CLERMONT, FLA.—The SUNY Potsdam softball team (2-4) fell in its two contests in Florida today. The Bears dropped a 4-1 decision to Austin College (9-8) and lost 16-1 to Concordia University Chicago (6-1).
 
The Roos scored a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first and added added another on an illegal pitch in the bottom of the third to take a 2-0 lead. Sophomore pitcher Sami Hubinsky (South Glens Falls, N.Y./SUNY Adirondack) reached on an error to lead off the top of the fourth and was moved to second on single by senior captain Katie Marsman (Wantagh, N.Y./Wyoming Seminary). Sophomore designated hitter Lauren Brace (Moriah, N.Y./Moriah) followed with an RBI double to close the gap to 2-1. Austin added the two final runs in the bottom of the fourth by way of a single, a double and a triple.
 
Brace was 2-for-2 with an RBI, while junior shortstop Jordan Ott (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton), senior left fielder Carina Chirinko (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport), Marsman, senior captain Alexis Lerman (Fayettville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) and junior Angela Yodis (Duanesburt, N.Y./Schalmont) each had a hit.
 
Hubinsky lost her first decision as a Bear after allowing four runs on six hits and two walks in 3.2 innings pitched. Freshman Alissa McCauley (Malone, N.Y./Franklin Academy) didn't give up a run and scattered two hits in the final 2.1 innings. Victoria Herrera earned a complete game victory with eight strikeouts and seven hits.
 
The Cougars scored three times in each of the first three innings and put the game away with a six-run fourth before tacking on a final run in top of the fifth to close out the 16-1 win. The Bears got their lone run in the bottom of the first as Ott reached on a triple and Hubinsky drover her in with a single.
 
The complete stats from the second game will be posted as soon as they are received.
 
The Bears face New England College at 9 a.m. and Mount Ida College 11 a.m. tomorrow morning.