Medina (Soph.; Hamburg, N.Y.) had two hits each, while Medina collecting two RBI.
The teams traded runs early.
Maddy Stavish (Fr.; Olean, N.Y.) drove in the Fredonia State run with an RBI single in the top of the second. Gunnell broke a 1-1 tie as part of a four-run third inning.
Erin Mushtare (Fr.; Oneonta, N.Y.) followed with an RBI double, and Medina with a two-run double. Buffalo State battled back for two runs in the fifth inning to set the stage for their three-run rally in the seventh, capped by Jenna Clarke's walk-off two-run double. Gorski led the Bengal attack with three hits.
Sarah Tilkins picked up the pitching win in relief.
Kelsey Gannett (Jr.; Endwell, N.Y.) took the loss with a complete game.
Fredonia State returns to SUNYAC competition with a doubleheader Friday at Brockport.
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