SALISBURY, MD. – Tori Reich (Cornwall) singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning and Cortland escaped jams in each of the last four innings as the Red Dragons defeated Ursinus College, 6-5, in a game played at Salisbury University. 
 
The Red Dragons closed the day with an 8-0 loss to nationally second-ranked Salisbury as the Sea Gulls broke open a tight game with six runs in the top of the fifth. 
 
Cortland (7-7) will host Hamilton College in a non-league doubleheader Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. 
 
Cortland 6, Ursinus 5 (10 inn.) 
 
Cortland overcame 3-1 and 4-3 deficits on its way to the extra-inning win over the Bears. 
 
Cortland led 1-0 in the first on a Halle Wright (Ballston Spa) RBI triple, but Ursinus (7-6 after a later loss to Salisbury) took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the inning on Allyson Meakim and Ally St. Jean RBI doubles and a Sam Williams RBI single. Mikayla Pourby (Binghamton) entered in relief for Cortland to start the bottom of the second and kept Ursinus basically in check over the next five innings. She allowed one run on two hits with three strikeouts and two walks.  
 
Cortland tied the game with two in the top of the third on a Julz Koch (New City/Clarkstown South) RBI groundout and a McKenna Barry (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) RBI single. Ursinus regained the lead on a Jordan Moore RBI single in the bottom of the fourth. 
 
The Red Dragons pushed across a run in the top of the sixth to knot the game at 4-4. Alyssa Finno (Hurley/Kingston) singled with one out and moved to second on a groundout. Pinch hitter Brooke Scheibe (Sayville), in her first collegiate plate appearance, singled and advanced to second on the throw to put runners on second and third, and Gina Meyers (Liverpool) followed with an RBI single to left to tie the game. 
 
Lindsey Richards (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse) entered in the bottom of the seventh with the game still tied and earned the win after allowing one unearned run over the final four innings. Ursinus, however, threatened in each of those frames. 
 
In the seventh, the Bears used a walk and a bunt single, combined with a throwing error, to put runners on first and third with no outs. After a passed ball allowed the runner from first to move to second, Richards escaped the situation with a shallow flyout, a groundout back to her, and a pop-up to second to send the game to extra innings.

The NCAA tiebreaker rule was utilized starting in the eighth inning with a runner placed on second to begin each half inning. Cortland was not able to score in the top of the eighth, and in the bottom of the eighth Ursinus had a runner on third with one out following a sac bunt. Julia Eckels then attempted a squeeze bunt but the ball didn't travel very far and Cortland catcher Elaina Ornstein (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) picked up the ball and tagged out the runner trying to score. Eckels tried to go to second during the play, but Ornstein threw her out for the unconventional double play to end the inning. 
 
Cortland broke through for a run in the top of the ninth on a Wright RBI single. In the bottom of the ninth, the Bears had runners on second and third with no outs after an infield single and a steal. Following a pop-up for the first out, Samantha Mallen hit a sacrifice fly to right to tie the game, but Richards got the next hitter to line out to short to preserve the tie. 
 
In the top of the 10th, Megan LaMont (Amsterdam) pinch ran at second for Cortland to start the inning and she successfully tagged and moved to third on a Barry flyout to right. Reich then singled through the left side to give the Red Dragons the lead, although Cortland eventually left two runners on base. 
 
In the bottom of the 10th, the first Ursinus batted lined out and the next walked. Amanda Panati then singled to left, but Hannah Fairbrother (Wayland/Wayland-Cohocton) threw out the runner trying to score from second for the second out. With runners on second and third, Richards retired the final batter on a line drive to center.  
 
Wright finished 2-for-5 with a triple and two RBI, Ornstein was 1-for-3 with a walk, two steals and three runs scored, Barry went 2-for-5 with an RBI, and Finno finished 2-for-3 with two sacrifices for Cortland. St. Jean and Brenna each went 2-for-5 with a double for Ursinus, and Alexis Miller tossed all 10 innings in the circle for the Bears and allowed six runs, four earned, with two walks and three strikeouts. 
 
Salisbury 8, Cortland 0 (5 inn.) 
 
Savannah Sheats earned the win for Salisbury (24-2 at the end of the afternoon) with four innings of one-hit ball. She struck out five and walked none to improve to 10-1 on the season. Nicole Ortega allowed one hit and one walk in a scoreless fifth. 
 
After two scoreless innings, Salisbury took the lead with two runs in the top of the third (it was predetermined the Sea Gulls would be the "away" team as part of the weekend format). Both runs came with two outs on RBI singles from Lauren Meyers and Natalie Paoli. 
 
Salisbury scored six in the fifth with a combination of seven hits and three Cortland errors. The big hits in the inning were a Lindsey Windsor RBI double, a Meyers RBI single, a Carrie Jacoby two-run triple and a Meghan Reed pinch-hit RBI single. Windsor, Meyers, Paoli, Jacoby and Abby Mace each finished 2-for-3 for Salisbury. Cortland failed to score in the bottom of the fifth and the game was called due to the eight-run rule. 
 
Finno was 1-for-2 with a double and Wright finished 1-for-2 to account for Cortland's two hits. Isabel Milazzo (Elmira/Elmira Notre Dame) started for Cortland and took the loss after working four and a third innings in the circle.