A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta softball team made it a clean sweep in the north country today with a pair of wins at Plattsburgh.  The Red Dragons are now 13-5 overall while starting 4-0 in the SUNYAC.
 
The Inside Story
Game 1 – Oneonta 9, Plattsburgh 1 (6 innings)
 
Oneonta plated four runs in the top of the third inning to break a scoreless tie.  Junior Marissa Nagel (Averill Park/Averill Park) walked with two outs and was followed by senior Megan Palmatier (Bainbridge/Bainbridge-Guilford) who hit a single to put two runners on for the next hitter freshman Julia Serena (White Plains/Valhalla).  Serena smacked a double to left field which scored both Nagel and Palmatier for the first two runs.
 
Sophomore Victoria Hussey (Nesconset/Smithtown East) kept things going with a single to right field which scored Serena.  Hussey, who went to second on an error by the right fielder on her single, came in to score when sophomore Aysia Oliver (Brentwood/Brentwood) doubled to center field.
 
The Red Dragons added single runs in the fourth and fifth innings before ending the game with three runs in the sixth to grab its eight-run lead.
 
In the three-run sixth, a throwing error by the shortstop allowed senior Caroline Koch (New City/Clarkstown South) to reach base with one out.  Sophomore Gianna Cancelleri (Naples, FL/Washingtonville (NY)) then doubled to put runners in scoring position for Nagel who singled in Koch.  Serena once again came through with the big hit driving in Nagel and Palmatier with the final two runs of the inning.
 
Freshman Cadence Brennan (Niskayuna/Niskayuna) picked up her second win of the weekend allowing just three hits and an unearned run striking out two and walking none.
 
Serena finished the game with a 4-for-4 performance and five runs batted in.
 
Game 2 – Oneonta 6, Plattsburgh 4
 
Oneonta jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning of game 2.  Koch led off the game with a double to left field and was then moved to third by a bunt single by Cancelleri.  Koch scored the game's first run on a double steal that was aided by an error on the catcher.
 
Cancelleri then advanced to third on a flyout before scoring on a steal of home on another double steal with Serena going to second base.  Serena scored on an RBI single off the bat of junior Gianna DiGiovanni (Wantagh/Sacred Heart Academy).
 
Plattsburgh got two runs back in the bottom of the first before Oneonta added a single run in the second to lead 4-2.  Oliver led off the inning with a double down the left field line and came around to score on a throwing error by the third baseman on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Sara Cartier (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse).
 
Cartier was in the mix in the fourth inning reaching on an error and advancing to second base.  She then stole third and scored on a pinch-hit single by freshman Sophia Mangone (Ardsley/Ardsley).
 
Plattsburgh manufactured a run in the fifth and took advantage of an error in the sixth to pull within 5-4 entering the seventh.
 
In the seventh, the Red Dragons were able to score an insurance run on a two-out, pinch-hit double off the bat of Hussey that scored Oliver who walked.
 
Sophomore Marissa Dionisio (Sayville/Sayville) pitched four innings of relief allowing only a pair of hits and an unearned run while striking out three.  Freshman Angelina Scalere (Ardsley/Ardsley) earned her first collegiate save throwing the final two innings.
 
What's Next
Oneonta is scheduled to play its make-up doubleheader at Ithaca on Tuesday beginning at 3pm. Read Full Article