PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Behind strong pitching from Rebecca Vilchez, Angela Frampton and Brianna Harrington, the Oswego State softball team swept a pair of road games at Plattsburgh to leapfrog the Cardinals in the SUNYAC standings.  

THE BASICS

• Game 1 Final Score:  Oswego 9, Plattsburgh 1 (6 inn.)
• Game 2 Final Score:  Oswego 4, Plattsburgh 2
• Location:  Cardinal Park - Plattsburgh, N.Y.
• Records:  Oswego 10-16 (5-5 SUNYAC) | Plattsburgh 10-12 (4-4 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1

• Vilchez (4-9) took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and grabbed the win while striking out four.
• After a scoreless first inning, the middle of the order scored for the Lakers in the second.
• Harrington led off with a single, advanced on a single by Taylor DuBois and scored on a base hit by freshman Brianna LoMonaco.
• Shortstop Erin Sweeney kept the pressure on the Cardinals with a leadoff double in the third inning and advanced to third base on a wild pitch.
• Vilchez converted the run with a groundout to the right side.
• Later in the inning, Frampton reached on a dropped fly ball and advanced to second on the error.  Harrington's second hit of the game, a double, would plate Frampton to give Oswego a 3-0 lead.
• LoMonaco walked in the third and Sweeney doubled her home to make it three-straight innings with runs for the Lakers.
• Oswego put the leadoff runner aboard again in the fifth on a single from Vilchez and an Emily Knowlden double put the runners in scoring position.
• A pair of sacrifice flies from Frampton and Harrington made it 6-0 and three more runs in the sixth behind Knowlden's second double put the game away.

Game 2

• Harrington began where Vilchez left off in the first game, retiring the first nine Cardinal batters.
• The Lakers broke through in the top of the fourth inning when they loaded the bases on walks by Aleah Yaizzo, Sweeney and Vilchez.  A Frampton single brought two runners home.
• Plattsburgh answered right back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at 2-2.
• It stayed that way until the sixth inning when Sweeney walked and Knowlden homered to move the Lakers back in front.
• Frampton (2-5) picked up the win in the second game with a clean inning and Vilchez eaned the save while only allowing one batter to reach base in the final two innings of work.
• On the day, Knowlden was 4-for-8 with four RBI and Sweeney reached base in 6-of-7 plate appearances to lead the offense.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Lakers remain up north for a 3 p.m. doubleheader with Potsdam on Wednesday.