NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – JJ DeLawder (Hyde Park/Franklin D. Roosevelt) hit a tiebreaking homer in the top of the 11th and Cortland defeated host New Paltz, 10-9, in a SUNYAC baseball matchup. Cortland improved its record to 23-9-1 overall and extended its lead in the conference with a 12-1 mark. New Paltz is now 21-12 overall and 7-6 in the league.
 
Each team finished with 10 hits in the back-and-forth affair. New Paltz jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Cortland scored four in the second, one in the fourth and two in the sixth to go up 7-5, but the Hawks plated three runs in the sixth to take an 8-7 advantage and had a chance to go up by five runs but Cortland left fielder Mat Bruno (Rye) made a leaping catch over the fence to rob Dillon Ristano of a three-run homer to end the inning.
 
Cortland regained the lead, 9-8, in the top of the eighth on Bruno's two-run homer. New Paltz tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Nick Harvey doubled and eventually scored on Michael Ascanio's RBI groundout.
 
Each team finished with 10 hits, with Cortland also drawing 11 walks and New Paltz walking eight times. Chris Bonacci (Syracuse/West Genesee) went 3-for-4 with a double, two walks, two RBI and two runs to lead the Red Dragons. Bruno homered, walked and drove in two runs, Dylan Mackenzie (Canandaigua/Canandaigua Academy) went 2-for-5 with a double and RBI, DeLawder finished with a homer, three walks, an RBI and two runs, and Nick Chemotti (Syracuse/West Genesee) was 1-for-3 with three walks.
 
For New Paltz, Tommy Kreider went 2-for-4 with two walks and two runs and Harvey was 2-for-5 with two doubles, a walk and two runs. Michael Boccarossa drove in three runs and Fabian Apicella finished 2-for-5 with two RBI.
 
Ryan Banks, Cortland's fifth reliever, earned the win to even his record at 1-1. He entered to start the bottom of the 10th and allowed only one walk over two innings. The Hawks' only baserunner versus Banks came in the 11th on a two-out Ristano walk. Pinch runner Justin Ortiz stole second but Banks struck out the next hitter to end the game. Justin Patsey (Hyde Park/Franklin D. Roosevelt), who entered in the sixth, allowed one run on three hits with three strikeouts and a walk in three and two thirds innings. Nick Jessen (Syracuse/West Genesee) came in during New Paltz's five-run first and threw three innings, allowing no runs on two hits with two strikeouts and three walks.
 
Matt Sarni took the loss for New Paltz. He began the seventh inning and gave up three hits and three runs over four and a third innings. He fanned seven batters and walked three.