Panama City, Fla. -- The top-ranked softball team finished third in the Silver Bracket at the NFCA Leadoff Classic after defeating Babson 10-1 in five innings. Junior shortstop Erica Cutspec (Fort Plain/Fort Plain) led off the game with a solo homer and scored three runs to help the Bombers improve to 4-2 on the season.
Ithaca broke the game open with six runs in the top of the second inning, including a two-RBI double from senior catcher
Hannah Shalett (Shepaug Valley/Bridgewater, Conn.). The Bombers tacked on three more runs in the fourth on a two-RBI double by junior pitcher
Nicole Cade (Beaverton/Portland, Ore.) and a wild pitch to take a 10-0 lead. The Beavers (3-3) got on the board with a run in the bottom of the fourth for the 10-1 final.
Cade held Babson to just three hits over four innings to record her second win of the season. She was also one-for-two at the plate with two RBI and one run scored. Senior outfielder
Mel Chinigo (Norwich Free Academy/Norwich, Conn.), junior outfielder
Amanda Kowalsick (Riverhead/Jamesport) and junior third baseman
Stacy Pelesz (Hudson/Livingston) had one run scored and one RBI each.
The Bombers return to action Wednesday at the Rebel Games in Kissimmee, Fla. Ithaca will face Lake Forrest at 11 a.m. and #29 Central (Iowa) at 3 p.m.
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