Cortland Purple Tigers (Cortland, NY) backers exited the stadium thrilled Tuesday as they saw their softball squad nip the visiting Christian Brothers Academy Brothers (Syracuse, NY), 5-3 in a non-league challenge.

The Purple Tigers now own a 5-5 record. They take the field next when they travel to Westhill for a non-league challenge on Wednesday, May 8. Cortland will battle a Warriors squad coming off a 5-1 league loss to Chittenango (Chittenango, NY). The Warriors record now stands at 6-3.

With the loss, Christian Brothers Academy falls to 3-9 on the campaign. The Brothers travel to Mexico (Mexico, NY) to battle the Tigers in a Section 3 Liberty 1 challenge on Wednesday, May 8. The Tigers enter the challenge with a record of 3-7. Mexico lost 19-2 in their recent league challenge against Homer (Homer, NY)