Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College softball team earned its fourth conference sweep of the season on Sunday with back-to-back wins over Nazareth at Kostrinsky Field on Senior Day. The Bombers defeated the Golden Flyers by a score of 9-2 in game one, before completing the sweep with an 11-0 win in five innings. The wins move Ithaca's overall record to 15-11, including a mark of 9-3 in the Empire 8.

Game One: Ithaca – 9, Nazareth – 2
Junior Laura Quicker picked up the complete game victory in game one, improving her overall record to 8-7. She allowed just one earned run on seven hits, and recorded three strikeouts over 7.0 innings.

Senior Francesca Busa led the Bombers with three hits in four at-bats. Junior Casey Gavin went 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBI. Classmate Kelly Robichaud rounded out the multi-hit performers with two hits in four at-bats, including a double. Freshmen Allie Colleran, Hannah Peters and senior Nicole Ciricillo also recorded doubles.

The Bombers got on the board first in game one, scoring on a wild pitch in the third to take the 1-0 lead. Nazareth responded with a lone run in the top of the following inning, tying the contest at 1-1.

Ithaca scored twice in the bottom of the fifth, coming on four hits in the frame. An RBI single from Busa and an RBI bunt single from Gavin accounted for the runs, putting the score at 3-1.

Nazareth cut into the Ithaca lead with another run in the top of the sixth. The Golden Flyers scored on two hits and an Ithaca error, putting the score at 3-2 in favor of the Bombers.

Ithaca responded with its biggest offensive push of the game in the bottom of the frame. The Bombers scored six runs on four hits and one Nazareth error, giving the Bombers a healthy 9-2 advantage. Busa got the bats going with a bases-loaded two RBI single to left center, before Gavin tripled to bring in two more Bomber runs.

Ithaca added two more insurance runs in the frame, securing the Bombers' 9-2 game one victory.

Game Two: Ithaca – 11, Nazareth – 0 (5 Inn.)
Junior Allison Macari pitched all 5.0 innings in the shortened contest to earn the complete game win. She allowed just four hits and held the Golden Flyers scoreless, while also recording five strikeouts.

Gavin had another strong outing at the plate with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore Jessie Fleck was 2-for-2 at the plate with a double, two RBI and two runs scored. Ciricillo and freshman Emily Bloom both picked up doubles, while Colleran was 1-for-2 with a home run.

Colleran's leadoff home run set the tone for Ithaca in the opening frame, as the Bombers scored three times to take the early lead. An RBI double from Bloom and an RBI single from senior Monica Capolongo accounted for the other Bomber runs in the inning.

Ithaca followed with a four-run offensive outburst in the bottom of the second. Senior Nina Lindberg walked to start the inning, before stealing second in the following at-bat. Fleck then singled Lindberg home for the first run of the frame, putting the score at 4-0. A two-RBI double from Gavin later in the inning, followed by an RBI single from Robichaud secured three more runs for the Bombers, pushing Ithaca's lead to 7-0.

The Bombers scored four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the third, thanks to an RBI double from Fleck, a pinch-hit RBI single Peters and two bases-loaded walks.

Macari took care of the rest, allowing just one hit in the final two innings to secure the 11-0 victory in game two.

Following the sweep, Ithaca honored seniors Francesca Busa, Nina Lindberg, Nicole Ciricillo and Monica Capolongo, as the day marked one of the final regular season home outings for the class.

The Bombers return to action on Tuesday, April 21 with a road doubleheader against Rochester. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.