Mahwah, NJ: The SUNY Oneonta softball team was swept today on the road at Ramapo College.  The Roadrunners won game one 4-3 while they shut out the Red Dragons in game two 8-0 in five innings. Ramapo improved to 9-5 overall while Oneonta fell to 8-7.
 
In game one, rookie Harper Patsko put the Roadrunners on the board in the second inning with her first career home run, a two-run shot over the center field fence plating senior Mikayla Melendez to take a 2-0 lead.
 
The Red Dragons got one back in the third when sophomore Ashley Lefebvre (Waterford/Waterford-Halfmoon) smacked a double to score junior Killeen Martin (Bay Shore/Bay Shore), who reached on an error earlier in the inning.
 
The Roadrunners tacked on one run in the fifth when sophomore Christina Brizek ripped a double down the right field line and later scored on a hard hit single to right field off the bat of senior Melanie Walling to give the hosts a 3-1 lead.
 
Oneonta came back to tie the game in the sixth inning with a pair of runs.  Lefebvre smacked her second double of the game to drive in junior Marlene Cuevas (Wappingers Falls/Roy C. Ketcham), who led off the inning with a double of her own.  Lefebvre eventually came around to score on a bunt single by senior Jamie Whittam (Saugerties/Saugerties).
 
Ramapo scored the eventual game winning run in the bottom of the sixth. Junior Nicole Mahoney led off with a double to right field before she advanced to third on a fly out to right field. Sophomore Ally Spellman came up big with a sac fly to right field to plate Mahoney.
 
Ramapo starting pitcher Katrina Buczkowski and the Ramapo defense shutdown Oneonta in the top of the seventh to take the game 4-3. The Red Dragons put the game tying run on base while senior Danielle Saporito made a catch on the run in deep center field for the second out of the inning before Buczkowski induced a game ending pop foul out to third base for the final out of the game.
 
Buczkowski (3-3) went the distance for Ramapo with six strikeouts, no walks while she scattered six hits. Walling and Mahoney each collected two hits apiece for Ramapo at the plate.
 
Junior Sabrina D'Angelis suffered the loss for Oneonta.  D'Angelis allowed nine hits and four earned runs while striking out a pair of hitters in her outing that dropped her to 2-4 on the season.
 
In game two, Ramapo shutout the Red Dragons 8-0 in five innings. Brizek (6-1) started in the circle for the Roadrunners, tossing a three-hitter with three strikeouts in five innings of work.  Ramapo scored all their runs in the bottom of the third inning.
 
Oneonta returns to action on Saturday, Apr. 2 at New Paltz in the SUNYAC opening doubleheader for both squads.  First pitch is scheduled for noon.