Castello
Jeremy Crawford
Oriana Castello was 5 for 6 at the plate and was the winning pitcher in both games
8
Medaille College MEDW 6-13
11
Winner Buffalo State BUF 7-8
Medaille College MEDW
6-13
8
Final
11
Buffalo State BUF
7-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Medaille College MEDW 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 8 8 0
Buffalo State BUF 7 1 3 0 0 0 X 11 13 1

W: Castello, Oriana (4-4) L: Vickie Waugaman (4-10)

5
Medaille College MEDW 6-14
8
Winner Buffalo State BUF 8-8
Medaille College MEDW
6-14
5
Final
8
Buffalo State BUF
8-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Medaille College MEDW 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 8 2
Buffalo State BUF 3 3 0 1 1 0 X 8 8 4

W: Castello, Oriana (5-4) L: Corissa Wagner (0-0)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball sweeps home opening doubleheader against Medaille

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Buffalo State plated 19 runs in two games to sweep its non-conference home-opening doubleheader over Medaille today, winning 11-8 and 8-5.
 
GAME #1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Buffalo State – 11, Medaille - 8
LOCATION: Softball Field - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (6-8), Medaille (6-12)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Oriana Castello (Pearl River/Nanuet) finished 3 for 3 with two runs scored and earned the win in the circle, working five innings, allowing just four hits and three runs.
  • Cassie O'Hern (Augusta, NJ/High Point) was 2 for 3 with a double, a triple and five RBIs.
  • Hannah Dunlap (Batavia/Oakfield-Alabama) was 2 for 4 with an RBI, and Julia Blujus (Amherst/Sacred Heart) was 2 for 5 with two RBIs.
  • Medaille opened the scoring with a double steal in the first inning, but the Bengals answered with seven runs on five hits, two walks and two hit by pitches in the bottom of the frame.
  • Buffalo State appeared to take a strangle-hold with another run in the second and three more in the third to take an 11-1 advantage.
  • After a pitching change in the fifth, however, Medaille battled back to extend the game, plating five runs on three hits and three walks.
  • The Mavericks added two more runs in the sixth to close the gap to 11-8, but were retired in order in the seventh to finally end the game.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • Abby Nicometi was 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs for Medaille, and Hannah LaGrou was 1 for 2 with two RBIs.
 
GAME #2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Buffalo State – 8, Medaille – 5
LOCATION: Softball Field - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (8-8), Medaille (6-14)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Castello earned her second win of the day, tossing 4 1/3 innings of one-hit relief, surrendering just one unearned run.  She was also 2 for 3 at the plate with and RBI and two runs scored.
  • Taylor Benton (Niagara Falls/Niagara Wheatfield) was 2 for 4 with a home run, and Sydney McIntosh (Buffalo/Kenmore West) was 1 for 3 with a double and three RBIs.
  • Buffalo State jumped out early in the second game as well, scoring three runs in the first and three more in the second to take a 6-0 lead.
  • Medaille clawed its way back into the game with four runs on five hits in the third inning to cut the deficit to two.
  • The Bengals pushed the lead back to four with a run in the fourth and another in the fifth.
  • Buffalo State looked to close it out in the seventh, but Medaille used four Buffalo State errors to score a run and put two more on base to bring the tying run to the plate, but a flyout to centerfield ended the game.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • LaGrou led Medaille, going 2 for 4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs.
 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will host Brockport in a SUNYAC doubleheader on Friday starting at 3 p.m. (weather permitting).
 
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