Ithaca Softball Sweeps Elmira
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca softball team (23-9, 10-2 Empire 8) ran its conference winning streak to seven games by completing a doubleheader sweep of Elmira (5-11, 3-7 Empire 8) Thursday at Kostrinsky Field. The doubleheader began Tuesday but was delayed due to weather. The Bombers wrapped up a 3-2 victory in the opener when play resumed Thursday, then posted a 2-1 win in the second game. Ithaca hosts St. John Fisher for a doubleheader Saturday at 3 p.m.
#28 ITHACA 3, Elmira 2 |
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Ithaca answered two early Elmira runs with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first on an RBI double by senior Britt Lillie (Honeoye Falls-Lima/Mendon) and a double steal. The winning run came in the bottom of the second when senior Allison Greaney (John F. Kennedy/Iselin, N.J.) led off with a single, stole two bases, and scored on a wild pitch. Greaney helped make that run stand up by pitching into the fifth inning, when the weather delay struck on Tuesday afternoon.
When play resumed Thursday, treshman Jillian Olmstead (Caesar Rodney/Magnolia, Del.) finished the last two and two-thirds innings to earn the save.
Greaney scattered nine hits in four and a third and earned her seventh win of the year.
#28 ITHACA 2, Elmira 1 |
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All of the runs came in the first inning of the second game. The Bombers pushed two runs across in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by freshman Rachel Dell'Orto (East Islip/East Islip) and a fielding error by the Soaring Eagles that allowed another run to score.
Lillie started and picked up the win in four innings of work. Olmstead pitched the last three innings and earned her second save of the day.
The Bombers slugged 11 hits in the game and left 13 runners on base in the victory. Sophomore Jennifer Biondi (Morris Knolls/Rockaway, N.J.), senior Kait Dolan (Victor/Farmington), Dell'Orto and sophomore Adrienne Walters (Solon/Solon, Ohio) all had two hits each.