NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Starting pitchers Brandon Buchan (Seaford/MacArthur) and Shane Mugnolo (Howard Beach/Xaverian) led strong Cortland pitching performances as the Red Dragons swept host New Paltz, 17-1 and 5-1, in a pair of SUNYAC East contests. 
 
Cortland (15-3, 6-0 SUNYAC East) extended its winning streak to 10 games with the sweep. The Red Dragons are scheduled to host Brockport on Wednesday in a 1 p.m. doubleheader that will count in the league standings, even though Brockport is part of the SUNYAC Western division. 
 
Cortland 17, New Paltz 1 
 
Cortland strangely matched its score from its opening game win over New Paltz at home on Saturday, and in both games the Red Dragons finished with exactly 22 hits as well. Paul Franzese (Somers) finished 3-for-4 with a double, two walks, three RBI and four runs scored, Colin BeVard (Syracuse/West Genesee) was 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, and Andrew Michalski (Buffalo/St. Francis) went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI. 
 
Ben Rhodes (Amsterdam) doubled twice, walked twice, drove in a run and scored twice in five plate appearances, while Scott Giordano (Croton-on-Hudson/Croton-Harmon) and Mat Bruno (Rye) each added two hits. Chris Bonacci (Syracuse/West Genesee) and Daniel Coleman (Saratoga Springs) each drove in two runs. 
 
Buchan, now 3-1 on the spring, allowed four hits and one run in six and a third innings. He struck out three and walked three. Mike Hennessy (Smithtown/Smithtown East) threw hitless ball for an inning and two thirds with two strikeouts, and Stephen Centorani (Windsor) retired the Hawks in order in the ninth. 
 
Justin Ortiz and Nick Harvey each finished 1-for-3 for New Paltz. Starter Billy Moeller allowed six runs on seven hits over two innings to take the loss. 
 
Cortland scored at least once in eight innings, including four runs in both the third and ninth frames. The Hawks scored their run on a Matthew McGee RBI double in the fourth. 
 
Cortland 5, New Paltz 1 
 
Mugnolo picked up his second win in three decisions this season after limiting the hosts to two hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out three batters, and the only run he allowed was unearned. Liam Krasney (Greenville) gave up just one hit and fanned one over the last two innings. 
 
The Red Dragons did most of their damage offensively during a four-run third inning. AJ Fenton (Kings Park) singled with one out, moved to second on an error and scored on a Giordano RBI single. BeVard doubled in a run, another run scored on a passed ball, and Rhodes added an RBI single. Cortland tacked on a run in the fifth when Franzese led off with a double, was bunted to third by Michalski, and scored on Coleman's RBI double to right. 
 
New Paltz scored in the fifth on Ryan Geraghty's two-out RBI single, but the Hawks wasted a bases-loaded situation the previous inning when Cortland turned a third-to-first, inning-ending double play on a grounder to Coleman. Cortland's defense turned a combined five double plays during the doubleheader. 
 
Giordano finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and BeVard and Coleman each reached twice on a double and a walk. McGee singled and walked in three trips to the plate for the Hawks. New Paltz starter Anthony Amoroso gave up five runs, four earned, on seven hits in six and two thirds innings with six strikeouts and three walks.