NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Plattsburgh State baseball team was able to close its 2015 campaign on a high note as the Cardinals broke out the brooms and swept Norwich in a non-conference doubleheader at Garrity Field on Tuesday afternoon.

GAME ONE: Plattsburgh State 7, Norwich 3
Playing in his final collegiate baseball series, senior Frank Buksa backed Scott Orr's high-quality outing on the hill with three hits and an equal number of RBIs as the Cardinals came back to secure the win in game one.

Final-year man Brian Latulipe also added a trio of base knocks to Plattsburgh State's 11-hit assault and scored a pair of runs. Billy Rombauts got the Cardinals' offensive assault going in the top of the second when he laced a one-out double to center field which scored Tyler Bulich to make matters 1-0.

Orr was straight up dealing on the hill and faced just 10 batters in the first 3.1 innings before the Cadets conjured up two-thirds of their total offensive output to take the lead in the fourth.

A pair of singles by the Cadets set the table for sophomore Brandon Pedley who drove a two-out double to center which scored two runs and put the home team in front 2-1.
It didn't take long for the visitors to provide a response, though, as Frank Buksa knotted matters at two-all with a one-out two bagger in the fifth which plated Latulipe. After Mike Vargues took a walk to load the bases, sophomore TJ Montalbano delivered a hit which put the visitors ahead for good.

The Dix Hills, N.Y., product connected for a two-run single to center field. A third Plattsburgh State run would score on one of three Cadet miscues.

Plattsburgh State remained in front by a 5-2 tally until Frank Buksa scored Latulipe and Ray Flynn with a one-out single in the top of the sixth.

Norwich scratched out just one more run against Orr as Tim Dargan registered an RBI groundout in the bottom of the seventh.

In order to improve to 6-3, Orr fired all seven innings and gave up seven hits, two walks and all three runs while fanning two. Rombauts was the only other member of the Cardinals who finished with multiple hits by way of a 2-for-3 performance at the plate.

Kyle Farquharson suffered the loss for Norwich by surrendering eight hits, one walk and five runs in 4.1 innings.

GAME TWO: Plattsburgh State 6, Norwich 3
After a strong relief outing against SUNY Cortland on Sunday, sophomore Andrew Kramer was elevated to the starting role in the Cardinals' season finale and didn't disappoint. The Clifton Park, N.Y., product tossed 6.1 innings of eight-hit, three-run baseball to up his 2015 record to 3-2.

All of the runs Kramer gave up came in the first inning and after his work was done the sophomore gave the ball to senior Nick Lupo who toed the rubber and picked up the save.

Plattsburgh State's only error of the game led to the first Norwich run and a Billy Whaley RBI single coupled with a passed ball allowed two more Cadet baserunners to cross home plate and up the home team's edge to 3-0 after one inning.

It took until the fourth inning before Plattsburgh State manufactured its first pair of runs in the non-conference battle. Montalbano led off the inning with a base on balls before Jack Tolosky legged out an infield single.

After Rombauts was hit by a pitch, Bulich picked up an RBI when he reached on an error. Latulipe trimmed the Cardinals' deficit to just one with an RBI single which plated Tolosky.

The remaining four runs for the Cardinals all came around to score in the top half of the fifth. Vargues cranked a one-out double to left field before advancing to third on a wild pitch. Montalbano knotted things at three after reaching on the second of four Norwich errors. That particular miscue allowed Vargues to score.

A costly two-out error allowed three more Plattsburgh State runs to score in the frame. Bulich reached on a miscue by the shortstop which caused the bases to clear. Rombauts, Krogh and Montalbano rushed home to account for the final score.

After a tough go of things in the first, Kramer settled into a nice groove by allowing just three hits in innings two through seven. Latulipe and Krogh collected two hits apiece in the win while Brian Whaley (0-5) lasted 4.2 innings and was charged with six hits, four walks and six runs in the setback.

Plattsburgh State concludes the 2015 with a 14-20 mark and says goodbye to a nine-man senior class featuring the likes of Vargues, Matt Meunier, Lupo, Krogh, Latulipe, Joe Tolosky, Will Flynn, Chris Pescetti and Frank Buksa.