Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BUFFALO, N.Y.—Geneseo collected 29 hits, including 11 extra-base knocks, in a two-game sweep over host Buffalo State today, wining 8-6 and 9-3.
 
GAME #1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Geneseo – 8, Buffalo State – 6
LOCATION: Softball Field - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Geneseo (15-6/3-2), Buffalo State (8-9/1-2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both teams hit the ball hard in the opening game with Geneseo collecting 12 hits, compared to 11 by the Bengals.
• Sydney McIntosh (Buffalo/Kenmore West) was 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs for the Bengals.
• Oriana Castello (Pearl River/Nanuet) was also 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs.  She also took the loss in the circle, allowing nine hits and six runs (five earned) in four complete innings.
• Cassie O'Hern (Augusta, NJ/High Point) was 2 for 3 at the plate with a double, and Julia Blujus (Amherst/Sacred Heart) was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
• Taylor Benton (Niagara Falls/Niagara Wheatfield) opened the scoring in the second inning for the Bengals with a solo home run before the teams traded three-spots in the third inning.
• Geneseo evened the score at 4-4 with a run in the fourth and then took a lead it would not relinquish with a three-run fifth inning, capitalizing on a pair of hits and a pair of errors by Buffalo State.
• After the Knights added an insurance run in the sixth, Buffalo State cut the deficit in half in the seventh with a two-out, two-run homer by McIntosh, but the Knights sealed the win with a ground-out by the ensuing batter.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Five different players hit doubles for Geneseo, including Danni Napoli and Ashlyn Kirsch who were each 2 for 3 with an RBI.
• Jasmin Petrishin earned the win with four inning of three-hit, two-run relief.

 
GAME #2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Geneseo 9, Buffalo State – 3
LOCATION: Softball Field - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Geneseo (16-6/4-2), Buffalo State (8-10/1-3)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Geneseo jumped out to a 6-0 lead through four innings of the late game, outhitting the Bengals 10-1. 
• Buffalo State finally broke through in the fifth with a leadoff home run by Benton and finished in the inning with three runs on three hits and an error.
• The Knights used a five-hit, three-run seventh inning to create separation and claimed the victory.
• Geneseo finished with 17 hits, compared to six by Buffalo State.
• Benton led the Bengals going 2 for 3 with the home run.
• Emma Richard (Grand Island/Grand Island) suffered the loss for Buffalo State, allowing 10 hits and six runs in 3 2/3 innings.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Napoli paced Geneseo going 4 for 5 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs. 
• Ashlyn Kersch was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and was the winning pitcher giving up six hits and one earned run with five strikeouts in the complete game effort.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will host Brockport in another SUNYAC doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m.