BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo State softball team (9-10, 4-2 SUNYAC) took both games from the SUNY Potsdam softball team (8-8, 2-2 SUNYAC) on Saturday afternoon at Frontier High School. The Bengals won 4-2 in a tightly contested first game before taking game two 8-0.
  
Junior third baseman Kaylee LaForest (Cohoes, N.Y./Cohoes) plated junior second baseman Kaylee Dobransky (New Britain, Conn./CREC Academy of Science and Innovation) with a single through the left side in the first inning to get Potsdam on the board. The Bengals answered in the bottom of the first when Katie Pyszczek brought home Sarah Congelosi with a double down the left field line.  

The game remained tied until Lexi Quagliana hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Pyszczek to take a 2-1 edge over the Bears in the bottom of the third. Junior shortstop Kiara Lovejoy (Lansing, N.Y/Lansing) darted home on a wild pitch in the top of the fifth inning to tie the game. The Bengals scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Quagliana drove in Samantha Kelly and Kenzie Scott on a single to right center to seal the 4-2 victory for Buffalo State.  

Graduate student Sierra Ashley (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Lisbon) (3-2) allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits in four innings. Junior Anna Brown (Ellenburg Depot, N.Y./Northern Adirondack) allowed no runs in the final two innings.  

LaForest went 2-for-3 with one RBI for the Bears. Lovejoy was 2-for-3 with a run and Dobransky was 1-for-3 with a run.  

Izzy Pezdek (5-3) went the distance for the Bengals. She allowed two earned runs on six hits and fanned 10 batters. Pyszczek went 2-for-3 with a run and RBI. Caitlyn Parsons went 2-for-3 and Quagliana registered three RBI.  

In the second game of the afternoon, Pyszczek plated Congelosi on a single to center field to give Buffalo State the early lead in the first inning. In the bottom of the third, Parsons singled to left field, driving in Congelosi to give the Bengals a 2-0 advantage. Buffalo State broke open the game in the fourth inning, scoring six runs on seven hits. The Bears remained scoreless in the fifth inning as the Bengals took game two 8-0.  

Lexie Cottrill (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles) (3-4) allowed eight runs, six earned, on 13 hits in four innings. As a hitter, Cottrill went 1-for-1 and graduate student first baseman Anna Grottola (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) was 1-for-2.  

Madison Lucas (3-4) pitched a two-hit shutout and struck out seven batters for Buffalo State. Pyszczek was 2-for-2 with two RBI and Lucas was 2-for-2 with a walk.  

The Bears are back in action on Wednesday when they host St. Lawrence University for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.