POTSDAM, N.Y.-- The SUNY Potsdam softball team (5-17, 0-6 SUNYAC) lost both games against Buffalo State (13-11, 5-3 SUNYAC) 8-4 and 4-1, on a windy Saturday afternoon. Senior captain Brooke Falsion (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport) went 6-for-7 with a run scored on the day. Junior centerfielder Lucy Condon (Kitchener, Ontario/St. David Catholic) went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

The Bengals started game one with two runs in the first. They capitalized on an error for the first run, and Taylor Benton doubled to left to score the second. 

Buffalo State added three more runs in the top of the second. With runners on the corners Alyssa Nichy hit a single to score one. One out later, Oriana Castello singled to left to bring in another run. Chelsea Davis plated the last runner with a fielder's choice. 

The Bears got on the board in the bottom half of the third. Potsdam got the bases loaded early in the inning with a pair of walks and a Bengal error. Condon hit the ball far enough in the infield to score one. 

Potsdam continued to battle back in the fourth. Junior second baseman Sarah Hyland (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville) started it with an one out single. Sophomore Sydney Miller (Hoosick Falls, N.Y./Hoosick Falls) scored Hyland with a deep double to left field, cutting the deficit to 5-2. 

In the fifth, the Bears brought in within one. Falsion started the inning with a single, and made it to second from a single from Condon. Sophomore catcher Shelby Van Epps (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) scored Falsion with a single to center and moved Condon to third. Van Epps later stole second and gave Condon the opportunity to steal home and score. 

Buffalo State put the game out of reach in the seventh with a three-run home run, and won game one 8-4.

Falsion went 3-for-3 with a run scored and Condon went for 1-for-3 with an RBI and run scored. Hyland and Miller both went 1-for-3.

Senior captain Alissa McCauley (Malone, N.Y./Franklin Academy) (2-6) received the loss after pitching a complete game, allowing four earned runs and striking out three. 


In the top second of game two, the Bengals got on the board first with two runs. Hannah Dunlap scored one run with a single to right field. Nichy scored the next runner with her at-bat. 

Buffalo State got another run off a Castello single in the third to make it 3-0. They extended the lead to four with a sacrifice fly from Sydney McIntosh.

Potsdam got several runners in scoring position in the fourth, fifth and sixth but could not convert it into anything. 

In the seventh, freshman left fielder Vanessa Brandt (Saugerties, N.Y./Saugerties) worked a one-out walk to start the late game rally. Falsion then singled through the left side and Condon followed up with a single up the middle to load the bases. The Bears were able to get one across home after a wild pitch but could not get anything else going and lost game two 4-1. 

Falsion went 3-for-4 in the game, while Van Epps and freshman first baseman Claire Donaldson (Lisbon, N.Y./Lisbon) both went 1-for-3. Brandt was the lone scorer for Potsdam.

Junior Megan Fish (Getzville, N.Y./Williamsville North) (2-6) got the loss after pitching a complete game, allowing four runs and striking out three. 

In between games, Falsion and McCauley were honored by the Bears for their careers on Senior Day. 

The Bears are back in action tomorrow for a doubleheader against SUNY Fredonia starting at 11 a.m.