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.