CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Ithaca College softball team picked up a pair of victories versus SUNY Cortland in a double header on Wednesday, 6–3 and 6–2. Ithaca's record improves to 10–2 overall and 6–0 in the Liberty League.
 
GAME ONE: ITHACA 6, CORTLAND 3
 
Ithaca made an appearance on the scoreboard early with senior Gabby Laccona racking up her fourth homerun of the season, a hard-hit ball on the left field side. That would be the only run of the inning on both sides as Cortland did not see any runs cross the plate.
 
Cortland took the lead in the second after a scoreless second at-bat for the Bombers. Three hits allowed the Red Dragons to score two runs. The third inning ended in a similar fashion, this time with Cortland sending a single runner home and leaving the Bombers to comeback from a two-run deficit.
 
The Bombers had a productive offensive effort in the fourth with junior Daniella Mulvey hitting a double to left-center, sparking some momentum. First-year Hudson Hassler scored Mulvey on a single hit up the middle to put Ithaca within one. Laccona later recorded an RBI, scoring Hassler to tie the contest at 3-3.
 
No runs were recorded in the fifth inning and Cortland would not score another run for the remainder of play.
 
An eventful sixth solidified the Bomber victory, and sophomore Kailey Collins started it off with a homer to left field, her second homerun of the season. Junior Kira Flegenheimer put herself on base with a walk and later stole home to put her team back on top.
 
Ithaca sophomore Allison Dell'Orto saw a similar situation, taking first base on a walk and crossing the plate due to a Cortland throwing error. A walk for junior Julia Loffredo and a single for senior Haley White had the two bombers in scoring position, but both runners were left on base heading into the bottom of the inning.
 
Nothing would come of Cortland's last two at-bats and the Bombers held the lead to finish with a 6–3 win. Ithaca's senior pitcher Beth Fleming earned her fifth win of the campaign while Cortland senior McKenna Mattison picked up her first loss.
 
Fleming struck out four in the complete game effort.
 
 
GAME 2: ITHACA 6, CORTLAND 2
 
Ithaca started the second game of the day just like the first, making an appearance on the scoreboard in the opening inning. Laccona recorded a single in her first at-bat and advanced to second on a wild pitch to put herself in scoring position.
 
Dell'Orto made her way on case with a walk and advanced on a wild pitch, Laccona making her way to third on the same play.
 
A second wild pitch sent Laccona home for Ithaca's first run of the night. Loffredo walked to first and later made her way to home plate after White placed a single down the left field line. The Bombers would lead 2–0 after one at-bat.
 
Cortland was able to pick up a single run in the bottom of the first and shut down the bomber offense in the top of the second with three quick outs.
 
Ithaca sophomore Tava Kasper led off the third inning with a hard-hit single, getting the bats going for her team. A wild pitch sent Kasper sprinting to second and would score thanks to a single from Dell'Orto.
 
The Bombers put two more runs on the scoreboard with White hitting a homerun over the centerfield fence, scoring herself and Dell'Orto. Cortland added one run to the team's total, but the third inning concluded in favor of the bombers, 5–2.
 
No more runs came across until the sixth when Ithaca finished off the scoring. Laccona hit a double to get things going and later stole home for the Bomber's sixth run of the evening. With a final score of 6–2.
 
Sophomore Riley Piromalli raised her record to 5-1 on the season with six strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched.
 
The Bombers will play a doubleheader at the University of Rochester on Saturday, April 17 in Rochester, N.Y.