Plattsburgh State's Alex Kornblau (8) with the running catch as he goes back to the outfield for the out. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Cortland State Red Dragons in SUNYAC baseball action as part of a doubleheader from Chip Cummings Field. The first game would not go so well for the home Cardinals as the game would be called after seven innings due to the run rule the Red Dragons would get the 15-2 win. Then in the second game of the doubleheader, the game would not look good for the home Cardinals as Mieczkowski would start the game with a two-run homer and give the Red Dragons the 2-0 lead. Although in the bottom of the first, the Cardinals would answer back with a rbi triple by Nick Cergol to make it a 2-1 game. Then in the second inning, the Cardinals would tie the game at two on the Adam Wein rbi single. The game would remain there till the fifth inning when Red Dragons Chemotti would hit the rbi single to take the 3-2 lead. In the seven-inning, the Red Dragons would extend their lead to 5-2 on the Krafft rbi single. Then in the ninth inning, Krafft would hit a sacrifice fly to get the 6-2 Red Dragons lead and secure the victory. The Cardinals would fall to 12-20 on the season as Andrew Veit get saddled with the loss as he gave up ten hits and six runs over eight innings. The Cardinals will be back in action this Tuesday, May 2nd with a nonconference game against the Middlebury Panthers. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Andrew Veit (2) with the delivery for one of his strikeouts on the day. Gallery

Saranac's Aislyn Liberty (5) fielding the position as she gets the comebacker and fires onto first to complete the out. It would be a matchup between the Plattsburgh Hornets and the Saranac Chiefs at Plattsburgh High School inside the Champlain Valley Athletic action. It would start off as a good game as the Hornets would get a single run in the second and third inning and have a 2-0 lead. Although early in the fourth inning the rain would come and the game would be put on hold and will be finished up at a later date. Gallery

Plattsburgh's third baseman with the pick from the corner and fires across the infield to complete the out at first. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Warren Miller (18) gets around on the inside pitch and sends it for a base hit. The Plattsburgh Hornets would meet up with the Saranac Chiefs in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference action. The game would start off well for the home Hornets as Brady Calkins would have a 2 rbi double for an early 2-0 lead. Then in the second inning, the Hornets would double up their lead on another 2 rbi base hit from Brady Calkins to extend their lead to 4-0. In the third inning, the Hornets would add another two runs on hits from Dominick Deangelo and Trenton Griffiths to extend the lead to 6-0 and then the rains would come and put a halt to the game. The teams would pick up the game a couple of days later in the fourth inning and in that inning the Hornets would add another four runs and take the 10-0 lead by a 2 rbi single by Jake Calkins. In the fifth inning, the Hornet's bats would stay hot and get a pair of runs to secure the 12-0 victory. In the win, Hornets Dan Hartman and Warren Miller would combine for the complete game shutout as they would go to 5-3 on the season while the Chiefs fall to 3-2 on the season. Gallery

Saranac's Kaiden Breyette (22) gets around the pitch for the base hit. Gallery

Peru's Luaren Prescott (5) with the tag on Plattsburgh's Hornets would-be base stealer. It would be the semi-finals of the Class B Champlain Valley Athletic Conference playoffs and the #1 Plattsburgh Hornets would host rival #4 Peru Nighthawks at the Plattsburgh Athletic Complex. With the winner meeting the winner of the other semi-final the Saranac Chiefs and the Saranac Lake Red Storm at Plattsburgh State Cardinal Park on Thursday. The game would remain scoreless until the top of the third inning when the Nighthawks would erupt for a 3-0 lead by Gabby Cunningham's 2 rbi double. In the fifth inning, the Nighthawks would get a tac-on round on the sacrifice fly by Steph Gappner for the 4-0 lead. Although the Hornets would not go quietly as they would try to hold the home field they would answer back in the sixth inning with a pair of runs lead by rbi hits by Duquette and Miller to make it a 4-2 game. The Hornets would try and tie the game up in the seventh but it would fall short and the Peru Nighthawks would get the upset win to advance to Section VII Class B Finals against the Saranac Chiefs. In the winning effort, Zoey Malcolm would go the complete game giving up 2 runs on three hits while striking out eight to get the win. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Lilly Duquette (4) drops to a knee to field the hot smash to third and fires onto first for the out. Gallery

Plattsburgh State Cardinals' Kelsey Waite (26) with the base hit on the low inside pitch as she would have a two-hit day. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would meet up with the Fredonia State Blue Devils in SUNYAC action as they are making the playoff stretch. The first game of the doubleheader would be a tight one but would go to the home Cardinals 4-3. They would enter the second game looking for the sweep on the day and would start off well as they would have a four-run first inning led by Julia Golino's RBI double. Then in the second inning, the Cardinals would add a pair of runs to extend their lead to 6-0 helped by Claire Palmer's rbi single. In the third inning, the Cardinal bats would stay hot and get two more runs and extend their lead to 10-0. In the fourth inning, the Cardinal bats would explode though as they would get six runs led by 2 runs sacrifice fly by Mikayla Manalo. The game would be called after the fifth inning due to the mercy rule as the Cardinals get the 16-0 win. In the winning effort, Julia Golino would get the complete game shutout as she scattered three hits on the day while striking out three as the Cardinals go to 18-6 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kylie Persampire (24) picks on the grounder and fires across to first to complete the out. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Jake Calkins (10) rips the pitch down the line for the base hit. It would be a Saturday morning matchup of a pair of Champlain Valley Athletic Conference baseball foes as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Moriah Vikings. The game would remain scoreless all the way till the fifth inning when the Hornets would erupt for seven runs lead by a 2 rbi double by Nate Baker. The Hornets would stay hot in the following inning as they would another 4 runs in the sixth inning led by a rbi single by Jack Sorrell the Hornets would get the 11-0 victory. In the winning effort, Trenton Griffiths would go the complete game 1 hitter shutout while striking out eight as the Hornets go to 3-2 on the season while the Vikings fall to 1-2 on the season. Gallery

Moriah's Chase McGinness (44) slides in safe ahead of the tag at second base for the stolen base. Gallery

Saranac Lake's Nick Munn (2) with the sliding stop to take away the base hit. It would be an early season matchup in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Saranac Lake Red Storm. The game would start off well for the home Hornets as they would get on the board in the first inning on an RBI triple from Jace Lacey and take a 1-0 lead. Then in the second inning, the Hornets would start to take control of the game with a four-run inning led by a 2 RBI single from Warren Miller to give the Hornets a 5-0 lead. Then in the fourth inning, the Hornets would explode again with another five-run inning to take a 10-0 lead on a pair of RBI hits by Warren Miller and Jake Calkins. In the fifth inning, the Hornets would add a single run on a Braeden Calkins RBI single and extend their lead to 11-0. In the top of the sixth, the Red Storm would break up the shutout bid when Nick Munn would score on a sacrifice fly to make it an 11-1 game. Then in the bottom of the sixth, the Hornets would add two more runs lead by an RBI single by Dan Hartman as the Hornets would secure the 13-1 victory. In the winning effort Hornets pitcher Dan Hartman would give up one hit walked two and struck out five over his five innings of work in the winning effort as the Hornets go to 2-2 on the season while the Red Storm suffer their first loss of the season and go to 2-1 on the year. Both teams will be back in action tomorrow as the Plattsburgh Hornets will host the Moriah Vikings and the Saranac Lake Red Storm will travel to Lake Placid. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Dan Hartman (11) with the fastball for one of his five strikeouts as he would pitch five innings of shutout ball for the win. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Declan Baker (11) with the overhand shot on net for one of two goals game on the game. It would be the home opener and the first home game for the Hornets in over two seasons and they would have a conference game against the Canton Golden Bears. The game would not start off the greatest for the Hornets but they would stay in and only be down 3-1 after the first with the lone goal scorer for the Hornets being Declan Baker. In the second quarter, the defenses would stand tall on both sides as there would be no scoring in the quarter and the Bears would take the 3-1 lead into the break. Although when the teams returned for the third quarter the Bear's offense would come to life as they would explode for five in the quarter. Then in the fourth quarter, the Bears would have another 3-1 quarter with Declan Baker scoring again for the Hornets as the Bears would get the 11-2 win. In the winning effort, the Bears go to 2-1 on the season while Owen Pray would make 29 saves as the Hornets fall to 0-5 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Ryan Castro (4) with the side arm whip shot on the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Cergol (13) with the pick on the bunt attempt and fires onto the first base for the out. It would be the first game of a twin bill for the Plattsburgh State Cardinals from the Chip Cummings Field against the New Paltz Hawks in SUNYAC play. The game would remain scoreless until the third inning when Kyle Cremin would hit the RBI single to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. When the Hawks would get up next in the top of the 4th inning they would tie the game at one Ortiz's fielder choice. In the bottom of the fifth, the Cardinals would regain the lead on Connor Gonzalski's rbi single and make it a 2-1 game. Once again the Hawks would answer right back in the 6th inning on another fielder's choice this time from Ascanio and tie the game at two. Then in the bottom of the seventh, the Cardinals would retake the one-run lead on a solo home run by Kyle Cremin for the 3-2 lead. In the 8th inning, the Cardinals would extend their lead to 4-2 on the rbi single to center from Nck Cergol. In the ninth inning, the Hawks would try and make and come back and tie the game up but it fall short as they would only get one off a sac fly by Harvey and the Cardinals would hold on the four the 4-3 victory and they would get the sweep on the day with the 10-7 victory in game two. In the first game, Chris Samtic would scatter 9 hits over 7 and third innings giving up 2 runs as the Cardinals go to 9-14 on the season. The Cardinals will be back in action Tuesday in nonleague action as they would take on Liberty League foe St Lawrence Saints. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Adam Wein (3) makes solid contact on the fastball for the base hit. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Mikayla Manalo with the flip toss at second on the grounder to get the out at first. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals Softball team would be in action this afternoon as they would have a nonconference doubleheader against the St Lawrence Saints at Cardinals Park. In the opening game of the doubleheader, the Cardinals would break the 3-3 tie on a pair of base hits from Golino and Diller to take the 5-3 lead. Then in the sixth inning, Cardinals Golno would hit a three-rbi double to give the Cardinals the 8-3 lead and the eventual victory. In the second game of the doubleheader in the fourth inning, the Cardinals would explode with five runs on three base hits from Palmer, Persampir, and Torres and take a 7-2 lead. In the sixth inning, the Saints would strike for two runs to make it an 8-4 game. Although in the bottom of the inning, the Cardinals would end the Saints thought of a comeback as the Cardinals would make it a five-run lead again on the Gonzales fielder's choice and secure the 9-4 victory. With the sweep on the afternoon, the Cardinals go to 13-3 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Julia Golino (11) with the strike to the plate as part of a complete game victory. Gallery