Abigail Kruse
5
Winner Centre CENTRE 6-20
1
Buffalo State BUFFALO 3-8
Winner
Centre CENTRE
6-20
5
Final
1
Buffalo State BUFFALO
3-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Centre CENTRE 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 8 0
Buffalo State BUFFALO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0

W: L. Baseheart (2-8) L: Carr, Olivia (1-3)

3
Buffalo State BUFFALO 3-9
11
Winner Colby COLBY 5-6
Buffalo State BUFFALO
3-9
3
Final
11
Colby COLBY
5-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Buffalo State BUFFALO 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 4
Colby COLBY 2 1 2 0 6 11 12 4

W: S. Ahlholm (1-0) L: Bogue, Carli (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball finishes Florida trip with losses to Centre and Colby

CLERMONT, Fla. – The Buffalo State softball team were unable to get its bats going on the final day of action at The Spring Games. The Bengals fell to Centre by a 5-1 score, then dropped the Florida finale to Colby, 11-3 in five innings.

GAME 1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Centre – 5, Buffalo State – 1
LOCATION: Hancock Field – Clermont, Fla.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (3-8), Centre (6-20)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Abigail Kruse (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) launched the team's first home run of the season in the fourth inning, launching a pitch clear past the left field wall for the Bengals' only run.
  • Oriana Castello (Pearl River, N.Y./Nanuet) led the team with two hits, going 2-for-4 with two singles.
  • Centre scored in the opening inning after tallying two hits and effectively moving runners over.
  • The Colonels utilized the long ball in the fourth, as Sam Rogers hit a two-out, three-run home run to left center.
  • The Colonels added an insurance run in the seventh on a two-out single up the middle.
  • The Bengals had runners in scoring position in the first, third, and fifth innings, but were unable to break through with a key hit.
  • Olivia Carr (West Falls, N.Y./East Aurora) took the loss (1-3), allowing five earned on seven hits, in six innings pitched.
  • Ella Susi (Lakeview, N.Y./Frontier) came into the game in relief with a batter on in the seventh, allowing one hit and two walks in the frame.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • Lucy Baseheart picked up the win (2-8), pitching a complete game with one earned run allowed on six hits, striking out six batters.
  • Centre picked up eight hits, led by two hits apiece by Andrea Searcy and Mia Tomillo.
 
GAME 2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Colby – 11, Buffalo State – 3 (five innings)
LOCATION: Hancock Field – Clermont, Fla.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (3-9), Colby (5-6)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Bengals tallied eight hits but made three errors in the game two loss.
  • Castello tallied two hits for the third consecutive game, going 2-for-3.
  • Sydney McIntosh (Buffalo, N.Y./Kenmore West) and Deme Kellogg (Gansvoort, N.Y./South Glens Falls) also went 2-for-3.
  • Colby got on the board with two runs in the first inning, eventually upping its lead to 5-0 after a run scored in the second, and two in the third.
  • The Bengals made it a game in the fourth, scratching three runs after a wild pitch scored Kruse, and a Taylor Benton (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara-Wheatfield) single brought in Sam Schafer (Depew, N.Y./Lancaster) and Sydney Shuta (Newburgh, N.Y./Marlboro).
  • Colby put the game out of reach with a six-run fifth inning, ending the game on five consecutive singles.
  • Carli Bogue (Elba, N.Y./Elba) pitched four innings and struck out one in the losing effort (1-5).
  • Olivia Carr (West Falls, N.Y./East Aurora) pitched 1/3 of an inning, allowing two earned runs.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • Chloe Wilcox led Colby with a 3-for-3 effort, driving in a run and scoring three times.
  • Amanda Cabral led the team with four RBI on her lone hit.
  • Sam Ahlholm picked up the win (1-0), allowing no earned runs on seven hits in five innings pitched.
  • Payton Crowley saw four 'State batters in the fourth inning and allowed one earned run (three total) on a hit, walking two.
 
UP NEXT
The Bengals will return to New York and have a week before their home opener, a SUNYAC battle against Cortland on Friday, April 1, beginning at 3 p.m.
 
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