Box Score

Junior Nick Bunce (Rochester, NY/ Greece Athena) drove a 1-1 pitch over the left field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning for a walk-off homerun to give The College at Brockport Men's Baseball team a 2-1 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) victory over Fredonia State Tuesday. The Golden Eagles improve to 13-8 overall and 2-3 in the conference.

Brockport tossed an array of pitchers at the Blue Devils as four arms combined to allow just one hit on the day. Senior Mark Ciccotti (Breesport, NY/Horseheads) pitched a perfect eighth and ninth inning to earn his second victory of the year. James Bardenett (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) got the start on the mound and pitched three innings allowing just one hit and striking out five of the 10 batters he faced. The Golden Eagles staff did not allow a walk on the day.

Both teams struggled to find any offensive production in the first five innings. Fredonia's lone hit of the day came as a two-out double to left field in the second inning. Brockport had one hit in the second, third, and fifth innings. Kyle Tracy (Plainview, NY/Bethpage) doubled in the fifth but was left stranded on third to end the inning.

The Golden Eagles finally broke through with a run to take a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning. Jamie Boronczyk (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on a bunt single by Pete Wilson (Rochester, NY/West Irondequoit). Jake Coleman (Hilton, NY/Hilton) attempted to move the runners over with a second sacrifice bunt, but Boronczyk was thrown out at third. Corey Booth (Middletown, NY/Minisink Valley) came to bat and drove in Wilson from second with a single to centerfield to put Brockport ahead.

Fredonia answered back in the next inning with a run in the top of the seventh off of relief pitcher James Williamson (Mexico, NY/Mexico), even though Fredonia failed to register a hit in the inning.

Ciccotti entered the game in the eighth inning and shut the Blue Devils down for two innings. It was just the second relief appearance of the year by the senior.

With the score tied one-all in the last of the ninth, Bunce stepped up to the plate with one out. The junior drove a breaking ball into the batting cages over the left field fence for his team-leading third homerun of the year. The victory gives Brockport their second conference win of the year.

The Golden Eagles travel to Oswego for a three-game series set to begin on Friday, April 6 at 3:00 pm. The two teams will play a doubleheader the following day, beginning at 12:00 pm.