CLERMONT, Fla.— Buffalo State ended its Spring Break Trip with two losses, falling to Southern Maine in the opener, 11-3, and to Middlebury in game two, 11-2, in five innings.
GAME #1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Southern Maine – 11, Buffalo State – 3
LOCATION: – Clermont, Fla. (Legends Way Fields)
RECORDS: Southern Maine (6-5), Buffalo State (4-11)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Abijah Adams (Rochester/Greece-Arcadia) finished the game a perfect 3-for-3 with an RBI and one run scored.
- Melissa Woods (Lakeview/Frontier) went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
- Laura Crooks (Niagara Falls/Niagara-Wheatfield) and Cassandra O'Hern (Augusta, NJ/High Point) each hit 2-for-4, with O'Hern contributing an RBI.
- Allie Block (N. Tonawanda/Starpoint) was the tough-luck losing pitcher, as she went five innings allowing four runs (two earned) with one strikeout.
- Buffalo State got on the board first in the bottom of the opening inning. O'Hern singled up the middle, driving in Danielle Szymkowiak (Cheektowaga/Cheektowaga) to put the Bengals up 1-0.
- Southern Maine responded with two runs in the third to take a 2-1 lead.
- The Huskies added a run in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to go ahead 5-1.
- Buffalo State battled back in the bottom of the sixth, scoring two runs on RBI-singles by Adams and Woods to cut the deficit to 5-3.
- Southern Maine answered with a six-run seventh inning and held the Bengals scoreless in the bottom half to claim the 11-3 victory.
FOR THE FOES
- Mary Caron (3-for-5), Courtney Davis (2-for-5) and Brooke Cross (1-for-3) all drove in two RBIs.
- Alexis Brown picked up her second win of the season, throwing 4.2 innings of six-hit ball, allowing just one run (zero earned) with three strikeouts.
- Haeli Campbell picked up her first save of the year, closing out the last 2.1 innings of the game.
GAME #2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Middlebury -11, Buffalo State – 2 (5 Inn.)
LOCATION: Clermont, Fla. (Legends Way Fields)
RECORDS: Middlebury (2-2), Buffalo State (4-12)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Szymokowiak, O'Hern and Crooks were the only Bengals to record hits in the shortened game.
- Buffalo State again found itself ahead 1-0, getting an RBI single by O'Hern in the top of the first.
- Middlebury answered right back with two runs in the bottom of the inning.
- Szymokowiak got the game tied at two in the top of the second with an RBI-triple down the right field line. She was thrown out at home in a close play as she attempted the inside-the-park homerun.
- The wheels fell off for the Bengals in the bottom half of the inning as the Panthers scored six runs to retake an 8-2 lead.
- Middlebury got three more in the fourth, and held Buffalo State scoreless over the remainder of the game to close out the 11-2 win.
FOR THE FOES
- Taylor Gardner finished the game 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
- Melanie Mandell also went 2-for-3 while driving in one run and scoring twice.
- Sarah Freyre hit 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored.
- Irene Margiotta picked up her first win of the year, throwing five innings of three-hit ball. She allowed two earned runs and had five strikeouts.
UP NEXT
The Bengals hop on a plane to return to Buffalo later this evening. Buffalo State next plays at Oswego in its first SUNYAC doubleheader of the season on Friday, March 31 at 3 p.m.