Score: #21 Ithaca College 10, Elmira College 1 (five innings)
Score: #21 Ithaca College 6, Elmira College 0
Records: Elmira (5-9, 3-9 E8), Ithaca (22-6, 10- E8)
Location: Eldridge Park Stadium – Elmira, NY
 
Elmira, NY -- Elmira College softball continued its stretch of 10 straight home games this evening with an Empire 8 doubleheader with the conference's top team, Ithaca College. The No. 21 nationally-ranked Bombers picked up a pair of wins at Eldridge Park Stadium, earning a 10-1 win in game one, before claiming a 6-0 shutout victory in the nightcap.
 
Ithaca's bats rang loudly in the early goings of today's first game, as the Bombers scored seven runs in the first three innings. Ithaca scored twice in the second inning, before blowing the game open with a five-spot in the third. Elmira answered in the bottom half of the third inning on an error that scored Julianne Heggie '16, but that was all the offense EC could muster up, as the Bombers scored three additional runs to claim a 10-1 win in a five inning shortened game.
 
Game two saw the two teams play a full seven innings, but the result would be the same, as the Bombers blanked the Soaring Eagles, 6-0. Ithaca scored all of its runs in four of the first five innings, while Allison Macari set the pace in the pitcher's circle, striking out seven batters in a full 7.0 innings of work.
 
Emily Carlin '17 was the game two starter for Elmira and also went the distance, tossing 7.0 innings. Carlin struck out three batters and allowed just three earned runs in the contest.
 
Inside the Box Score (Game One)

• Ithaca scored 10 runs on 10 hits, while Elmira scored one time on four base-knocks.
• The Bombers committed two errors compared with EC's one miscue in the field.
• Julianne Heggie went 2-for-3 from the dish with one run scored.
• Heggie also stole one base.
• Emily Clark '19 and Chelsea Storch '17 registered one hit apiece.
• Katie McDougal '18 got the start in the pitcher's circle and tossed 5.0 innings with two strikeouts.

 
Inside the Box Score (Game Two)

• The Bombers scored six times on 10 hits, while EC was held scoreless on two hits.
• EC struggled in the field, committing four errors.
• Ithaca had just one miscue in the field.
• Maddy Johnson '19 and Jacquelyn Heggie '16 each registered hits for Elmira.
• Carlin was EC's starting pitcher and went 7.0 full innings with three strikeouts, while allowing three earned runs.

 
News and Notes

• Elmira falls to 3-9 in conference play, after suffering its third consecutive defeat to an E8 opponent.
• EC's two hits in game two were a season low.
• The Soaring Eagles have not produced an RBI in three straight games.
• Julianne Heggie recorded her third multi-hit game of the year.

 
Up Next
Elmira is back in action tomorrow afternoon, when the Soaring Eagles face Lycoming College in a non-conference doubleheader at Eldridge Park Stadium. Tomorrow's contests are slated to begin at 3:00 p.m.