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OSWEGO, N.Y. – Behind four RBI from senior Hunter Holliday in the first game and four from fellow senior Kyle Lauria in the second contest, the Oswego State baseball team swept Oneonta to advance to the SUNYAC Championship game, scheduled for next weekend.

THE BASICS

• Final Scores:  Oswego 8, Oneonta 2 | Oswego 11, Oneonta 4
• Location:  Laker Baseball Field, Oswego, N.Y.
• Records:  Oswego 23-3 | Oneonta 11-13

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1

• Oneonta jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs against junior Kieran Finnegan in the first inning.
• The game remained that way until the seventh when Holliday doubled home senior Ryan Weiss and Lauria.
• Holliday and senior Myles Felton would both score in the inning to put Oswego up 4-2.
• In the eighth, Oswego scored two more when Holliday singled to bring in Weiss and freshman Jacob Levine.
• Felton would homer to conclude scoring for Oswego.
• Finnegan (6-0) went eight, allowing just the two runs and striking out seven for the win.
• Senior Ronald Loomis pitched the ninth, escaping a no-out bases loaded situation by striking out the side.

Game 2

• Senior Jake Terrill took the ball in the second and kept the Red Dragons off the scoreboard through four innings.
• Senior Brendon Frank homered in the fourth to open the scoring.
• Oneonta answered with a pair in the fifth to take a mid-game lead.
• In the bottom of the fifth, a Frank Levanti single would bring Felton home to tie the score.
• Oswego was not done in the fifth as a bases-clearing triple from Lauria would do the big damage, putting the Lakers back up 7-2 by the end of the inning.
• Felton and Frank were both problems for the Red Dragons, combining for six runs scored and four stolen bases.
• Terrill (3-0) earned the win with Mike Di Salvo and Ben Wilcox pitching the final four innings and yielding a pair of runs.

WHAT'S NEXT
Oswego will take on Cortland (25-5) in the SUNYAC championship next weekend.  The Red Dragons defeated Brockport 11-4 and 3-1 to advance.