CORTLAND, N.Y. – Fredonia dropped the first game of the 2019 SUNYAC Softball Tournament to top-seed and tournament host Cortland, 7-0.

Blue Devil junior right-hander Sam Seegar stymied Cortland through four innings for the Red Dragons broke through with four runs in the last of the fourth. All four runs were unearned as a result of two Fredonia errors.

Cortland right-hander Sam Van Dorn limited the Blue Devils (13-22) to three hits, two by freshman lead-off hitter Karli Murray. Eva FitzSimmons had Fredonia's other hit.

The Blue Devils are back in action later Thursday when they meet the loser of Thursday's second game between #5 Oswego and #2 Geneseo. Scheduled game-time is 3 p.m. yet likely will start later than that.

Cortland improved to 25-13 with the win Thursday morning.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Murray led off the game with a single the middle. After she was put out on a fielder's choice, Katie Yudin assumed her place and reached second with two outs, but was stranded.
• FitzSimmons led off the second with a single through the middle, went to second on a Maddy O'Heir's sacrifice bunt, but remained there.
• Murray had a single in the third with one out but did not advance.
• Cortland put runners on second and third with one out in the third before a double play ended the threat – a grounder to Murray at short, who threw to catcher FitzSimmons to get the second out at home, followed by a rundown between second and third to retire the side.  
• Cortland loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and appeared to score on a short fly to left fielder Jules Vassallo, yet the runner on third was ruled out at third on appeal for leaving the base too early.
• The Red Dragons broke through in the fifth inning. With two outs and runners on first and second, Taylor Felicello blooped a single to center to score the game's first run. After a walk loaded the bases, Skyler Hoyt doubled to left to make it 3-0 and chase Seegar and bring on Yudin to pitch. An infield error plated the fourth Cortland run.
• Kelly O'Gorman's three-run homer in the sixth completed the scoring for Cortland.

QUICK FACTS

• Combined with a two-hit shutout over Cortland on April 18, Seegar went 11 straight innings without allowing a run to the Red Dragons. The shutout was Fredonia's first in the series dating back to 2000, a stretch of 43 games.
• The Blue Devils entered the day ranked No. 2 nationally in double plays per game at .60. The University of Chicago led NCAA D3 at .63.