ROCHESTER, N.Y - Freshman Victoria Brown (Fresh Meadows/Archbishop Molloy) hit two of Cortland's four home runs as the Red Dragons swept host Rochester in a non-league doubleheader. Cortland (14-6) won the opener, 13-4 in five innings, and the second game, 6-4, to extend its winning streak to six games.

Cortland will host Oswego in a SUNYAC doubleheader Sunday at noon. The games were originally scheduled for Saturday but have been pushed back a day due to forecasted poor weather.

Cortland 13, Rochester 4 (5 inn.)

Cortland struck quickly with seven runs in the top of the first inning. Skyler Hoyt (Endicott/Union-Endicott) doubled home two runs, followed by a Kaleigh Churchill (Camillus/West Genesee) two-run homer to left. Two batters later Brown hit a two-run homer that hit the top of the fence in center and fell over to extend the lead to 6-0. Chelsea Palma (Holbrook/Sachem North) followed with a triple down the right field line, and she scored with two outs on Andrea Schoonmaker's (Marlboro) second single of the inning.

Hoyt led off the second with a solo homer to left to give Cortland an 8-0 lead. That margin grew to 11 runs in the third on a Hoyt RBI single, an error, and a Churchill RBI infield groundout.

Rochester fought back with four runs in the bottom of the fourth on Courtney Semkewyc's RBI single and Jocelynn Blackshear's three-run homer. The Red Dragons, however, put up two runs in the fifth when Churchill singled in a run and eventually scored on an error. Cortland retired the Yellowjackets in order in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the eight-run rule.

Hoyt finished 3-for-3 with a homer, double, four RBI and three runs scored, Schoonmaker went 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs, and Churchill finished 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI and two runs. Palma ended 2-for-3 with a triple and Brown was 1-for-2 with a homer and two RBI.

Jamie Lachall (Philadelphia, PA/Sun Valley) improved to 5-2 with a complete-game in the circle. She allowed seven hits and no walks and struck out two. Rochester starter Eleni Wechsler took the loss after giving up six runs in just a third of an inning. Semkewyc finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and Blackshear was 1-for-2 with her three-run homer.

Cortland 6, Rochester 4

The second game was scoreless before Cortland plated five runs in the top of the fourth. The inning started with a Mikayla Shade (Glenmont/Bethlehem) single, a wild pitch, a single by Hoyt and an RBI fielder's choice by Churchill. The second run scored on Stephanie Tirone (Williamsville/Williamsville South) fielder's choice, and later in the inning Brown hit a two-run single up the middle. Schoonmaker capped the scoring with an RBI double to center.
 
Blackshear's two-run single in the bottom of the fourth cut Cortland's lead to 5-2, but the Red Dragons added a run in the sixth on Brown's one-out solo homer to left.
 
Alexandrea Flint (Dalton/Keshequa) started and earned the win with five innings of three-hit ball. She struck out three, walked one, and allowed two runs. Sam Van Dorn (Medford/Patchogue-Medford) entered to start the sixth in officially a non-save situation. She held Rochester scoreless in the sixth and retired the first two batters she faced in the seventh before the hosts mounted a rally.
 
Jessica Conforti singled and Shelby Corning was hit by a pitch. Harleigh Kaczegowicz hit a two-run double to draw Rochester within 6-4. Van Dorn regrouped, however, and got Lydia Petricca to hit a hard grounder to third. Churchill backhanded the ball on the line and threw across to first for the final out.
 
Brown finished 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBI and Schoonmaker was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Kaczegowicz and Blackshear each drove in two runs for Rochester (10-6). Sam Malecki allowed five runs, one earned, over three and a third innings and took the loss.