GENESEO, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State softball team finished its Rochester-area trip 4-0, sweeping The College at Brockport in a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) doubleheader Monday at SUNY Geneseo's Vic Raschi Field. The Cardinals won game one, 4-2, before taking the nightcap, 9-0, in five innings.
 
Plattsburgh State, which moves to first in the SUNYAC standings with 14 points with the wins, climbs to 16-10 overall (7-1 SUNYAC) and next hosts Oswego State in its home-opening doubleheader on Friday, April 14, at 3 p.m. Brockport slips to 10-10 overall (2-4 SUNYAC) with the losses and next visits D'Youville College for a 3 p.m. doubleheader tomorrow at 3 p.m.
 
Game 1: Plattsburgh State 4, Brockport 2
 
The recently-named SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week, junior Katie Pitkin (Dexter, N.Y./General Brown), held Brockport to two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out seven in game one, helping the Cardinals top the Golden Eagles, 4-2.
 
After three scoreless innings, junior left fielder Felicia Torres (Middletown, N.Y./Pine Bush) plated sophomore second baseman Anna Fisher (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport) with a triple to left field in the fourth to give the Cardinals a 1-0 advantage. Junior third baseman Jackie Decker (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) laced a double down the right-field line in the fifth to scratch across two runs, while sophomore shortstop Katelyn Preiss (Cornwall, N.Y./Cornwall) drove in sophomore designated player Amy Glashoff (Montrose, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) with an RBI single later on in the frame to stake Plattsburgh State to a 4-0 edge.
 
Brockport got on the board in the sixth with a solo home run by freshman shortstop Meghan Cullen and scored once more in the seventh on a throwing error, but that wound up being all the offense the Golden Eagles could muster down the stretch.
 
Decker tied a program record for hits in a game with four, as she went 4-for-4 with two RBI and a double. It became the 17th time in program history that a Cardinal has achieved four hits in one contest, and she matched the four hits that she scattered on April 2 against SUNY Oneonta. Five different Golden Eagles posted hits in the loss.
 
Pitkin, the SUNYAC leader in wins, rose to 9-3 with the victory, while junior pitcher Amanda Colon yielded four runs on eight hits, four walks and a hit by pitch over four innings of duty in the loss for Brockport. Junior pitcher Becky Knorr threw three innings of scoreless relief.
 
Game 2: Plattsburgh State 9, Brockport 0 (5 inn.)
 
Plattsburgh State enacted the eight-run rule in the nightcap, holding Brockport to two hits in the 9-0 victory that ended following the fifth inning.
 
The Cardinals, who scattered 13 hits in the game, got on the board in the third inning with a two-run single by freshman designated player Haleigh Agans (Brasher Falls, N.Y./St. Lawrence Central). Decker drove in Agans during the ensuing at-bat to give Plattsburgh State an early 3-0 lead.
 
A six-run fourth ultimately gave the Cardinals the cushion they needed to enact the eight-run rule. Sophomore left fielder Jennifer Groat (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) drove in junior third baseman Kelsey Gage (Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush) with a single up the middle before junior center fielder Dominique Zummo (Commack, N.Y./St. Anthony's) scored Fisher with an RBI base knock just one batter later. Agans collected two more RBI during the next at-bat with a two-run double to right center before freshman right fielder Taylor Fischer (Cottekill, N.Y./Rondout Valley) and Gage each hit RBI singles to put Plattsburgh State on top, 9-0.
 
Preiss, Groat, Zummo, Agans and Gage all finished with two hits, while Agans batted in four runs. Brockport had two different student-athletes notch hits.
 
Freshman pitcher Rhea Pitkin (Dexter, N.Y./General Brown) threw four scoreless innings in the winning decision, yielding just two hits and two walks while striking out two. Junior pitcher Taylor Smith (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) retired the side in order in just one frame of relief. For Brockport, freshman pitcher Michaela Contreras was saddled with the loss in 3 1/3 innings pitched.