O-State softball sweeps Hartwick

Senior catcher Michelle Norwich had two hits and five RBIs in the second game of a non-conference sof
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Contributed photo by Dan Lentz Hartwick third baseman Molly Keltner charges in on a bunt attempt by Oneonta State’s Shannon Egan during the second game of their non-conference doubleheader at Neahwa Park in Oneonta. Egan popped out to Hartwick first baseman Paige Harris on the play.
tball doubleheader as Oneonta State capped a sweep of city-rival Hartwick College with a 14-2 win Wednesday at Neahwa Park.

Oneonta, which won the opener, 5-1, scored four runs in the first innings of each game.

In the opener, winning pitcher Nicole Marshall hit a two-run single as O-State scored four unearned runs. Marshall held the Hawks (7-15)to three hits. Losing pitcher Kelsey Heider struck out five and allowed five unearned runs and six hits.

Ashley Risco hit a two-run single in the first inning of the second game as Oneonta jumped to a 4-0 lead. O-State (13-15)scored six times in the sixth as Norwich had a three-run double and pinch-hitter Kiki Roginski had a three-run homer.

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Cobleskill 10, Columbia-Greene 7
Ron Smalling capped a 3-for-5 effort with an RBI single in the top of the seventh as Matt Young scored the go-ahead run in a Mountain Valley Conference victory for visiting Cobleskill.

Young contributed a two-run homer in the ninth to seal it for the Fighting Tigers (11-12, 8-1), who host Herkimer at 3 p.m. today.

Winning pitcher Adam Cernauskus finished 3-for-5, and John Wallace went 2-for-3.

COBLESKILL 10, COLUMBIA-GREENE 7

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Columbia-Greene 000 033 100 — 7 11 3

John Wallace, Adam Cernauskus (7,W,1-0) and Rob Schmalz. Ganz (L), Welch (6) and Cort. 2B — Adam Cernauskus (C), John Wallace (C), Badila (CG). 3B — Dellamarte (CG). HR — Matt Young (C), Mossman (CG) 2.

Women’s Lacrosse

O-State 17, Potsdam 5
Junior Erin Maybeck scored five goals, and senior Jessica Garabedian had four as O-State won a SUNY Athletic Conference game in its final home game this season.

With the score tied at 1, Garabedian started a 6-0 run with a free-position goal at the 17-minute, 31-second mark. Junior Rachael Litts capped the spurt just under 11 minutes later, helping the Red Dragons (5-7 overall, 3-1 SUNYAC) to a 7-1 halftime lead.

O-STATE 17, POTSDAM 5

Potsdam 1 4 — 5

Oneonta State 7 10 — 17

Oneonta State (5-7, 3-1): Erin Maybeck 5-0, Jessica Garabedian 4-0, Erica Krisak 2-0, Brianne Ruzek 2-0, Kristin O’Leary 1-1, Somer Shuffield 1-0, Rachael Litts 1-0, Jackie Berger 1-0.

Potsdam (3-8, 0-4): Sally Barber 2-0, Alisha Schaad 1-1, Kate Flnn 1-1, Kelsey Shoen 1-0.

Shots: Potsdam 25; O-State 36.

Goalies: Lorraine Villa (P) 9, Gabe Cloonan (P) 4; Jenna Van Etten (O) 10, Eileen O’Toole (O) 3.

Union 18, Hartwick 3
Robyn Ross scored three goals to lead host Union (7-4) to a non-conference win. Kelsey Campbell, Jenev Schilling and Jessica DiBrita scored for the Hawks (7-5).

Men’s Tennis

O-State 7, Utica 0

Eric Bratt won at first singles to lead host Oneonta State to its fifth consecutive victory. Shane Raymo, Matt Deitch, Ryan Pettus, Shota Kanzaki, and Joe Erwin also won singles matches for O-State (8-3).

O-State 7, Utica 0

at Oneonta State
Singles: Eric Bratt (O) def. Mike Zielenski, 6-1, 6-1; Shane Raymo (O) def. Eric Nielans, 6-1, 6-4; Matt Deitch (O) def. Paul Alexander, 6-0, 6-1; Ryan Pettus (O) def. Tom Mieninger, 6-0, 6-0; Shota Kanzaki (O) def. Rob Russell, 6-1, 6-3; Joe Erwin (O) def. Jon Loughead, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles: Bratt and Pettus (O) def. Zielemski and Alexander, 8-1; Deitch and Raymo (O) def. Nielans and Mieninger, 8-1; Kanzaki and Erwin (O) def. Russell and Adem Kudic, 8-0.

Water Polo

Hartwick seeded first
The Hartwick College water polo team earned the top seed for this weekend’s Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Northern Division Championship at Harvard University on Saturday and Sunday.

The Hawks (20-9, 5-0), ranked 13th, have won the CWPA title in each of their five years of existence, going 44-0 in conference play.

The Hawks are in Bracket A with Harvard and Utica. Second-seeded Brown is in Bracket B with Connecticut College and Queens College.

Hartwick ranks third in the country in scoring with 10.8 goals per game, behind USC and UCLA.

The top two finishers earn automatic berths into the CWPA Eastern Championships, which run April 29-30 at Brown University.

The CWPA Eastern champion receives the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, an eight-team event at the University of California-Davis that runs May 12-14.