CLERMONT, FL – The Buffalo State softball team hammered out 27 combined hits in victories over Lawrence University (13-0), and Old Westbury (10-4) on Thursday, as the Bengals extended their winning streak to three games.

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORES
 

• Oriana Castello (Pearl River, NY/Nanuet) went 3-for-4, stole a base, and scored two runs.
• Caitlyn Parsons (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) blasted her first home run of the year, and went 2-for-4 for the day.
• Kaitlyn Schnitzer (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) pitched a complete-game shutout, and also went 2-for-4 with four RBI and three runs scored.
• Sarah Congelosi (Montgomery, NY/Valley Central) stole three bases and scored two runs for the Bengals.
• Cam O'Hara (Troy, NY/Catholic Central) and Sydney Shuta (Newburgh, NY/Marlboro) each had three hits, and Shuta scored four runs.
• The Bengals hit .458 as a team for the day.

 
GAME 1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 13, Lawrence – 0 (5 innings)
LOCATION: Legends Way Complex – Clermont, FL
RECORDS: Buffalo State (4-3), Lawrence (2-11)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Castello doubled and scored on a Kayla Wolinski (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) RBI groundout, and Sydney Bielicki (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) scored on a wild pitch to give the Bengals a 2-0 lead.
• Schnitzer singled, stole a base, and scored on a RBI groundout by Jenna Wlostowski (Lancaster, NY/Alden) to extend the lead to 3-0.
• The Bengals struck for four runs in the third inning, highlighted by a two-run blast by Parsons to deep right field, and RBI hits by Shuta and Wlostowski.
• Buffalo State added six more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Schnitzer hammering a three-run double to right field.
• Schnitzer worked around a leadoff single in the top of the fifth inning to complete the shutout and earn the run-rule win for Buffalo State.

FOR THE FOES

• Janessa Gonzalez, Adrie Villa, and Mary Boyle had the hits for the Vikings.

 
GAME 2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 10, Old Westbury – 4
LOCATION: Legends Way Complex – Clermont, FL
RECORDS: Buffalo State (5-3), Old Westbury (2-6)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Old Westbury scored a run in the bottom of the first inning, but the Bengals responded with three runs in the second on a bunt single by Deme Kellogg (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls) and ensuing misplay, as well as a RBI single by Bielicki. 
• After the Panthers scored an unearned run in the second inning, Buffalo State scored a pair of runs on a single by Wolinski and RBI groundout by Bielicki.
• Old Westbury scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth to pull within one run.
• After O'Hara sent a RBI double past the shortstop, a throwing error by the left fielder allowed her to circle the bases to make it 7-4.
• Congelosi sent an RBI single to right field in the sixth inning, and the Bengals tacked on a pair of runs in the seventh inning for the final 10-4 score.
• Grace Albano (N. Tonawanda, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) pitched the final four innings to earn the save after Madison Lucas (Oakdale, PA/West Allegheny) pitched the first three innings for her third win of the year.

FOR THE FOES

• Hillary Bennett had a hit and two RBI for the Panthers.

UP NEXT
The Bengals take on Trinity and Grinnell tomorrow morning in the penultimate day of contests at THE Spring Games.
Sorry this took so long Mrs. Brown!