GREENSBORO, N.C. – The nationally 10th-ranked Cortland baseball team finished 3-1 at the D3 Showcase Tournament after losing to 16th-ranked Denison University, 9-2, to close tournament play Sunday.
 
Cortland (3-3) began the tournament Thursday with a win over eighth-ranked Marietta, followed by victories Saturday against 20th-ranked Christopher Newport and sixth-ranked Lynchburg.
 
Denison (2-1) scored twice in the fifth to break a 2-2 tie and pulled away with three runs in the seventh and two in the eighth. Jake Welsch finished 2-for-4 with three RBI and Eric Colaco was 2-for-3 with a walk and four runs scored. Starter Will Rettig allowed two runs on two hits over five innings for the win. He struck out three and walked one.
 
Cortland's runs came via solo homers - one by JJ DeLawder (Hyde Park/Franklin D. Roosevelt) in the second and a leadoff shot by Mat Bruno (Rye) in the fourth. The Red Dragons left the bases loaded in the sixth and eighth innings. Bruno finished 3-for-5 and DeLawder was 1-for-3 with a walk.
 
Cortland used eight pitchers in the game. Anthony Fusco (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) had a no decision after giving up two unearned runs in two and two thirds innings. Ryan Banks (Woodbury/Syosset) allowed two runs, one earned, in an inning and two thirds and took the loss.
 
A two-out error allowed two Denison runs to score in the first. Cortland tied the game on DeLawder's and Bruno's homers. The Big Red went up 4-2 in the fifth on an error during a double steal and a Welsch sacrifice fly. Welsch and Owen Wilson had RBI singles and Cade Nowik hit an RBI double in the three-run seventh. Welsch also singled in a run in the eighth, with the second run scoring on a wild pitch.