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Cortland Red Dragons

SUNY Cortland Athletics

2019 Softball Roster

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9 Sam Van Dorn

  • Position Pitcher
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Medford
  • High School Patchogue-Medford

Biography

2018: Sam earned first team All-SUNYAC and third team all-region honors...Named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team...Appeared in 30 games with 25 starts...Posted a 14-10 record with 11 complete games, three shutouts, a 1.73 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 153.1 innings...Batted .267 a double and three RBI...Struck out three and allowed three hits and one earned run to pick up the complete-game win against Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC Tournament...Tossed a three-hit shutout with four strikeouts and went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI against NYU...Threw a six-inning, three-hit, complete-game shutout with three strikeouts against Arcadia...Fanned six in a five-hit shutout at New Paltz...Allowed two earned runs in six and a third innings to earn the win at Geneseo in the SUNYAC Tournament...Allowed one run in eight innings to earn the complete-game win and went 1-for-2 at the plate at Kean...Fanned six in five innings and did not surrender an earned run to pick up the home win versus Potsdam...Did not allow an earned run at Oneonta to earn the complete-game victory...Struck out six in four shutout innings to earn the win at Buffalo St...Fanned four and allowed one earned run to pick up the complete-game win at Fredonia...Earned wins over Plattsburgh and Oneonta at the SUNYAC Tournament...Fanned a season-high nine in four and a third innings and went 1-for-1 with an RBI against Washington College...Surrendered three hits and two runs in five innings to earn the home win versus Plattsburgh...Struck out five and allowed one earned run in eight and a third innings at King’s...Fanned five and allowed one earned run at Oswego...Allowed one run in six and a third innings at home versus Geneseo...Struck out seven and surrendered two earned runs at St. John Fisher...Fanned six against Millsaps...Did not allow an earned run in six and a third innings against Oneonta at the SUNYAC Tournament.

2017: Named the MVP of the SUNYAC Tournament...Appeared in 27 games with one start...Posted a 9-3 record with five saves, a 2.88 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 68.0 innings...Went 3-for-3 at the plate with a homer and seven RBI...Fanned a season-high four in seven innings of relief to earn the win at home versus Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC Tournament...Tossed three hitless innings to earn the win in relief and delivered a two-run pinch-hit single at home versus Oswego in the SUNYAC Tournament...Allowed one run and fanned three in five innings to pick up the win at Plattsburgh...Earned the save with two scoreless innings in a home win versus Johnson & Wales at the NCAA Div. III Regional...Fanned three and surrendered one hit in three and two-thirds scoreless innings to pick up the victory against Ramapo...Allowed one hit and no runs in three innings to earn the win at The College of New Jersey...Pitched a perfect inning to earn the save in a home win versus Oswego...Struck out three in one and a third shutout innings to record the save in a win over Illinois Wesleyan...Pitched five innings in relief to earn the home win versus Messiah at the NCAA Div. III Regional...Earned saves in home wins versus Oneonta during the regular season and at the conference tournament...Fanned three in three and a third innings to pick up the win against St. Norbert...Recorded wins over Hamilton and at Stockton...Belted a pinch-hit grand slam in a home win versus New Paltz...Did not allow an earned run in three and a third innings and delivered a pinch-hit RBI single at Geneseo.

2016: Appeared in 23 games with three starts...Posted an 8-2 record with five saves, a 1.51 ERA, one complete game, one shutout and 26 strikeouts in 65 innings...Tossed a complete-game five-hit shutout with a season-high six strikeouts in a win versus Nazareth...Tossed five shutout innings to earn the win in relief at Fredonia...Earned the win with four shutout innings in relief versus Castleton at the NCAA Div. III Regional...Picked up the win in relief versus Rowan at the NCAA Div. III Regional with two and a third shutout innings...Allowed one run in four innings to earn the win in relief at Oneonta...Tossed two shutout innings to earn a save at New Paltz...Allowed one run in five innings in relief to earn the victory versus Geneseo...Threw two hitless innings to earn the save in a win over Hamilton...Picked up a pair of saves with four and a third scoreless innings in a doubleheader sweep at The College of New Jersey...Earned a save versus Potsdam...Earned wins over Skidmore and at Oswego.

Career: 31-15 record, 10 saves, 1.96 ERA, 12 complete games, four shutouts, 168 strikeouts and 286.1 innings pitched in 80 appearances...Second in career saves...Batting .421 with one run, one double, one homer and 10 RBI.

High School: Graduated from Patchogue-Medford in 2015...Four-year starter in softball...Earned all-league and all-county honors and named league Pitcher of the Year as a junior and senior...First team All-Long Island selection and MVP of Exceptional Senior Game as a senior...Earned all-division honors as a freshman and sophomore and named Rookie of the Year as a freshman.

Other: Member of the Dean’s List at Cortland.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

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    2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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