BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State softball team continues its playoff push with a pair of SUNYAC doubleheaders on the road in the coming days, facing Cortland on Thursday, and Oswego on Friday afternoon.
 
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EYES ON THE BENGALS

• Buffalo State enters play with a 20-8 overall record (9-1 SUNYAC) after sweeping a pair of SUNYAC doubleheaders on the road at Plattsburgh and Potsdam last weekend. The Bengals are tied atop the SUNYAC leaderboard with New Paltz.
• Buffalo State leads the conference as a team with a .370 batting average for the season. The Bengals' batting average is also sixth nationally.
• Madison Lucas (Oakdale, PA/West Allegheny) is tied for the SUNYAC lead with 12 victories this season, ranking her 36th in the country in wins. Kaitlyn Schnitzer (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) has thrown three shutouts this year, the most in the SUNYAC.
• Deme Kellogg (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls) has thrown out seven runners attempting to steal this season, the most in the SUNYAC, and most by a Bengal catcher in a season since Chelsea Davis in 2019.

 
RESEARCHING THE RED DRAGONS

• Cortland enters the matchup with a 17-11 overall record (8-4 SUNYAC), and riding a six-game winning streak.
• Gina Meyers leads the Red Dragons with a .419 batting average for the season, and has only struck out one time in 114 plate appearances.
• Cortland pitchers have posted the second-lowest ERA in the SUNYAC this year at 2.90, but have also allowed the third-most home runs in the conference at seven.

 
LOOKING AT THE LAKERS

• Oswego enters play with an 8-22-1 overall record (3-9 SUNYAC0, prior to a doubleheader against Fredonia on Thursday.
• The Lakers are led on the mound by Fiona Higgins' 149 strikeouts, the most in the SUNYAC by a wide margin. Higgins' strikeouts per seven innings ratio of 11.0 is the second-best mark in the country.
• The Lakers have scored just 89 runs this season in 29 games, an average of 3.07 runs per game.

 
THE HISTORY

• Cortland holds a 75-26 edge over Buffalo State sincd 1989, including wins in four straight meetings of the teams.
• Buffalo State has controlled the all-time series against Oswego, recording a 51-15 record, and victories in three of the last four matchups.