SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Trinity University's John Tucker went 3-for-4 with a walk and five RBI and James Nittoli allowed two runs and fanned six over five and a third innings as the nationally fourth-ranked Tigers defeated eighth-ranked Cortland, 10-5, for its second win over the Red Dragons in two days.

The teams were originally scheduled to play twice Sunday, but weather and field conditions caused about a three-hour delay prior to the first game. That forced the second game to be canceled since Cortland was scheduled to fly home early Sunday evening.

James Varian (Hopewell Junction/Trinity-Pawling) and Scott Giordano (Croton-on-Hudson/Croton-Harmon) each went 3-for-5 and Wyatt Myers (Chittenango) and Mat Bruno (Rye) were each 2-for-4 for Cortland as part of a 13-hit attack. Varian and Myers each homered and drove in two runs. Colin BeVard (Syracuse/West Genesee) was 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored.

Tucker was one of six Trinity players with multiple hits as the Tigers finished with 15 in the contest. MJ Metz went 2-for-3 with two walks, Brannen Caraway was 2-for-4, and Jack Wisniewski, Mason Meredith and Jake Martin each finished 2-for-5.

Cortland used six pitchers in the contest. Zack Durant (Verona/V-V-S) started and allowed four runs, three earned, on five hits with one walk in the first inning. Ryan Flansburg (Queensbury) gave up only one unearned run on three hits and a walk in two and a third innings in the longest outing on the staff and Jake Casey (Homer) tossed a scoreless inning.

Nittoli gave up eight hits but didn't walk anyone. In four of his five full innings he was able to get out of jams with Cortland runners in scoring position, including second and third in both the first and fourth innings. Matthew Thomas went the next inning and two thirds and gave up three runs. Ian Hussian entered with no outs and a runner on second in the eighth and Trinity leading 9-5. He walked one and hit two batters, but did not allow a hit or a run and struck out three.

Cortland led 1-0 on a Myers RBI groundout in the first, but Trinity scored four in the bottom of the frame on an error, a Tucker RBI single and a Wisniewski two-run single. The Tigers added a run on an error in the third to go up 5-1. Cortland finished the game with four errors.

Myers led off the sixth with a solo homer to left, but Trinity answered in the bottom of the sixth with a Tucker RBI single. Cortland started the seventh with a BeVard walk and Giordano single. With runners on second and third, Andrew Michalski (Buffalo/St. Francis) grounded out to drive in a run. A walk and a groundout put runners on second and third, but a strikeout ended the threat.

Trinity plated three key insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh on Tucker's two-out, three-run double. Cortland got two runs back in the eighth on Varian's two-run homer and had runners on first and second with no outs, but that threat was halted by a strikeout and double play. Meredith's RBI double in the bottom of the inning closed the scoring.

Cortland will travel to Salisbury University in two weeks on Feb. 23-24 for a pair of games with the 22nd-ranked Sea Gulls.