Plattsburgh, NY – Four players reached base in the nightcap, but the SUNY Canton softball team faced some strong pitching from the host Cardinals as they dropped both ends of a SUNYAC doubleheader at Plattsburgh State on Friday.

THE BASICS

• Result: Game 1: Plattsburgh State 14, SUNY Canton 0 (5 INN.) | Game 2: Plattsburgh State 8, SUNY Canton 0 (6 INN.)
• Location: Cardinal Park – Plattsburgh, NY
• Records: Plattsburgh State (8-21, 5-9 SUNYAC) | SUNY Canton (0-23, 0-12 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
GAME 1 – BOX SCORE

• Carly Gemmett tossed a perfect game for the Cardinals in the opener with 13 strikeouts on 15 batters faced to earn the shutout win.
• The Cardinal bats exploded for nine runs on five hits and an error in their first at-bats. Four of those runs came across unearned after an error with two outs.
• Plattsburgh tacked on four runs on four hits and an error in the third inning and added a run in the fourth en route to the 14-0 win in five innings.
• Megan Pillus led the Cardinals with two hits including a double and drove in three runs, while Gwen Noll recorded two hits and scored three runs.
• Gemmett earned the perfect game win on the mound with her 13 strikeouts and one flyout and groundout.
• Ace Rogers took the loss surrendering 10 earned runs with three strikeouts and four walks in four innings.

 
GAME 2 – BOX SCORE

• The nightcap was extremely close through four innings with the Cardinals leading just 1-0 headed to the fifth. The Cardinals scored one run on an RBI single in the second inning.
• The hosts used a big six run fifth inning on six hits and an error to open a 7-0 lead before adding another run in the sixth frame for the run-rule win.
• Pillus, Sara Isaacs, Bella Toleman, Michelle DeFina and Mikayla Pappas all recorded multi-hit games for the Cardinals.
• Bella Betancur, Emily Hobart and Hailey King all drew walks while Rylynn Martin-McIntyre was hit by a pitch to break up the perfect game.
• Morgan Ormerod threw a no-hitter for Plattsburgh with eight strikeouts, three walks and a hit batter in six innings.
• Rogers took the loss allowing seven earned runs with two walks in five innings.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos are scheduled for another SUNYAC doubleheader on Saturday at SUNY Potsdam beginning at 3 p.m.
   

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