SUNY Cortland Athletics

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. - Gianna Endieveri (Glens Falls) and Kaitlyn Macumber (Deposit) combined on a one-hit shutout as second-seeded Cortland opened SUNYAC tournament play with a 1-0 victory over third-seeded Buffalo State.
 
Cortland (23-15) will face either top-seeded host New Paltz or fifth-seeded Oneonta on Friday at 10 a.m. in a winner's bracket game. The tournament opened Thursday with Buffalo State (26-12) beating sixth-seeded Oswego and Oneonta defeating fourth-seeded Fredonia in single-elimination games. The Cortland-Buffalo State game started the four-team, double-elimination portion of the tournament.
 
Endieveri improved to 10-7 on the season after allowing one hit and two walks and striking out three in five innings. She retired the first 11 batters she faced before issuing two-out walks to Mya Hurley and Izzy Pezdek in the fourth, and Lexi Quagliana broke up the no-hitter with a leadoff single to right in the top of the fifth.
 
Macumber entered to start the sixth and retired all six batters she faced, two by strikeout, for her second save of the season. Right fielder Sam Pusloskie (Clarence) made a running catch in right center on a ball hit by Pezdek to lead off the seventh to help keep the Bengals in check.
 
Cortland scored the game's lone run in the bottom of the second. Kaeli McAnally (Islip) led off with a single and stole second, and she moved to third on a Morgan Ellerbrock (Colonie) infield single. Maggie Cummings (Holland Patent) bunted Ellerbrock to second, with McAnally having to hold at third on the play, and Shannon Scotto (Putnam Valley/Lakeland) followed with a groundout to shortstop that drove in McAnally.
 
Pezdek, after tossing a complete game to defeat Oswego in the morning, went the distance again for Buffalo State and allowed four hits and one walk in six innings. Cummings finished 1-for-1 with a sacrifice, Laila Smith (Guilderland) went 1-for-2 with a double and a walk, Ellerbrock was 1-for-2 and McAnally finished 1-for-3.