ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College softball team battled two separate rain delays on Saturday, despite that junior catcher
Haley Petrucci had an explosive afternoon collecting five hits including a game two home run as the Bombers swept St. Lawrence. Ithaca picked up a 5-3 win, which included 15 strikeouts from
Anna Cornell and earned the sweep run-ruling the Saints, 10-2 in six innings. The Bombers improved to 20-5 overall and remain in second within the Liberty League at 8-2.
Game 1: Ithaca 5, St. Lawrence 3 (F)
Anna Cornell was locked in from the opening pitch, retiring the first two batters via strikeout before inducing a fly out from Allison Kloft. The Bombers lineup picked up where they left off on Friday, starting the bottom half of the first with a double from
Sela Scheinman. Scheinman scored on an
Elise Waddington single, and IC extended their lead to 2-0 when Waddington was driven in by a
Haley Petrucci double.
Kailen Winkelblech then drove in two more runs with a single through the middle of the infield.
Cornell continued to dominate, striking out the first and third batters of the second inning while recording a putout in between. She added two more strikeouts in the third inning, bringing her total to six.
Haley Petrucci collected her second hit of the afternoon with a one-out double in the gap but was left stranded to end the bottom of the third. The Saints' Vivian Johnson then hit a solo home run, making the score 4-1.
The game went into a rain delay in the middle of the fifth inning. When play resumed, Petrucci stayed hot, ripping another double and scoring on an
Anna Bello sacrifice fly.
Anna Cornell recorded three more punchouts, striking out the side in the top of the sixth.
St. Lawrence would claw back a run in the top half of the seventh as they executed a double steal play where the runner at second was thrown out but Allison Kloft crossed home plate during the same sequence. The Saints would also see Leah VerSchneider single in a run for the final score of 5-3.
Anna Cornell finished with a season-high 15 strikeouts and
Haley Petrucci finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored.
Game 2: Ithaca 10, St. Lawrence 2 (F-6 innings)
Ithaca put two runners on with one out in the bottom of the second inning, but
Isabella Maynard and
Kailen Winkelblech were left stranded as Sofia Berryhill escaped the jam by getting Belle de Oliviera to ground out. In the top of the third inning,
Mady Rowell stranded a runner after walking Vivian Johnson.
The Bombers then showcased some two-out magic, sparked by
Cate Murray's single up the middle.
Elise Waddington drove in Murray with a single, and
Haley Petrucci extended the lead to 3-0 with her second home run of the year, a shot over the left-center field fence.
Both teams tallied a run each in the fourth inning, making the score 4-1. In the middle of the fifth inning, a second rain delay ensued. After the break, both teams had a scoreless fifth inning. The Bombers then exploded for six runs on six hits after the Saints scored a run in the top half of the sixth inning.
Sela Scheinman tripled into the right-center gap, driving in two runs, and scored on a passed ball, making it 7-2.
Haley Petrucci delivered an RBI single, followed by
Isabella Maynard earning an RBI by plating
Elise Waddington. Ithaca secured the 10-2 run-rule win when
Kailen Winkelblech was walked in on a 3-1 count.
Haley Petrucci,
Elise Waddington,
Isabella Maynard and
Belle de Oliveira each shined with two hits apiece.
Mady Rowell improved to 9-1 in the pitching circle where she scattered four hits while striking out four.
Next up, Ithaca will take on crosstown rivals Cortland (12-12) in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday, April 23 with first pitch slated for 3 p.m.
