BEVERLY, Mass. – The Ithaca College baseball team saw its season come to a close in the NCAA Supe Regional as the Bombers fell, 7-3, to No. 4 Endicott in the second game at North Field. The Bombers will finish the 2023 season with a 31-16 record after their second straight trip to the super regional round. Endicott (45-7) advances to the program's first-ever trip to the College World Series.

It was a pitcher's duel between Colin Leyner and Nicholas Cannata through the opening three-and-a-half innings of play as both teams combined for one hit – a single by Garrett Callaghan in the top of the first inning.

In the bottom of the fourth, Endicott struck first by loading the bases on two hit by pitches and a double. It was a tough luck play on the double for IC as Riley Brawdy made a diving attempt on a ball in the hole, but it skipped off his glove and continued to roll into right field. A sacrifice fly to centerfield brough int the run to make it 1-0. Leyner escaped further damage with a strikeout to end the inning.

The Bombers answered in the top of the fifth as Colin Shashaty led off with a single up the middle and Mike Nauta followed with a bunt base hit. Following a double steal, Brawdy tied the game at 1-1 with a single to center but Nauta was thrown out at the plate to keep IC from taking the lead.

A one-out single by Louis Fabbo to left forced a pitching change for the Gulls as Cannata allowed one run on five hits and struck out four over 5.1 innings of work. Jordan Gottesman rolled over a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.

Endicott went back ahead, 2-1, in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out solo home run to right by Nicolas Notarangelo.

The Gulls knocked Leyner out of the game after a lead off single in the bottom of the seventh inning. Leyner gave up three runs on five hits with two strikeouts in six-plus innings. Matt Chase entered in relief and Endicott plated two runs on a safety squeeze and sacrifice fly to make it 4-1.

In the top of the eighth inning, Brawdy and Gil Merod started the inning with walks. Ethan Rothstein then doubled down the left field line to push home Brawdy and make it a 4-2 game. A groundout from Fabbo brought IC to within a run at 4-3 as Merod scored from third base.

Endicott loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth inning on a single, hit by pitch an intentional walk with one out. IC made a change from Chase to Garrett Bell and Endicott quickly cleared the bases on a passed ball and two-run single to center to extend the Gulls' lead to 7-3.

IC put a runner on to begin the ninth inning as Shashaty reached on an infield single, but he would be thrown out at third attempting to steal and a foul out to left field ended the game.