ONEONTA, N.Y. – Meaghan Kohler (Franklin, NJ/Warren Hills Regional) homered and drove in three runs and Sarah Salamone (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse) threw a four-hitter as Cortland defeated Oneonta, 6-1, in the second game of a SUNYAC doubleheader.

Oneonta won the opener, 8-6, with a six-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning. Oneonta leads the SUNYAC with a 5-1 mark (14-4 overall), while Cortland is in second place at 4-2 (13-9 overall).

GAME 1: Oneonta 8, Cortland 6 (Box Score)

Oneonta overcame a 6-2 deficit by scoring six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for the victory. The rally started with two walks and an error that resulted in the first run, followed by another error and a bases-loaded walk that cut Cortland's lead to 6-4. Jamie Whittam tied the game two batters later with a two-run single, and with two outs Traci Lichtenstein hit a two-run single to give Oneonta the lead.

Cortland scored on an error in the third inning and on Erin Wolstenholme's (Oneonta) RBI triple in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead. The hosts knotted the game at 2-2 on a Katie O'Gorman two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the fourth.

Cortland appeared to take command with a four-run fifth inning that featured two-run singles by Alicia Hibbbard (Canastota) and Wolstenholme before Oneonta eventually mounted its comeback in the sixth.

Katie O'Flynn relieved Oneonta starter Sabrina DeAngelis in the fifth and earned the victory. She gave up just one walk and no runs in an inning and a third. Rachel Hitt pitched a perfect seventh for the save. Kristyn Neroda went 2-for-2 and O'Gorman was 1-for-2 with a walk and three RBI. Whittam finished 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Wolstenholme ended 3-for-3 with three RBI and Hibbard was 2-for-4 with two RBI to account of five of Cortland's eight hits. Rosie Phillips (Geneva/Our Lady of Mercy) concluded the game 1-for-2 with a walk.

Amber Corrigan (Montgomery/Valley Central) suffered the loss after relieving Alexandrea Flint (Dalton/Keshequa) in the fourth. Corrigan allowed five runs, only one earned, in an inning and two thirds. She gave up two hits and three walks and struck out one. Flint permitted one earned run (two total) in three and a third frames with four hits, a walk and a strikeout.


GAME 2: Cortland 6, Oneonta 1 (Box Score)

Cortland spotted Oneonta a 1-0 lead on a Nicole Marzillo two-out RBI single in the bottom of the first, but the guests took the lead for good during their next at-bat when Diane Cork (Wayland/Wayland-Cohocton) walked, Courtney Kadish (East Amherst/Williamsville North) doubled with one out and Devynn Wilder (Oswego) hit a two-run single up the middle.

Kohler's two-run homer – her sixth home run of the season – pushed the lead to 4-1 in the top of the third. The Red Dragons added two more runs in the fifth on consecutive RBI singles by Kohler and Cork.

Salamone, now 6-0 on the year, struck out five batters and walked two in the complete-game, four-hit effort. Oneonta stranded runners on third base in the second and seventh innings and on second base in the first and third innings.

Kohler went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs. Phillips finished 2-for-3, Jamie Bucci (Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow) was 2-for-4 and Cork went 1-for-3 with a walk. Wilder reached base twice in three trips with a walk and her two-run single.

Hitt started for Oneonta and allowed six hits and five runs in four innings. She fanned three and walked three.