Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 UTICA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College softball team swept a road doubleheader with Utica on Tuesday. The Bombers defeated the Pioneers by a score of 2-0 in game one, before winning game two, 13-2. The sweep improves Ithaca's overall record to 10-10, including a mark of 6-2 in the Empire 8.

Game One: Ithaca – 2, Utica – 0
Junior Laura Quicker earned the complete game shutout in game one after allowing just three hits and recording two strikeouts over 7.0 innings of play. Classmate Casey Gavin paced the Bombers with two RBI, coming in a 1-for-3 performance at the plate. Junior Kelly Robichaud went 1-for-3 and accounted for Ithaca's lone extra-base hit with a double.

Ithaca came out swinging in the top half of the first, as the Bombers scored two runs on two hits in the frame. With two outs and runners at second and third, Gavin crushed a single to left field, scoring both base runners. Although Gavin was tagged out at second trying to advance on the play, both runners scored before the tag to put Ithaca up, 2-0.

Neither team would score in the remainder of the tilt, giving Ithaca the 2-0 game one victory.

Game Two: Ithaca – 13, Utica – 2
Junior Allison Macari was credited with the complete game victory in game two of the doubleheader. She allowed two earned runs on seven Pioneer hits over 6.0 innings, while also recording five strikeouts.

Robichaud, Gavin and freshman Emily Bloom each collected three hits in the victory. Robichaud was 3-for-5 with three RBI on a double and a home run. Gavin was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Bloom was a perfect 3-for-3 with a double and a RBI. Seniors Nicole Ciricillo and Monica Capolongo both picked up two RBI.

The Bombers did most of their damage in the opening frame, collecting five runs on four hits to start game two.

Gavin once again got the offense rolling, as she advanced a pair of runners home on a single through the gap to put the Bombers up 2-0. A single from Capolongo in the next at-bat brought home Gavin, before another RBI single from Ciricillo made it 4-0. A bases-loaded walk brought in the final run of the frame, giving Ithaca the 5-0 lead.

The Pioneers got on the board with one run in the bottom of the inning, before Ithaca answered immediately with three runs on three hits in the top of the second. Back-to-back doubles from Bloom and Robichaud accounted for the first Bomber run of the frame. Two more runs came on fielder's choice RBIs, putting the score at 8-1 in favor of the Bombers.

Each team then exchanged a run, with Utica's coming in the third and Ithaca's coming in the fourth to put the score at 9-2.

Ithaca put the game to rest in the top of the sixth, as the Bombers scored four more runs on four hits. The frame was highlighted by a two-run homer from Robichaud, giving Ithaca the 13-2 lead. Utica was unable to score in the bottom of the inning, giving Ithaca the shortened 13-2 win on the NCAA eight-run rule.

The Bombers return to action on Wednesday, April 15 as they head to Rensselaer for a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.