BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Niagara split two games against the Binghamton Bearcats on Wednesday afternoon for its third consecutive series split. The Purple Eagles dropped the Bearcats, 9-2, in game one, but had their five-game winning streak against Binghamton come to an end with an 8-0 defeat in game two.

"We did a very nice in the first game after being off for 10 days," head coach Al Dirschberger said.  "We just made too many mistakes in the second game."

Niagara 9, Binghamton 2
Niagara (8-12) was efficient at the plate and in the field in game one; the Purple Eagles got nine runs off of 11 hits and committed zero errors. Kristin Kill put NU on the board with a RBI single in the second inning. In the third inning, the Purple Eagles put their first two runners on base in which Maggie McDonald stole home. Kristin Sito later followed with a RBI double and  two batters later, Jen Hare blasted her third home run of the season to give NU a 5-0 lead.

NU took a 6-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth when Binghamton (16-12) entered the scorebook with two runs. Niagara responded in the next inning with a three-run homer by Sito en route to a 9-2 final. Julie DiMatteo recorded her fifth win of the season with a complete-game effort. DiMatteo struck out four and allowed six hits.

Niagara 0, Binghamton 8
Binghamton scored three runs in the second and third innings, while NU's bats went silent, en route to an 8-0 win. The defeat snapped Niagara's five-game winning streak against its in-state rival dating back to the 2008 season. The Purple Eagles mustered five hits in the game, with two of them coming from McDonald.

Niagara returns to conference action this weekend when it travels to Jersey City for a doubleheader against Saint Peter's on Saturday.