Senior Kelly Robichaud of the nationally-ranked Ithaca College softball team helped Ithaca win the Empire 8 Championship over the weekend to earn the Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament. Robichaud, who hit .300 in the four tournament games, was named the Most Valuable Player. She went 3-for-10 with four RBI and two home runs. Ithaca defeated St. John Fisher 3-2 in a winner-take-all game 7 on Sunday.