KNIGHTS SPLIT UCAA SLATE AGAIN, WIN 11-1 & LOSE 8-7

April 18, 2004

Brandon Barcomb was 1-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI in the 11-1 win at Skidmore - photo by Chris Lenney

Saratoga, NY - Junior pitcher Nick Huffman (Fulton, NY) won his second game of the year in the opener, but the Clarkson University Baseball team split its third consecutive Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference (UCAA) doubleheader Sunday afternoon, winning 11-1 in the opening game against Skidmore, but dropping the second to the Thoroughbreds 8-7.

The Golden Knights moved to 11-12 overall and 5-3 in the UCAA, while Skidmore went to 11-17 overall and 2-6 in conference. Clarkson faces Brockport State in a non-league doubleheader on Monday at Brockport.

In the opening game, Huffman scattered eight hits over six innings, but allowed only a third inning run as the Golden Knights controlled the game from the beginning, tallying three runs in the top of the first and another in the fourth. Clarkson added seven more runs in the sixth inning for the final score. Brandon Barcomb (Caydville, NY) was 1-for-4 with three runs scored and three more driven in while Mike Onisk (Baldwinsville, NY) produced four RBI, going 1-for-4 with a three run double in the sixth.

In the second game, a close call at first base in the bottom of the ninth did in the Golden Knights. With one out in the bottom of the inning, Skidmore's Matt Ferrari beat out an infield single and was driven in by Mike Godlewski, who had homered in the seventh to tie the score 7-7, on a double to the gap.

The Golden Knights scored six times in the second inning in game 2 and added another in the fifth, but were unable to score in the final four frames. J.J. Lorence (Liverpool, NY) went 3-for-4 with an RBI while Onisk was 2-for-4 and Rob Cowin (Albany, NY) was 2-for-5 with a two-run double. Cown enjoyed a streak during the doubleheader in which he reached base in seven consecutive plate appearances.

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