ONEONTA, N.Y. - The top three hitters in Cortland's lineup recorded three hits apiece as the Red Dragons defeated host Oneonta, 9-1, in the first game of a SUNYAC doubleheader. Oneonta earned a split with a 3-2 victory in the nightcap.

Cortland (11-12, 4-2 SUNYAC) will play at New Paltz in a doubleheader Saturday at noon.

Cortland 9, Oneonta 1

Skyler Hoyt (Endicott/Union-Endicott), Taylor Felicello (Marlboro) and Andrea Schoonmaker (Marlboro) combined for nine hits, five RBI and six runs scored in Cortland's victory. Hoyt went 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs, Felicello was 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs, and Schoonmaker was 3-for-5 with two triples and two runs. Schoonmaker batted in the leadoff spot, followed by Felicello and Hoyt in the lineup.

Averee May (Highland Falls/James I. O'Neill) went 2-for-4 with her first career home run, two RBI and two runs scored. Sam Van Dorn (Medford/Patchogue-Medford) earned the win with a complete-game seven-hitter. She struck out three, walked none, and gave up one unearned run.

Brooke Corbett went 2-for-3 for Oneonta. Alyssa Bluethgen took the loss after giving up nine runs, seven earned, over seven innings.

Cortland took a 1-0 lead in the first when Schoonmaker tripled and scored on a Felicello groundout. Oneonta tied the game in the second on a Bailey Schwark RBI single.

Cortland plated three in the third to go up 4-1. Schoonmaker tripled with one out and Felicello doubled her in. Hoyt followed with an RBI single, and she eventually scored on an error three batters later. RBI singles by Hoyt and pinch hitter Jessica Marsh (Wynantskill/Troy) drove in runs in the fifth, Hoyt was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth to bring home a run, and May hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh.

Oneonta 3, Cortland 2

Oneonta (10-10, 4-4 SUNYAC) broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the third and held on for the win. Amanda Sexton finished 3-for-3 with an RBI, and Schwark, Selena Ruiz and Cori McFall each went 2-for-3 for the hosts. Julia Calabro picked up the win after giving up five hits and two runs with four strikeouts and two walks.

Hannah Feldman (Buffalo/Sweet Home) finished 2-for-3 for Cortland. Joelle Salisbury (Rotterdam/Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons) suffered the loss with three runs allowed in two innings. Courtney Kane (Bellport) tossed three innings of three-hit scoreless relief with one strikeout and Cady Walts (Cortland) allowed one hit and no runs and struck out one in the bottom of the sixth. She escaped a jam when Cortland turned a non-traditional double play as right fielder Felicello threw out a runner trying to score from second on a hit, and the batter was then thrown out at second.

Cortland led 1-0 in the second. Feldman singled, and pinch runner Haley Muehlbauer (Williamsville/Williamsville South) went to third on a Kelly O'Gorman (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) bunt single. O'Gorman took second on the play and Ericka Sadowski (Liverpool). Tori Scharff (Poughkeepsie/Arlington) hit a sac fly to drive in a run, but Calabro got out of further trouble with two strikeouts.

Oneonta tied the game on a Schwark RBI single in the bottom of the second. The host Red Dragons took the lead in the third on a Ruiz leadoff single, McFall double, a passed ball that scored Ruiz, and a two-out Sexton RBI single.

Cortland cut the lead to 3-2 in the fourth when O'Gorman reached on a fielder's choice, took second on a wild pitch, went to third on a groundout and scored on another wild pitch. Cortland stranded runners on second base in both the sixth and seventh innings.