Late save seals nail-biting 8-7 win for Mustangs over Canton

Recap, photo courtesy of Morrisville State College

CANTON, N.Y. – Visiting Morrisville State College women's lacrosse picked up a thrilling 8-7 victory over non-conference opponent SUNY Canton Tuesday afternoon, improving to 3-6 on the season as they posted their third straight victory.

Marissa Woodard (Unadilla, N.Y.) collected nine saves in the win, including one that came on a shot low from about 5-yards out with under a minute to play to seal with the victory. Six of Woodard's stops were in the first half of action.

Gianna Branca (Camillus, N.Y.) led Morrisville State with five points, netting three scores and assisting two others, while Chelsea McNeal (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Courtney Cavellier (Rodman, N.Y.) each added two goals.

Jillian Hughes (Brookfield, N.Y.) rounded out the Mustang scoring with a goal, the game winner that was put away with 7:21 to go in the contest on the man-up opportunity. Hughes also had an assist, along with Makenzi Santini (Fairport, N.Y.) who connected with Hughes for the winning tally.

Canton drew first blood with a score at the 26:22 mark before Morrisville State rallied for four straight, three by Branca, for a 4-1 lead with two minutes remaining in the opening half.

A final Roo score with 22 ticks to go in the first period sent the game into the halftime break with a 4-2 Mustang lead.

In the second, Morrisville State struck first with a score form McNeal, before the hosts rattled off three straight to even the game at five with just under 20 to go.

McNeal posted her second to give the visitors the one goal edge, and both teams battled back and forth trading scores until the strike by Hughes with just over seven to go, put the Mustangs ahead for a final time.

Canton had three attempts to collect a tying score, but Woodard turned away two of her three total second half stops, and another hit the post.

Morrisville State returns to the field Saturday, resuming conference action as they hit the field against Hilbert College in Houghton. Game time is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start at Houghton College.

Morrisville State College's curricula are enriched with applied learning and pave the way for opportunity at both the Morrisville and Norwich campuses. An action-oriented, interactive learning lab, the college is a national leader in technology and has been lauded for its exemplary, innovative and effective community service programs.

The college was ranked among the Best Regional Colleges in the North by U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2018 issue and was also recognized in the Top Public Schools, Regional Colleges North in the 2018 Best Colleges rankings. For more information about Morrisville State College, visit www.morrisville.edu.

Cortland Wins A Slugfest; Darkness Halts Game Two

Recap, photo courtesy of University of Rochester

CORTLAND, N.Y. – SUNY Cortland staged a stunning comeback in the bottom of the 10th inning to post a 12-9 softball victory over the University of Rochester on Monday afternoon.  The Red Dragons scored six runs, five coming with two outs.
 
In the scheduled second game, the Yellowjackets fell behind 4-0 after two innings, then rallied to tie the score at 5-5 in the fourth and were still batting when darkness fell. The coaches will look for a possible continuation date in the near future. If it cannot be continued, all the stats will be abandoned and it becomes a "no-game".
 
Somehow, that almost makes sense considering how wild the opener was. Cortland led, 2-0, after one. Rochester tied it on the first of Gianna Melillo's two two-run home runs. Cortland edged ahead, 3-2 in the third and stretched it to 5-2 in the fourth after scoring two more times.
 

Petricca had two hits, two runs, and an RBI.

Rochester pulled within 5-4 on run-scoring doubles by Harleigh Kaczegowicz and Lydia Petricca. Cortland replaced starter Sam VanDorn with Courtney Kane after the Petricca double. She hit Melillo with a pitch, but fanned Jocelynn Blackshear to end the fifth. Cortland got one back in the fifth. Ericka Sadowski singled, took third on a double by Tori Scharff, and scored on a groundout by Averee May.
 
In the Rochester sixth, Alicia Bagan singled. Sammi Re bunted and the throw to second pulled the fielder off the bag, putting two on with no outs. Kane struck out Marissa Russo before Ann Marie Cortes bunted the runners into scoring position. Van Dorn returned after Kane hit Kaczegowicz to load the bases. Alexis Pope singled up the middle for two runs.
 
That tied it at 6-6 and Rochester started Hannah Leahy drew from the rally, getting into a nice groove. Over the next four innings, she allowed two singles and a walk, never more than one in an inning. Cortland did threaten to break the tie in a walk-off eighth. May singled and was bunted to second. UR's Jessica Conforti made two nice plays at second. She threw out Schoonmaker with May crossing to third with two outs. Then she backhanded a grounder by Hoyt and nipped her at the bag to send the game to the ninth still 6-6.
 
Neither side broke through until the 10th. Petricca was placed at second on the tiebreaker rule. Melillo followed with her second HR, this time to right field. Blackshear singled through the left side and Bailyn Piecewicz ran for her. VanDorn was replaced by Cady Walts. She got Conforti on a foulout. Re bunted Piecewicz to second. Russo struck out, but the ball rolled free. It was thrown away down the first base line which allowed Piecewicz to score UR's ninth run as Russo held at first.
 
In the Cortland 10th, the Red Dragons strung together four straight hits after a forceout put May on first with two down and one run in. Kelly O'Gorman singled to right. Shoonmaker and Hoyt hit infield singles, the Hoyt base hit tying the score. Feldman hit a three-run HR to left to win it.
 
Game Two:
Right now, it does not exist. If it is completed, all the stats and results will count officially. Cortland scored three unearned runs in the first. The lead went to 4-0 in the second. Petricca's two-run home run put Rochester on the board (4-2)  in the third. Scharff homered for Cortland (5-2 in the third).
 
In the UR fourth, Blackshear was one first and Jen Carson hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in place of Conforti, getting UR to within 5-4. Russo reached on an error with two down. Tori Hahn doubled to left, bringing home Russo with the fifth run. She took third when the relay was thrown away. Kaczegowicz was coming to the plate when darkness hit.
 
Elizabeth Bourne pitched three innings for Rochester, allowing five runs (two earned), six hits, no walks and one strikeout. Joelle Salisbury yielded seven hits, one walk, and fanned two. Four of the five runs against her were earned through the time when the game was abandoned.
 
Rochester is 3-10 after the game one slugfest. Cortland is 8-9.

Raptors drop pair to Skidmore to open Liberty League play

Recap, photo courtesy of Bard College

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Bard College baseball team was swept in a pair of games Friday afternoon, as the team began Liberty League play against Skidmore College.

The Raptors fell 2-1 in extra innings in Game 1, before the Thoroghbreeds of Skidmore cruised to an 11-1 victory in Game 2.

With the losses, Bard dropped to 6-9 overall and 0-2 in the Liberty League, while Skidmore improved to 8-7 and 3-3.

In the first game, Bard fell in heartbreaking fashion, as Will Porter's (Charlotte, VT) walk-off single handed the Throughbreeds the victory in the bottom of the ninth. Porter drilled a 2-out, 1-0 pitch down the left field line, easily scoring the man on third as Bard had no play on the play.

The winning run came after the Thoroughbreeds got on the board first in the contest, following a fourth-inning Jake Hardy (Briarcliff Manor, NY) RBI single.

The Raptors' lone run came in the fifth, as Ryan Chipman scored following a fielding error on Skidmore.

On the mound, Evan Richardson finished with perhaps his best outing of the young season, as he struck out nine over seven innings of work and allowed just one run on five hits.

Skidmore's starter meanwhile, Spencer Anderson (Newton, MA), was also dealing on the day.  He allowed just one unearned run on five hits over his 5.2 innings.

Both pitchers finished with no decisions however, as Tim Allen (Smithfield, RI) collected the win for Skidmore and Alex Bunnell received the loss for Bard.

Chipman and Rory Maglich each finished with two hits in Game 1.

In Game 2, things got away from Bard early. Skidmore scored one in the first, six in the second and four in the third as the offense came alive for the guests.

Matt Lasky scored on an error in the fourth inning for Bard's one run. Steve Marotta collected the loss for the Raptors, while Jacob Berish (Sharon, MA) finished with the win.

David Schlosser picked up two hits, including a triple, while Esteban Rivera walked twice in the effort.

Pat Geiger (East Brunswick, NJ) went 3-for-4 with a triple and four RBIs in the win.

Eisenmenger Homers Twice as Baseball Falls to Ithaca

Recap, photo courtesy of St. John Fisher College

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Senior Scott Eisenmenger hit two home runs including a ninth inning grand slam, but the St. John Fisher College baseball team came up short as the Cardinals fell to Ithaca College, 11-8, in an Empire 8 bout at Dugan Yard.  The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for Fisher and moved the team's record to 10-7 overall and 3-1 in the conference while the Bombers improved to 9-7 on the year and 2-2 in the Empire 8.

After falling behind by a three runs heading into the bottom of the fourth, Fisher got one back as Eisenmenger stepped in and smacked a solo shot over the left-center fence with two outs to make it 3-1 in the Bombers' favor.

Ithaca tacked on two more in the top of the sixth before the Cardinals answered with two of their own in the home half of the frame.  After a groundout to start the inning, Thomas Pasquale reached on an error and moved to third when Eisenmenger clubbed a double down the left field line.  With two runners in scoring position, Ryan Simmons and Allen Murphy each collected an RBI to pull Fisher to within two runs, 5-3.

The momentum swung back in the visitor's favor in the top of the eighth as the Bombers took advantage of a pair of Cardinals' errors and scored four unearned runs to hold a 9-3 edge.  Ithaca struck again in the top of the ninth with two more runs after loading the bases with a pair of hits and three walks.

Trailing 11-3 in the bottom of the ninth, Fisher's bats came to life.  After a groundout, Michael Beimel singled to left before Stephen Edgett followed suit with a base knock of his own.  Justin Graham kept the rally going with an RBI-single to right to make it 11-4.  Antony Mantova drew a pinch-hit hit-by-pitch to load the bases as Eisenmenger clobbered a 3-2 pitch into the Cardinals' bullpen to make it 11-8, but that was as close as Fisher would come as the Bombers escaped with the win.

Tim Geissel was saddled with the loss and moved to 3-1 after going 5.2 innings.  The freshman left-hander allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Dillan Wilkinson walked three batters before being lifted for Pat Galer who went 2.1 innings.  Galer yielded four runs – all unearned- and tallied four strikeouts overall.  Ryan Felske was tagged for two runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning while Jack Delaney struck out the only batter he faced.

In all, the team had 10 hits led by Eisenmenger who was 3-for-5 with two homers, a double and a season-best five RBI.  Graham was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored while Edgett had three hits in four at-bats.

Vassar Baseball Opens Liberty League Action With Split To St. Lawrence

Recap, photo courtesy of Vassar College

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (March 30, 2018) -- The Vassar College baseball team opened its 2018 Liberty League slate on Friday with a conference doubleheader with visiting St. Lawrence University, splitting a pair of contests from Prentiss Field. Vassar took the opening game 6-2, before St. Lawrence gathered itself to earn an 8-3 win in the nightcap.

Game 1: Vassar 6, St. Lawrence 2
Sophomore Max Spencer hurled his first career complete game for Vassar in game one, allowing two earned runs and seven hits, to help lead the Brewers to the win. Spencer allowed two runs in the top of the fifth, but stuck through it to finish things while throwing 116 pitches on the day.

Vassar jumped out on top in the bottom of the second inning, plating three runs
off of St. Lawrence starter Patrick Greenan. Sophomore Evan Trausch singled to start the frame, followed by a walk by fellow sophomore Daniel Bonfiglio. A throwing error loaded the bases for VC, and the Brewers pushed across runs on a ground out, RBI bunt single from freshman Tanner Blough and a squeeze play from senior Eric Strickland.

St. Lawrence threatened in the fourth, loading the bases with one out but Spencer would work out of the jam thanks to a pop out and a ground ball to third to strand three runners on base for the Saints.

VC added two more in the bottom half of the fourth, as senior Bobby Kinne was hit by a pitch which forced in a run. Later in the frame, Strickland made a great baserunning play at third base, reading the ball in the dirt and scampered home with the ball just feet away from the plate to make the score 5-0.

St. Lawrence clawed back into the game with two in the top of the fifth, but that was all the visitors would get, as Spencer held SLU off the board the rest of the way to seal the win for Vassar.

Kinne finished 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Brewers, while Blough was 2-for-3 with two RBI in the win. Junior catcher Jake Doyle was 1-for-2 with a walk, RBI and three runs scored as well for Vassar, which finished with seven hits on the day.

SLU was paced by the three hits from Evan O'Keefe in game one.

Game 2: St. Lawrence 8, Vassar 3
St. Lawrence No. 9 hitter Tyler Guido drove in three runs,and starter Caleb Clark went eight innings to help earn a doubleheader split for the Saints in the second game of the day.

St. Lawrence scored four runs in the top of the fourth to go ahead for good, and VC had chances but the Saints made multiple nice defensive plays to keep the hosts from busting open a big inning.

Trausch finished with two hits to lead the Brewers, while Vassar saw juniors Bryan Rubin, Matt Schwartz and Doyle each singled and scored a run. Blough was 1-for-3 with a RBI for VC as well. Freshman starter Matt McGannon went five innings, scattering five hits while striking out three hitters.

Mavericks take a pair from D'Youville College

Recap, photo courtesy of Medaille College

Game two triumph was of the comeback variety

BUFFALO, NY - The Medaille Mavericks Baseball team wrung out their uniforms and tried to stay dry as they prepared for their afternoon tilt with crosstown rival D'Youville College.  A handful of rainouts and postponements has complicated the blue and gold schedule this week, but they were able to find a playable field in the form of Canisius College's turf facility.

GAME 1

Peter Grunzweig (Buffalo, NY, CSAT) was tabbed with the game one start.  He looked to give the Mavericks quality innings and a chance to win like he always seems to do; a stopper of sorts on the bump.

The Spartans tried to spoil the day for Grunzweig in the bottom of the first inning, as they bombarded the junior hurler with two quick runs. First baseman Travis Macrides and catcher Patrick Mulligan snuck singles through the Medaille infield, matching RBI singles respectively to produce an early (2-0) lead for D'Youville.

Medaille wasted no time answering back, as in the top of the second Ryan Wojcinski (North Tonawanda, NY, Cardinal O'Hara) cracked a single to right field to bring in sophomore Greg Power (Hicksville, NY, Hicksville), thus cutting the lead in half (2-1).

Later in the top portion of the second, Evan Dunning (Ilion, NY, Central Valley) reached on a fielder's choice, nabbing an RBI on the play as Wojcinski rounded from second on an error by the Spartans' second baseman.

The game would remain knotted at two until the later frames, where the Mavericks took their first lead of the contest. In the top of the fifth, Dominick Teoli (Niagara Falls, NY, St. Joe's) reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Dunning on the back half of the play. This marked the second time in the opening game of the doubleheader that the blue and gold were able to manufacture runs on fielder's choices.

That (3-2) lead would eventually hold as Grunzweig stifled the D'Youville offense from the first inning on.  The junior's complete game effort pushed his record here in 2018 to (2-3) as Medaille took the first game of the double dip.

GAME 1 STATS
Stephen Kemp (Rochester, NY, Brighton): 1 for 3, BB
Power: 1 for 3, R
Wojcinski: 1 for 3, R, RBI
Dunning: R, RBI, BB
Grunzweig (WP, 2-3): 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R (ER), BB, 5 K

GAME 2

Sal Carroccia (Lackawanna, NY, St. Francis) was given the ball for the Mavericks in the nightcap.  Similar to Grunzweig, he was put by behind the eight-ball by an early Spartan attack as with two runners on in the bottom of the second inning, an error out in center field allowed the first run of game two to come in.  Promptly after the miscue, D'Youville officially doubled up their second attempts at-bat thanks to a run-producing passed ball.

In the top of the third inning, Medaille mounted a push.  Shawn Filas (Hamburg, NY, Hamburg) got the blue and gold on the board with a single to left field.  Following the Filas knock, Wojcinski came up clutch once again with a two-run single up the middle, giving the Mavericks their first lead of game two (3-2).

The lead would not last long, however, as the Spartans retaliated with five unanswered runs from the bottom of the third inning up until the bottom of the sixth.  On the strength of a triple, a balk, a bases-loaded walk, and yet another run-producing three-bagger, D'Youville officially turned the tides handedly on the blue and gold as they came up to bat in the top half of the seventh.

Then came the gritty Maverick rally.  With the bases loaded and two outs, Dunning walked to produce the fourth run for the team.  Next, Connor Priester (North Tonawanda, NY, North Tonawanda) singled in two runs for the blue and gold to pull them to within a mere run.

With the score now standing at (7-6) advantage D'Youville after seven innings in the books, Medaille tied things up late in the top of the eighth thanks to a costly wild pitch by the Spartans (7-7).

D'Youville was stalled in the bottom of the eighth inning, and then the Mavericks went back to work in the top of the ninth.  Paul Barker (Niagara Falls, NY, Niagara Falls) drew a meaningful walk in the frame, and was manufactured all the way around to third base as Kemp stepped to the plate.  Kemp lifted a short fly ball between second base and right field which was caught, but Barker instinctively scampered ahead of the throw to give Medaille a (8-7) advantage in the final inning of play.  The blue and gold tacked on insurance runs following the sacrifice fly as Teoli and Power both came up with run-scoring infield singles to extend the Maverick lead to (10-7) as they went into shutdown mode for the bottom half.

Wojcinski nailed down Medaille's second win of the day with a painless bottom of the ninth, finalizing the crucial AMCC sweep of the D'Youville College Spartans.

His 3.1 innings of scoreless relief loomed large in the victorious effort.

GAME 2 STATS
Priester: 2 for 5, 2 RBI, BB 7650
Kemp's sacrifice fly in the 9th held as the game-winning RBI in game two
Kemp: RBI
Jared McStine (Endicott, NY, Union-Endicott): 3 for 6, 2 R
Teoli: 1 for 1, 2 R, RBI, BB
Filas: 2 for 5, R
Carroccia: 4 IP, 5 H, 5 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 2 K
Tom Lunghino (Buffalo, NY, Kenmore West): 1.2 IP, H, 2 R, 2 K
Wojcinski (WP, 1-2): 3.1 IP, 4 H, BB, K; 2 for 5, R, 2 RBI

Mavericks Drop a Pair to Houghton College

Recap, photo courtesy of Medaille College

Opening loss to Highlanders takes an extra frame to settle

HOUGHTON, NY - The Medaille Mavericks Softball team took to the road to play the Houghton College Highlanders on Thursday afternoon. Though there was travel for the blue and gold, the Mavericks would be serving as the home team due to inclement and poor weather conditions in Buffalo.

The cloudy conditions in the Houghton area proved to be a foreshadowing for the Medaille attack on this day, as doom and gloom was the name of the game as the offense was only able to muster up two total runs of offense as the Highlanders came away with a clean sweep. While game one was a tight pitcher's duel (3-2, F/8 innings), game two was no contest as Houghton absolutely ran away with the nightcap triumph (8-0).

Here's how the games played out:

GAME 1

After a scoreless first inning, it was the Highlanders who jumped out to the (1-0) advantage on the strength of an infield single with a runner on third base.

Medaille answered back an inning later, as in the bottom of the third frame Samantha Klein (Lancaster, NY, Lancaster) popped a solo homerun to knot the score up at (1).

That was all the scoring that would occur for either side through seven innings of play. On came extra innings, where it was Houghton who tallied the first (and only) multi-score inning of game one. A two-run double vaulted the Highlanders out to a huge (3-1) lead, applying pressure to the Mavericks who now only had three outs to come up with at least two runs of their own.

Though a retaliation was concocted, Medaille was only able to eke out a single run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Mercedes Sulzbach (West Seneca, NY, West Seneca East)'s RBI groundout pulled the blue and gold to within a run, but their offensive attack was once again stalled as Houghton snuck by the Mavericks by the final score of (3-2).

GAME 1 STATS 7564
Kratzke was a tough-luck loser on the mound in game one
Klein: 1 for 3, R, HR, RBI
Sulzbach: RBI
Laura Kratzke (Alden, NY, Alden) (LP, 7-6): 8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 12 K

GAME 2

Game two was all Houghton as they scored in four out of seven times at-bat, en route to a convincing (8-0) victory over the blue and gold. Three of those four innings produced multiple runs. Paired with their prolific attack at the plate was a strong pitching performance from their junior two-way player Kaylee Jentsch. Jentsch frustrated the Mavericks attack all game. Though she only registered three strikeouts, she was able to generate weak, early contact and utilized a heavy sinkerball to induce (11) groundouts off the Medaille bats.

The Mavericks went (6) for (25) at the plate against Jentsch. Medaille's lone multi-hit effort in the game two loss came from Morgan Bedford (Newfane, NY, Newfane), tallied two knocks in three at-bats.

GAME 2 STATS
Sharon Trigilio (East, Amherst, Williamsville North): 1 for 2, BB
Bedford: 2 for 3
Kratzke (LP, 7-7): 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R (2 ER), BB, 4 K
Brooke Peters (Akron, NY, Akron) [relieved Kratzke in 5th]: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, K

Orange Knock Off No. 3 Georgia Tech for Biggest Win in Program History

Recap, photo courtesy of Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – In what proved to be a match for the record books, the No. 34 Syracuse Orange recorded their biggest win in program history, knocking off No. 3 Georgia Tech, 4-3, Sunday afternoon at Drumlins Country Club. The victory over Georgia Tech marked the first win over a top-10 opponent for an Orange team in program history.
 
The match came down to the first singles match between No. 9 Gabriela Knutson and No. 22 Paige Hourigan. Knutson fell behind 1-0 after dropping set one 2-6 but rallied from down in set two to take a 6-2 victory and send the match to a third and final set. The junior carried her momentum into set three, fighting for each and every point and ultimately finishing the match with four straight points in the sixth game.
 
"It was an amazing effort by the team, we talked a lot today about being solid and I couldn't be

Keuka College Falls to Medaille 13-4

Sean Sheets (2) beats out an infield single for the Wolves

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Keuka College Baseball team lost on Monday to Medaille College 13-4 in a non-conference game at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y.

Keuka College (5-8) was led by Anthony Mashewske with three hits on the day. Sean Sheets added a pair of hits for the Wolves. Tyler Broderick tripled and Connor Siracusa doubled for Keuka in the loss.

Medaille College 13 vs. Keuka College 4

Medaille College struck first on Monday with a pair of runs in the first and three more in the second of an early lead. The Mavericks added to their lead with four runs in the third before the Wolves got on the board.

Tyler Broderick led the bottom of the third off with a triple over the centerfielder's head. He later scored on an RBI single by Dakota Skinner. Later in the inning, an RBI single by Sean Sheets plated Skinner to make it 9-2 Medaille.

The Mavericks answered with a run in the top of the fourth and three more insurance runs in the fifth. Keuka scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth but it was not enough as they fell to Medaille 13-4.

KC Notes:

• Keuka College is now 19-9 all-time against Medaille College
• The loss snapped a three-game winning streak against the Mavericks
• The Wolves committed nine errors in the game, second most in school history
• Mashewske's three-hit game set a new career-high
• The relief combo of Wyatt Conklin, K.C. Howe, Dan Steve, and Bryan Johnsen combined for 4.1 innings of one-hit work on the mound

Up Next for Keuka College: The rough spring weather has changed the schedule for the Wolves. Keuka College will play Wells College and Cazenovia College this weekend as planned, but both doubleheaders will be played at Wells College.

Panthers Fall to WestConn

Purchase, NY (March 28, 2018) – Field issues created by recent inclement weather moved Purchase's road twin bill to the campus Wednesday, but Western Connecticut State managed to win both ends as the hosts anyway, defeating the Panthers 11-3 and 9-3, respectively.

WestConn won the opener in five innings. Purchase's Lisa Kentris (JR/Latham, NY) and Daniella Edelson (JR/Hopewell Junction, NY) were highlights offensively. Kentris doubled and finished with two RBI. Edelson accounted for the other RBI, joining Kentris in collecting two hits.

WestConn shortstop Charline Plasczynski belted two home runs to break its eight-game losing streak by taking a pair of games at Purchase.

In the opener, Plasczynski went 3-for-3 with a round-tripper and a double. She drove in three runs and scored twice.

The Colonials, now 3-13, pounded out 11 hits including back-to-back-to-back home runs in the six-run fourth inning. Joining Plasczynski with a home run were Sophia Palacios and Kayla Nowak.

In the nightcap, Angelina Miller improved to 2-5 on the season after going the distance. She allowed three runs on six hits while striking out four.

Reilly McMahon had a pair of one-run singles in her first two trips to the plate. Plasczynski's solo home run in the fifth inning started a three-run frame.

The Colonials had the wheels in motion in as they swiped 17 bases in the two games, including 11 in the nightcap.

Antonina Fiore (SR/Mount Sinai, NY) and Edelson paced Purchase in game two. Fiore had two of the team's six hits. She added a run and an RBI. Edelson collected a team-best two-RBI, and joined teamed Gabriella Carnevale (FR/Carteret, NJ) by doubling in the loss.

Purchase is now 3-3.

-WestConn Sports Information Contributed to this report

SIX NAMED TO ZAG FIELD HOCKEY/NFHCA ACADEMIC SQUAD

Gilbert, Ariz. – The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) selected six Syracuse student-athletes for the 2017 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad on Thursday. Laura Hurff capped off a stellar career with the Orange with her fourth selection in four years.

The Division I National Academic Squad program recognizes those student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the first semester of the 2017-18 academic year.

Jennifer Bleakney, Stephanie Harris, Carolin Hoffmann, Audrey Matthew and Annalena Ulbrich join Hurff on the list of 960 student-athletes across 76 schools. Last week, 'Cuse was one of 74 Division I programs to have earned the 2017 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Team Academic Award.

Fifty-six student-athletes across all seven ACC schools were represented while Louisville led the league with 17 players on the National Academic Squad.