Above, Fredonia State’s Nicole Kumro, left, and Allie Wandell ready for action against Buffalo State College. Photo courtesy of Fredonia State

BUFFALO — The Fredonia State softball team split a doubleheader at Buffalo State on Friday. The Blue Devils managed to hold on for the 5-4 win in Game 1, but fell 8-6 in Game 2.

Game 1

Down 3-2 in the seventh, Fredonia State rallied for three runs in the top of the inning to take the lead.

A trio of Buffalo State errors in the inning set the stage for the rally. Emily Chelius drove home the first run, Alyssa Piniewski who had reached on an error, was advanced into scoring position with a wild pitch.

Megan Guidry pinch ran for Chelius and Nicole Kumro then reached on a fielding error. Maria Caviris hit a single for the Blue Devils to load the bases.

With the bases loaded Guidry, attempted to advance home on a wild pitch to give the Bengals hope of ending the inning with two outs. However, Alyssa Santiago had other plans for the inning. Santiago delivered the final blow, doubling to centerfield to score both Kumro and Caviris for the 5-3 lead.

Buffalo State attempted to make some seventh-inning magic of its own, but only could muster up one run off a double by Kayla Wolinski.

With the tying run in scoring position, Chelius managed to work herself out of the jam getting the final two batters to pop out for her sixth win of the season in the circle.

Game 2

Nicole Kumro got the scoring going with a grand slam in the top of the fourth to stake the Devils to a 4-0 lead. But Buffalo State scored four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings and it would be too much to overcome.

Santiago, Caviris, and Amber Piniewski each finished with a pair of hits. Santiago added a double.

The Devils are now 7-19 overall and 4-6 in SUNYAC play. Buffalo State is now 9-17 overall and 3-7 in conference.

BASEBALL

BLUE DEVILS DROP PAIR

NEW PALTZ — The Fredonia State baseball team dropped a pair of games at New Paltz on Friday. The Devils lost Game 1 by a score of 8-4, and fell 10-2 in the second game.

GAME 1

New Paltz got on the board early, with four runs in the second inning and one in the third before the Devils pushed across a pair of runs in the top of the fourth inning. Luke Kenyon singled home Pat Bigham and Ryan Hann, who both collected hits earlier in the inning. Kenyon’s two RBI made it a 5-2 game.

New Paltz added a run in the bottom half of the inning, and the Devils pushed across a run in the top of the fifth, still trailing by three runs, 6-3. AJ Kinney singled home Johnny Genau.

New Paltz rallied for two more runs in the bottom of the sixth, taking an 8-3 lead.

A ninth-inning double by Kenny Benitez accounted for the final score. The Devils had eight hits and three walks, but struck out 16 times.

GAME 2

The second game started promisingly, as Johnny Genau led off the game with a home run, giving the Devils a 1-0 lead after a half inning.

New Paltz got a homer from its leadoff batter, and added one more run to take a 2-1 lead.

Things stayed that way until the bottom of the fourth when New Paltz exploded for six runs.

The Devils added a run in the seventh. Tylor Murphy walked, stole second, and scored on a base hit by Jake Wentland.

New Paltz improves to 9-13 overall and 2-3 in the SUNYAC. The Devils stand at 10-14 and 1-9.

The same two teams meet again today at noon in New Paltz to wrap up the series.