Crooks
Laura Crooks was 3 for 4 in the Bengals 2-1 win
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Winner Buffalo State BUF 14-21, 10-7 SUNYAC
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SUNY Potsdam POT2017 9-23, 2-15 SUNYAC
Winner
Buffalo State BUF
14-21, 10-7 SUNYAC
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Final
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SUNY Potsdam POT2017
9-23, 2-15 SUNYAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Buffalo State BUF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 0
SUNY Potsdam POT2017 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1

W: Block, Allie (14-12) L: Megan Fish (4-7)

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Winner Buffalo State BUF 15-21, 11-7 SUNYAC
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SUNY Potsdam POT2017 9-24, 2-16 SUNYAC
Winner
Buffalo State BUF
15-21, 11-7 SUNYAC
4
Final
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SUNY Potsdam POT2017
9-24, 2-16 SUNYAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Buffalo State BUF 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 5 0
SUNY Potsdam POT2017 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2

W: Block, Allie (15-12) L: Meghan Dougherty (3-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball clinches playoff berth, sweeps Potsdam to close regular season

POTSDAM, N.Y.—Buffalo State secured a playoff spot on the final day of the SUNYAC regular season with a sweep over host Potsdam, winning 2-1 and 4-1.
 
GAME #1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 2, Potsdam - 1
LOCATION: Bears Softball Field, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (14-21/10-7), Potsdam (9-23/2-15)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Laura Crooks (Niagara Falls/Niagara Wheatfield) had three of the Bengals' eight hits, going 3 for 4, and scored the game's first run.
  • Nicole Adams (Lockport/Starpoint) was 2 for 3, and Kaelee Lynch (Atwater, CA/Buhach Colony) and Cassandra O'Hern (Augusta, NJ/High Point) drove in one run apiece.
  • Allie Block (N. Tonawanda/Starpoint) tossed a four-hitter for the win with seven strikeouts.
  • The Bengals and Bears traded runs in the first inning, and Buffalo State took the lead on Lynch's RBI single in the fourth.
  • Block limited the Bears to just one hit after the second inning.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • Meghan Fish scattered eight hits in the loss.
  • Brooke Falsion was 2 for 3 with a run scored.
 
GAME #2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 4, Potsdam - 1
LOCATION: Bears Softball Field, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (15-21/11-7), Potsdam (9-24/2-16)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Block rolled in the circle again in the late game, tossing a five-hitter with six strikeouts.
  • Julia Blujus (Amherst/Sacred Heart) was 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs, and O'Hern was 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs.
  • The Bengals made the most of just five hits.  Potsdam led 1-0 after the first inning, but Buffalo State scored three runs on two hits and two Bears' errors in the third to take the lead.
  • Buffalo State added an insurance run in the seventh on an RBI single by O'Hern.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • Meghan Dougherty pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing just four hits and one earned run. 
  • Falshion was 2 for 3 with a run scored.
 
NOTEWORTHY
  • Block's 148 strikeouts rank second in school history for a single season, just 13 behind Aimee Fisher's school record of 161.
  • The win marked coach Marie Curran's 100th win at Buffalo State.
 
UP NEXT                                                                                               
Buffalo State will open the SUNYAC Championships at Cortland on Thursday as the No. 4 seed and will face No. 3 Plattsburgh at 1 p.m.
 
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