PITTSFORD, N.Y. - St. John Fisher, ranked 20th nationally in Division III, rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Cortland, 4-3, in the first game of a non-league doubleheader. The Cardinals (25-5) completed the sweep of the Red Dragons (20-6) with a 7-1 victory in the nightcap.

Cortland will travel to Ithaca for a non-league doubleheader Wednesday at 3 p.m.

St. John Fisher 4, Cortland 3

Cortland took a 3-0 lead in the top of the second when pinch hitter Carrie Stoddard (Liverpool) singled with the bases loaded to drive in all three runners. The Red Dragons had a chance to extend their lead in the third after loading the bases, but St. John Fisher starter Halie Schoff got a lineout to end the inning.

The Cardinals managed only one hit in the first three innings against Cortland starter Alexandrea Flint (Dalton/Keshequa) before breaking through for two runs in the fourth. Ashley Prince doubled with one out and Sarah Kubik hit a two-run homer to cut the Red Dragons' lead to 3-2. The Cardinals grabbed a 4-3 lead in the fifth off reliever Sam Van Dorn (Medford/Patchogue-Medford). Prince singled home the tying run, and an error on a steal of second allowed the go-ahead run to score from third.

St. John Fisher ace Lindsey Thayer, an All-American last year, entered in the top of the sixth and earned her first save of the season. She allowed only one walk, and five of the six outs she recorded were by strikeout. Schoff improved to 8-3 with the win. She allowed seven hits and four walks in five innings, but all three runs against her were unearned. Van Dorn suffered her first loss and is now 4-1.

Prince finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and Kubik was 1-for-2 with two RBI for Fisher. Niki Barbato (East Meadow/Holy Trinity) and Erin Wolstenholme (Oneonta) each went 2-for-3 for the Red Dragons.

St. John Fisher 7, Cortland 1

Cortland led 1-0 in the top of the first when Jamie Bucci (Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow) singled, stole second, and scored on a two-out Kaleigh Churchill (Camillus/West Genesee) RBI single. Fisher starter Monica Moses, however, shut down the Red Dragons the rest of the way. Moses, now 2-1, allowed five hits and no walks and struck out three over seven innings.

The hosts answered Cortland's run with four runs, two earned, in the bottom of the first. A pair of passed balls led to the first run, followed by a Jennifer Knaak two-run double. The last run scored on an error.

The Cardinals added a run in the second on Julia Sortisio's triple and Katie Mazierski's squeeze bunt, and the last two runs were plated in the fourth on a Mazierski double, a Prince RBI triple and an error.

Cortland mounted two minor threats over the last four innings. Churchill doubled to lead off the fourth but eventually was stranded at third, and Diane Cork (Wayland/Wayland-Cohocton) doubled with one out in the sixth but advanced no farther. Cork went 1-for-3 in each game to extend her on-base streak to 24 straight games.

Churchill and Bucci each finished 2-for-3 to account for Cortland's other four hits besides Cork's. Jamie Lachall (Philadelphia, PA/Sun Valley) gave up seven runs, four earned, in five innings for the loss. For Fisher, Sortisio went 3-for-4 with two runs, Mazierski finished 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs, and Knaak was 2-for-4 with two RBI.