Varian batted .545 (6-for-11) with two doubles, six RBI and six runs scored in two non-league losses to Montclair State. He went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI in an 15-10 loss in the opener and was 3-for-6 with a double, four RBI and two runs in an 11-10 loss in the nightcap. Varian hit an RBI single to bring Cortland within 10-8 in the eighth inning and hit a two-out, two-run double in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 10-10 in the second game.