Cobleskill, NY – Dyllon Bougor recorded four hits on the day but the SUNY Canton baseball team closed out its season with a pair of losses to Husson University and Thomas College on the opening day of the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Baseball Championship.

THE BASICS

• Result: Game1: Husson 13, SUNY Canton 4 | Game 2: Thomas 14, SUNY Canton 4
• Location: Fighting Tiger Baseball Field – Canton, NY
• Records:  Husson (22-15) | SUNY Canton (10-31) | Thomas (16-25)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
GAME 1 – BOX SCORE

• The Roos scored one run each in the second, fourth, seventh and ninth innings but Husson plated 10 runs over the first three innings to earn a 13-4 win in the opening game of the NAC Baseball Tournament.
• Frank Nieto scored Dylan Allen in the second inning with a sacrifice fly to center.
• The Eagles scored one run in the first, four in the second and five in the third to lead 10-1 after three innings.
• Alphonse Fuca scored on a passed ball in the fourth before Husson added two more runs in the sixth.
• The Roos tacked on one run each in the seventh on a Bougor RBI single and in the ninth on a Nick Shoemaker RBI ground out, while Husson scored once in the eighth.
• Bougor led the Roos going 3-for-5 with a double and RBI. Mackenzie Mather was 2-for-4 with a run and Fuca, Nieto, Allen and Nathan Welch all had one hit each.
• Austin Snow drove in four runs for the Eagles, while Kobe Rogerson had three hits and 3 RBI.
• Cam Graham picked up the win for Husson tossing 8.1 innings with seven strike outs and allowed just two earned runs.
• Kieran Gibson took the loss giving up 10 earned runs with three strike outs and four walks in 7.1 innings. Greg Pinkney threw 0.2 scoreless innings in relief with a strike out.

 
GAME 2 – BOX SCORE

• SUNY Canton jumped out to a 3-2 lead after the opening inning in the nightcap. Fuca singled home Bougor and Mather laced a 2 RBI double scoring Shoemaker and Allen.
• Thomas added four runs in the second, two in the fourth, five in the seventh and one in the ninth.
• The Roos would tack on one more run in the sixth on a Nieto sacrifice fly scoring Zach Miner.
• Mather led the Roos going 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, while six players had one hit each.
• Tony Meza and Lucas Harmon led the Terriers with three hits each and combined for 5 RBI.
• Garrison Paillet earned the win on the mound tossing seven innings allowing three earned runs with six strike outs and a walk.
• Gavin Neuland took the loss surrendering five earned runs with four walks in 6.1 innings.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
This concludes the Roos first NAC postseason playoff berth.
 


About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 23 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The SUNY Canton Kangaroos 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity esports and cheerleading.