PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Ithaca College baseball team had its seven-game winning streak snapped on Saturday in an Empire 8 Conference doubleheader at St. John Fisher College. Ithaca, now 20-14 overall and 10-5 in the Empire 8, dropped the twin bill by scores of 7-5 and 9-3 at Dugan Yard.

St. John Fisher improves to 27-8 on the season and 15-1 in the conference.

GAME ONE: Fisher 7, Ithaca 5

The Bombers led the opener by a 5-1 margin heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, but Fisher put up six runs in the frame to complete the comeback.

Junior Trevor Thompson notched his 100th career hit with a single in the third inning as he went 2-for-4 in the opener with two runs scored and an RBI.

Ithaca went up 3-0 after the top of the first inning on three hits. Junior Josh Savacool started things off with a walk and then freshman Webb Little followed with a single. Thompson doubled in Savacool and W. Little scored on a single from freshman Sam Little. Freshman Matt Carey brought in Thompson with a groundout to cap off the inning.

Fisher scored a run in the bottom of the first, but the Bombers got it back in the third on a single from Carey with Thompson in scoring position.

Carey, who went 2-for-3, then gave Ithaca a 5-1 lead with a solo homerun in the sixth for his third RBI of the game before the Cardinals rattled off six runs in their next at bat on five hits.

Senior John Prendergast went 5.1 innings in a no decision and gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits. Prendergast also walked four and struck out three. Senior Ryan Contegni took the loss in 1/3 of an inning pitched and allowed three runs on two hits.

GAME TWO: Fisher 9, Ithaca 3

The Cardinals put the nightcap away early on with eight runs over the first three innings, and went up 9-0 by the fifth. Fisher scored two in the first, one in the second, five in the third and one in the fifth.

In the third inning, Fisher led off with back-to-back doubles for its first run of the inning. After two fly outs, the Cardinals scored three unearned runs.

Ithaca got on the board in the sixth with a lead-off homer from W. Little, and then scored twice in the seventh on a groundout from W. Little and an RBI fielder's choice by freshman Cam Fuoti. Junior Ryan Dougherty and freshman Jonathan Ripic scored on the plays.

Senior Brandon Diorio took the loss in 2.2 innings pitched. Diorio surrendered seven runs (four earned) on five hits and two walks. Freshmen Zach Zottola and Josh Carney, and junior Jean Germosen combined to throw the final 5.1 innings of the game.

Ithaca and Fisher square off again tomorrow at 1 p.m. for the final game of the three-game set at Dugan Yard.