CLERMONT, Fla. – The Buffalo State softball team dropped a pair of high-scoring games at Legends Way field, falling to Augustana (Ill.) and Hamilton on an unusually cold and windy Sunday morning.

GAME 1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augustana (Ill.) – 11, Buffalo State – 3 (5 innings)
LOCATION: Legends Way Complex – Clermont, Fla.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (1-2), Augustana (7-2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• An error in the bottom half of the inning led to Augustana's first run of the game.
• The Vikings then erupted with a six-run second inning, highlighted by a Nichole Nash two-run single.
• An error plated the Bengals' first run, as starting pitcher Oriana Castello (Pearl River, N.Y./Nanuet) scored on an error at right field.
• The next batter, Caitlyn Parsons (Webster/Webster Thomas), struck for a pinch-hit double to right center.
• Abigail Kruse (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) completed the three-run inning with an RBI single into right field.
• Augustana scored once in the third and three times in the fourth to take an 11-3 lead.
• The Bengals put runners on base in the fourth and fifth innings but were unable to draw closer as the game ended in five innings via the run rule.
• Parsons and Kruse's RBI knocks were the only hits in the game for the Bengals, as they drew five walks.
• Castello allowed three earned runs in 1 1/3 innings pitched, taking the loss in her first start of the season (0-1).
• Olivia Carr (West Falls, N.Y./East Aurora) pitched 2 1/3 innings of relief, allowing four earned with one strikeout.

FOR THE FOES

• Shaye Arwood earned the victory in the circle for the Vikings (1-1), allowing three runs (none earned) in four innings pitched, striking out six batters.
• Nash went 2-for-2, driving in three runs and scoring twice.

 
 
GAME 2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Hamilton – 11, Buffalo State – 5
LOCATION: Hancock Softball Complex – Clermont, Fla.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (1-3), Hamilton (9-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hamilton jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first four frames, scoring thrice in the second and fourth innings, and once in the third.
• Buffalo State struck back in the bottom of the fourth, as Jenna Wlostowski (Lancaster, N.Y./Alden) hit a one-out single into center field, scoring Elyse Crimi (Williamsville, N.Y./Sweet Home) to get one the board.
• Two batters later, Castello ripped a two-out triple over the right fielder's head, scoring two to reduce the deficit to five.
• Hamilton and Buffalo State scored a run each in their next frame on grounders, as the Continentals held a 9-4 lead after five.
• Kiana Arcayena brought home two more Hamilton runners in their half of the seventh, on a two-out double into right field.
• The Bengals scored in the bottom of the seventh, taking advantage of a Hamilton error.
• The Bengals tallied nine hits in the game two loss, led by a 3-for-4 performance by Castello.
• Parsons tallied two hits in her two plate appearances.
• Carli Bogue (Elba, N.Y./Elba) took the loss, allowing four earned runs over 3 2/3 innings pitched.
• Ella Susi (Lakeview, N.Y./Frontier) pitched the rest of the way, allowing just one earned run on six hits, striking out two batters.

FOR THE FOES

• Natalie Beebe earned the win in the circle (6-0), allowing one earned run over four innings pitched, striking out five batters.
• Hamilton tallied 13 hits in game two, led by a 3-for-4 performance by Katlynn McGivney.

UP NEXT
The Bengals continue the Florida trip with early morning contests against Luther and Union on Monday from the Legends Way Complex.