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Junior Andrea Schell (Glen Garden, NJ/Voorhees) finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and four runs batted in on two home runs leading The College at Brockport Softball team to a doubleheader split with Buffalo State in the final two State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) games of the season Monday afternoon at the Clark V. Whited Complex in Brockport.

Buffalo State (18-14 Overall, 10-8 SUNYAC) came from behind for a 3-2 win in eight innings in the opener but Brockport (23-9, 12-6) rebounded to post a 2-1 victory in the nightcap to clinch the No. 3 seed in the SUNYAC Tournament that starts Thursday in Oneonta. Brockport will play Geneseo at 1 pm Thursday in the first round game.

The win in game two was also the 377th career coaching victory for Head Coach John Dumaw. The 377 wins puts him in a tie with Dr. Frank Short who coached volleyball at the college for the most coaching wins by any head coach at Brockport. Short guided the Brockport volleyball team from 1985-1995 and six NCAA Tournament appearances. Dumaw started coaching softball at Brockport in 1998.

Schell had a home run in each game giving her 10 for the season which ties the school record for home runs in a season. Her 10 HRs is tied with teammate Emily Dumas (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) who hit 10 in 2012 as a sophomore, Kim Comtois who had 10 in 2003 and Lisa Nowhitney who hit 10 in 1997.

In game one, Brockport scored both its runs in the fourth inning. Dumas drew a one out walk and Jordan Bush (Redwood, NY/Alexandria) came in as a pinch runner. Sarah Rosenbarker (Endicott, NY/Maine Endwell) reached on a fielder's choice play and took second on an errant throw as Bush was forced out at second base on the play. Jacqueline Rio (Ronkonkoma, NY/Sachem North) was inserted into the lineup as a pinch runner and Schell followed with a home run to right centerfield to give Brockport a 2-0 lead.

Buffalo State cut the lead in half in the top of the fifth with a two-out single that scored a runner from third. The Bengals tied the score two innings later with a run in the top of the seventh inning, again scoring with two outs in the inning and forcing extra innings.

In the eighth, the Bengals scored with two outs and runner on the corners with a single to left field and the go-ahead run came home from third.

Brockport nearly tied it in the bottom of the inning as Erika Lazzaro (Oswego, NY/Oswego) drove a long fly ball to the fence in right field that Shelly Maggard reached over the fence to catch for the out. Gabrielle Rivers (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) followed with a double but an infield ground out ended the game.

In game two, Brockport took an early lead with a run in the first inning.

Rivers walked to start the inning and with one out, Dumas doubled to put runners on second and third. With two outs in the inning, Schell stepped to the plate and drove a single through the left side of the infield to score Rivers for the early lead.

Buffalo State tied it in the third but Schell smashed her second and record-tying homer of the day to start the fourth inning giving Brockport the 2-1 advantage. Starter Korey Kibling (Lafayette, NY/Bishop Ludden) allowed just two base runners through the final three innings to seal the victory.