O-State, Cortland baseball still tied

Erik Weber (Bainbridge-Guilford) pitched a three-hitter in the second game to lead host Oneonta State to a split with rival Cortland in a key SUNY Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader Wednesday.

Weber (5-1) struck out eight and walked one as O-State took advantage of five errors en route to a 3-1 victory.

Cortland won the opener, 3-0.

The teams are tied atop the SUNYAC with 10-2 records. O-State closes out the conference season by hosting Oswego at 1 p.m. today and Cortland travels to New Paltz.

If the two teams finished the season tied, Cortland will earn the regular season title by virtue of a sweep of Plattsburgh. O-St[an error occurred while processing this directive]ate split with Plattsburgh, which finished third.

The first tiebreaker in the SUNYAC is the teams’ record against the next highest team in the standings.

The regular season SUNYAC champion plays host to the conference tournament May 5-7.

O-State (24-8) trailed, 1-0, entering the bottom of the third inning of the second game.

Chris Brew led off with a single to center and Jake Wasielewski followed with an infield single. Chris Salamida then singled to center.

Cortland outfielder Adam Sidebottom had an error on the play, allowing Brew to score and Wasielewski to move to third. Salamida then stole second and Wasielewski home on a double steal. Salamida went to third on an error by second baseman Will Groff.

After Ryan Myers popped out to first and Brandon Galutz struck out looking, Dan Paquette reached on an error by third baseman Ricky Piovesan to score Salamida and make it 3-1.

Cortland (27-6) was held hitless the rest of the way. Weber struck out the final two batters to end it.

Salamida (6-2) pitched a six-hitter in the opener, striking out six and walking four. He allowed three unearned runs.

Cortland opened the scoring in the fifth.

With one out, Mike Rosenberry reached on an error by shortstop Scott Dubben (Cherry Valley-Springfield). He later scored on a sacrifice fly from Dan Maycock.

Cortland’s Jimmy Dougher (7-0) earned the victory, striking out nine and walking one in a three-hitter.

CORTLAND 3, O-STATE 0

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O-State 000 000 000 — 0 3 3

Jimmy Dougher (W, 7-0) and Shawn Ensel. Chris Salamida (L, 6-2) and Mike Kuratnick. 2B — Shawn Ensel (C), Jake Easielewski (O), Brandon Galutz (O).

O-STATE 3, CORTLAND 1

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O-State 003 000 x — 3 5 0

Ryan Hooper (L, 5-1), George Jweid (3), Nick McPartland (6) and Mike Zaccardo. Erik Weber (W, 5-1) and Mike Kuratnick.

Men’s Tennis

O-State 7, Oswego 0

First singles player Eric Bratt improved to 10-3 on the season after a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Ryan Thomas in the Red Dragons’ SUNY Athletic Conference victory at Oswego.

The Red Dragons have won seven straight matches, the last four by 7-0 scores.

Sixth singles player Shota Kanzaki improved to 5-0 in singles this spring with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Nate Wood.

The Red Dragons (10-3) play their final match May 5 at home against Rensselaer.

O-STATE 7, OSWEGO 0

at Oswego
Singles: Eric Bratt def. Ryan Thomas, 6-0, 6-0; Shaun Goodman def. Jason Marlette, 6-1, 6-1; Shane Raymo def. Emmanuel Ezenwa, 6-1, 6-0; Matt Deitch def. Ron Slater, 6-0, 6-3; Ryan Pettus def. Paul D-Addio, 6-0, 6-1; Shota Kanzaki def. Nate Wood, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Bratt and Goodman def. Thomas and Marlette, 8-0; Raymo and Deitch def. Slater and D-Addio, 8-6; Pettus and Joe Erwin def. Wood and Todd Wojnowski, 8-1.

Hartwick 7, Elmira 0

Vanja Ljubibratic beat Chris Tilberis at first singles, 6-0, 6-0, to lead Hartwick to an Empire 8 victory in its final match of the season.

Dan Riviello, Dan Meininger, Eric DesRoberts, Jack Oliver and Dave Altman also won singles matches for the Hawks (3-11), who finished 3-3 in conference.

HARTWICK 7, ELMIRA 0

at Elmira
Singles: Vanja Ljubibratic (H) def. Chris Tilberis, 6-0, 6-0; Dan Riviello (H) def. Matt Rubin, 6-0, 6-1; Dan Meininger (H) def. Chandler Paradis, 6-1, 6-2; Eric DesRoberts (H) def. Gamel, 6-0, 6-0; Jack Oliver (H) def. Atushi Hosoya, 6-3, 6-1; Dave Altman (H) won by default.

Doubles: Ljubibratic and Riviello (H) def. Tilberis and Gamel, 8-2; Meininger and DesRoberts (H) def. Robertson and Paradis, 9-7; Hartwick wins by default.