ITHACA, N.Y. – The nationally ranked No. 22 Ithaca College women's lacrosse team secured the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Liberty League Championship with a 20-6 victory over Skidmore on Senior Day at Higgins Stadium on April 29. With the win, Ithaca finishes its regular season with a 10-7 record.

It took Skidmore just 30 seconds to build a 1-0 lead as the Thoroughbreds scored on a free position. Ithaca answered at the 12:07 mark as Maizy Veitch scored off a pass from Chloe Nordyke.

IC earned its first lead of the contest nearly four minutes later as Nordyke scored off a free position to make it 2-1, but the Thoroughbreds answered with 6:32 remaining to knot the game up at 2-2.

The Bombers went back ahead, 3-2, on a goal from Elizabeth Green with 4:23 left on a pass from Leigh Naturale. Veitch scored her second goal of the quarter with just 34 seconds remaining after scooping up a groundball off a wide shot to give the Bombers a 4-2 advantage heading to the second period.

In the second quarter, Wise and Veitch scored just 10 seconds apart to extend IC's lead to 6-2 with 12:12 left in the half. Veitch's hat trick was assisted by Lexi Kellish, which forced Skidmore to call a timeout. The Bombers closed out the half with another goal to extend the difference to five at 7-2 as Lily Cody scored with just 47.5 seconds on the clock.

IC's run continued into the third quarter as Kellish scored on a free position just 1:02 into the period, making it 8-2 Bombers. Two minutes later, Naturale scored on another free position for IC, and then Sydney Phillips caught a pass on the run from Veitch and found the back of the net with just under 10 minutes to go.

With 9:17 on the clock, Wise intercepted a pass and raced down the field to find Veitch in transition to push IC's lead to 11-2. IC hit the 10-goal difference with just over eight minutes left in the third quarter as Nordyke scored once again.

Skidmore ended IC's run with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter to pull back to within a 10-goal difference at 13-3. The running clock came to an end with 2:36 to go in the third as the Thoroughbreds got on the board again. Skidmore then added its third consecutive goal on a free position with 1:47 to go.

In the fourth quarter, Skidmore pulled to within seven goals at 13-6 on another free position shot with 12:25 left in the game. Just 23 seconds later, Nordyke struck again to make it a 14-6 game.

Wise tallied another goal off a pass from Phillips with 10:32 remaining in the game to push the spread back out to nine at 15-6. Ithaca hit the 10-goal mark once again as Naturale earned a free position goal with 9:48 left. Two minutes later, Green picked up another goal to make it 17-6.

Cody continued Ithaca's impressive showing with a free position goal with 5:23 left to match the Bombers' largest lead of the day at 18-6. Hayley Armstrong got in on the action with under four minutes to play and then Cody added IC's final goal with 1:38 left.

Lexi Held picked up the win with eight saves in 40:19 of action, while Kayla Howley played the final 19:41 and made one save.