OSWEGO, NY – The Buffalo State softball team scored 24 runs over two games to sweep a doubleheader over Oswego on Friday afternoon. The victories also clinched a SUNYAC playoff berth for Buffalo State.
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORES

• Caitlyn Parsons (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) led Buffalo State with four hits, including a home run, and also drove in four runs.
• Sydney Bielicki (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park), Kayla Wolinski (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster), Mya Hurley (Amherst, NY/Amherst), Jenna Wlostowski (Lancaster, NY/Alden) and Deme Kellogg each had three hits.
• Oriana Castello (Pearl River, NY/Nanuet) reached base four times on two hits and two walks.
• Madison Lucas (Oakdale, PA/West Allegheny) scattered 10 hits, while allowing just two unearned runs in game one for the victory.

 
GAME 1 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 10, Oswego - 2
LOCATION: Laker Field – Oswego, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State (21-10, 10-3 SUNYAC), Oswego (9-24-1, 4-11)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lakers got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning, scoring a pair of unearned runs after a Buffalo State error in the outfield.
• The Bengals responded with three runs in the third inning, all with two outs. Castello walked and stole second, and Bielicki, Wolinski, Parsons followed with RBI hits.
• Castello led off the fifth inning with a triple, and scored one batter later on a sacrifice fly by Bielicki. Hurley sent an RBI single through the left side a few batters later to make it 5-2.
• The Bengals scored five runs in the seventh inning to put the game out of reach. Parsons hammered a three-run homer to right field, and Sarah Congelosi (Montgomery, NY/Valley Central) scored on a fly ball, and Sam Schafer (Depew, NY/Lancaster) finished off the scoring with an RBI double to left center.  

 
GAME 2 BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 14, Oswego – 3 (5 innings)
LOCATION: Laker Field – Oswego, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State (22-10, 11-3 SUNYAC), Oswego (9-25-1, 4-12 SUNYAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a scoreless first inning, the Bengals scored four runs in the second to take the lead for good.
• With the bases loaded, Kellogg sent a two-run single to left center. Hurley scored on a wild pitch one batter later, and Wlostowski added an RBI single later in the inning.
• Buffalo State scored three more runs in the third on a bases-clearing double by Sydney Shuta (Newburgh, NY/Marlboro).
• After Oswego scored a run each in the bottom of the third and fourth innings, Buffalo State erupted for seven runs in the fifth to put the game out of reach.
• The Bengals had six consecutive hits in the inning, including run-scoring hits by Wlostowski, Castello, Bielicki, and Wolinski.
• Meghan Baio (Youngstown, NY/Lewiston-Porter) added the final Buffalo State run in the inning on a sacrifice fly.
• The Lakers scored one more run in the bottom of the fifth inning, but it wasn't nearly enough to stop Buffalo State.  
• Kaitlyn Schnitzer (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) pitcher two shutout innings for the Bengals, while Grace Albano (N. Tonawanda, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) pitched the final three innings.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Madison Hoeflich led Oswego with three hits in game one, and two more in game two.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals will close out the regular season with home contests against New Paltz (Friday, 5/5) and Oneonta (Saturday, 5/6).