ITHACA, N.Y. -- The women's soccer team (6-2-0, 3-0-0), ranked 19th by the NSCAA and 24th by D3soccer.com, scored five second-half goals to beat Elmira (0-7-1, 0-3-1 Empire 8) 5-0 Wednesday to remain in first place in the Empire 8 standings.

The Bombers, who outshot the Soaring Eagles 13-2 during the scoreless first period, took the lead just six seconds into the second half, then netted four goals in a span of 6:37 to pull away. The win was their 15th straight over Empire 8 opposition, dating back to the 2008 conference playoff tournament.

Sophomore Caroline Jastremki (Notre Dame Academy/Staten Island) netted a goal and an assist and raised her season total to 12 points (four goals, four assists) and her career tally to 21 points (seven goals, seven assists).

Jastremski assisted on a goal by classmate Julie Winn (Sutton/Sutton, Mass.) in the 76th minute and converted a pass from freshman Ellyn Grant-Keane (Lansing/Lansing) less than a minute later. Grant-Keane sent a long pass to Jastremski, who split two defenders to get open.

Ithaca took a 1-0 lead when Elmira misplayed the second-half tip into an own goal. In the 71st minute, Winn and senior Kelley Hand (Valley Central/Walkill) assisted on the first career goal for sophomore Megan Palladino (Lansing/Groton). Winn brought the ball down the right sideline and sent a long pass to Hand, whose cross found Palladino open for a successful header. Freshman Jackie Rodabaugh (Central Mountain/Mill Hall, Pa.) picked up her seventh goal of the season to put Ithaca up 3-0, scoring off an assist from freshman Anna Gray (Delmar/Bethlehem). The assist was the first career point for Gray, who was starting for the first time.

Senior Alyssa Sotomayor (East Brunswick/East Brunswick, N.J.) made her only save in the first half; the Bomber defense held Elmira without a shot in the second half.

Ithaca travels to Misericordia next Wednesday.

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