Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The Ithaca College baseball team evened its record to 7-7 on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Houghton on Friday afternoon. Ithaca breezed by the Highlanders in the opener, 13-3, and completed the sweep with a 6-1 win in Game Two.

Game One: Ithaca 13, Houghton 3

The Bombers rolled to a 10-run victory in the opener thanks in part to 19 hits – a new season-best. Ithaca stroked five doubles in Game One and six batters recorded at least two hits in the contest. Six other Bombers tallied singles in the game for a total of 12 batters to reach on hits.

Sophomore Josh Savacool was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored and three RBI. Savacool notched a double and stole a base as well.

Senior Cooper Belyea drove in two runs in a 2-for-3 opener with a double and run scored, while classmate Christian Brown went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a steal.

Senior Matt Connolly, junior Zach Pidgeon and sophomore Trevor Thompson all collected two hits in Game One. Both of Connolly's hits went for extra bases and he also scored twice with an RBI, Pidgeon doubled with a run and RBI, and Thompson scored two runs.

Ithaca did most of its damage in the game between the fourth and sixth innings. During those three frames, the Bombers scored nine of their 13 runs on 11 hits.

Senior Andrew Sanders picked up his second victory in four days over six innings of work. Sanders struck out two batters with no walks and allowed just four hits and one earned run. He produced 11 groundouts against 21 batters faced and his earned run average is now down to a miniscule 1.24.

Sophomore Logan Barer and junior Ryan Contegni combined to finish off Game One in the seventh.

Game Two: Ithaca 6, Houghton 1

Ithaca notched its fifth straight victory in Game Two with a 6-1 win, which also leveled the Bombers' record at .500 for the first time all season.

Junior Benji Parkes tossed Ithaca's second complete game of the year with nine strikeouts and one walk for his first win. Parkes scattered six hits and gave up an unearned run. The nine strikeouts by Parkes are the most for an Ithaca hurler this season.

Thompson highlighted Ithaca's offense in Game Two with a homerun in a 2-for-4 showing. He scored three times, drove in two and stole a base.

Pidgeon and Belyea recorded another two-hit contest. Belyea tallied two RBI and stole a base.

Junior Stephen Yanchus picked up three hits in four trips to the plate with two RBI and a run.

Connolly and Dougherty both stole a base and recorded a hit, as did senior John Stanley and freshman Domenic Boresta.

Ithaca returns to action on Tuesday, April 7 for a nine-inning matchup at Rochester at 4:30 p.m.

Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score