The SUNY Oneonta softball team traveled to Brockport today and left with a split of a SUNYAC doubleheader.  The Red Dragons won the first game 3-1, but fell in the second game 4-2.  Oneonta is now 17-11 overall and 9-5 in conference play seeing its eight-game win streak snapped with the loss in the nightcap.
 
Game 1 recap
Oneonta posted its three runs in the sixth inning to overcome a 1-0 deficit in the first game.  All three runs came with two outs.
 
Junior Selena Ruiz (Westbury/W.T. Clarke), who finished the game with three hits, started the inning with a single to center field.  She was put out at second base on a fielder's choice, which allowed Lauren Sabatino (Bayville/Locust Valley) to reach first base.  Senior Cori McFall (Pleasant Valley/Arlington) then singled to right field moving pinch runner Alyssa Garrison (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) to second base.
 
After Brooke Corbett (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) flied out to center field, freshman Amanda Sexton (Port Jervis/Port Jervis) singled to left field to drive in Garrison while advancing pinch runner Jade Meehan (Halcottsville/Roxbury Central) to second base.  Freshman Caroline Koch (New City/Clarkstown South) then singled to drive in Meehan, but on the play, there was a throwing error by the center fielder, which allowed Sexton to score as well.
 
Sophomore Alyssa Bluethgen (Commack/Commack) picked up her fifth straight win going the distance allowing four hits and striking out five Golden Eagles.
 
Sexton and Koch both finished with two hits each.
 
Game 2 recap
In the second game today, Oneonta managed single runs in the first and sixth innings to account for its scoring.  Junior Dana Del Genio (New Hartford/New Hartford) was 4-for-4 at the plate with a run scored to lead the offense.  Del Genio scored her run in the first inning on a wild pitch after leading off the game with a single before stealing second.
 
Brockport (13-17, 3-11 SUNYAC) tied the game in the home half of the first and added another run in the third.  They posted a pair of runs in the fifth inning for its final total of the game.
 
Oneonta's second run came via an RBI double by sophomore Brooke Corbett (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) driving in Sexton, who had doubled prior to her.
 
Oneonta is scheduled to be at home for a doubleheader tomorrow against Ithaca weather permitting beginning at 3:30pm.