POTSDAM, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam softball team (8-19) swept Johnson State by scores of 5-2 and 5-1 on Sunday afternoon. The victories give the Bears three straight and five wins in their last six contests.
 
Game one was scoreless until the bottom of the third inning. Potsdam sophomore center fielder Brooke Falsion reached on a one out single, stole second and moved to third on an error. She was then bunted in by freshman pitcher Megan Fish (Getzville, N.Y./Williamsville North) for a 1-0 lead.
 
The Bears scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth. Freshman second baseman Sarah Hyland (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville) singled, senior right fielder Kolbi Lyon (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Plattsburgh) walked and Falsion singled to load the bases. Senior shortstop Jordan Ott (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton) followed with a walk to force in the first run. Fish then blooped a two-run double center field to make it 4-0.
 
Fish was also cruising on the mound. She didn't allow a hit until the top of the fifth and left after five shutout innings.
 
Potsdam tacked on a final run in the bottom of the fifth. Freshman left fielder Lucy Condon (Kitchener, Ontario/St. David Catholic) singled, stole a base and then scored on an error to put the Bears up 5-0.
 
The Badgers took advantage of a hit and three errors to plate two in the top of the seventh, but sophomore pitcher Alissa McCauley (Malone, N.Y./Franklin Academy) struck out Johnson State senior catcher Jennie Moore (Peachem, Vt./Danville) to end the threat and the game.
 
Fish improved to 4-5 after allowing just the one hit and one walk, while striking out three in her five innings. McCauley struck out three, allowed one hit and two unearned runs in two innings. Badgers sophomore Kaitlynn Woodward (White River, Vt./Hartford) (1-6) allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits, four walks and two strikeouts in six innings.
 
Falsion was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Fish was 1-for-3 with three RBI.
 
 
Game two unfolded similarly. Potsdam jumped out 2-0 in the bottom of the second. Junior catcher Lauren Brace (Moriah, N.Y./Moriah) led off the inning with a double to left. Two batters later Condon drove her in with a single up the middle. After Condon stole second, senior first baseman Erin Murphy (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) singled past a diving Badgers senior first baseman Hannah Leroux (Albany, Vt./Lake Region) to drive her in.
 
Sophomore third baseman Chelsea Streeter (Massena, N.Y./Massena) led off the bottom of the fourth with an infield single and was pinch run for by Lyon. Lyon stole second and was bunted to third by Condon. Murphy followed with another RBI single to right to put Potsdam up 3-0.
 
With one out and runners at the corners in the bottom of the fifth, Brace singled to center to score Falsion. Junior pitcher Meghan Dougherty (East Greenbush, N.Y./Columbia) scored Potsdam's final run later on the play after an error by the center fielder.
 
Dougherty cruised through the first five innings, but ran into some trouble in the sixth. After a single and a walk, Dougherty got Leroux to ground out and struck out senior right fielder Amanda Coulombe (Milton, Vt./Milton) to end the threat.
 
Johnson State finally got on the board in the top of the seventh via an error, but Dougherty followed with a ground out to close the door on the win.
 
Dougherty (3-7) went the distance for the Bears. She allowed one unearned run on four hits, three walks and two strikeouts. Woodward (1-7) started the finale as well, allowing two earned runs on four hits in three innings. Leroux went the final three innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits a walk and a strikeout.
 
Brace was 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Murphy finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and Condon was had a hit, a run and an RBI from her only plate appearance.
 
Potsdam looks to keep its momentum rolling when the Bears head to Clarkson for two on Wednesday. The first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.