ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Elmira College Softball team picked up its first pair of victories in the 2024 campaign on Tuesday afternoon, as it took just five innings in each contest for the Soaring Eagles to capture victory against SUNY Morrisville. After downing the Mustangs 12-4 in game one which featured a 2-for-2 game from Brianna Ramstine '25 where she drove in a trio of runs, the Purple & Gold would receive four innings of one-hit ball in the circle from Cadey Wheat '27 in game two, while an inside-the-park home run from Madison Brown Bloom '23 capped Elmira's 8-0 victory in the finale. 

GAME INFORMATION:
SCORE (G1/F5): Elmira 12, SUNY Morrisville 4
SCORE (G2/F5): Elmira 8, SUNY Morrisville 0
TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (2-4, 0-0 E8), SUNY Morrisville (3-7, 0-0 NAC)
LOCATION: Horseheads, N.Y. | Holding Point Recreation Complex
W|L|S: Maryann Sobel '25 (W, 1-2), Piper Kaylor (L, 1-5) - GAME 1
W|L|S:  Cadey Wheat '27 (W, 1-1), Celeste Baldwin (L, 1-1) - GAME 2

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• In game one, the Soaring Eagles would start the scoring in the first after Jocelyn Jean '27 doubled to right centerfield to kick off the offense early. From there, she would later score on a wild pitch to give Elmira a 1-0 lead. 
• From there, Sobel would toss three scoreless innings to begin her afternoon, where she allowed just three hits before the Elmira offense added eight runs in the bottom half of the third. In the frame, the Purple & Gold would work seven walks, while receiving hits from Brown-Bloom & Ramstine, both of which brought home runs. 
• After a scoreless top of the fourth for Sobel, Elmira would add another in the bottom half as Olivia Roccabruna '27 singled home Hannah Flagg '24, who reached base safely on a fielder's choice earlier in the inning. 
• The Mustangs would answer with four of its own in the top of the fifth, using three walks, a pair of hits, and an error to its advantage to trim its deficit to just six runs. Sobel's final line would be 5.0 innings, where she allowed four runs (one earned) while walking three and striking out four. 
• Elmira would finish the game in the bottom of the inning after Jean brought home Kaitlyn Belmont '24 on a walk, followed by a throwing error at the plate as the Mustangs tried to extend the contest. 
• In game two, the Soaring Eagles would get on the board early after a scoreless first inning from EC starting pitcher Wheat as Katie Distefano '24 brought home Asia Curkendall '25 on an RBI single. 
• In the second, the Purple & Gold would score another three runs as a wild pitch and throwing error from the Mustangs allowed Elmira to extend its lead to 4-0. 
• With Wheat cruising on the mound, Elmira would see back-to-back extra base hits to begin the third from Distefano and Brown-Bloom, who tripled and homered (inside-the-park), respectively, to put the Soaring Eagles ahead 6-0. 
• After not allowing a hit through three innings, Wheat would allow a leadoff single in the fourth before retiring the next three batters she faced to keep the shutout intact. 
• Kendall McAnelly '27 would come on in relief of Wheat to begin the fifth, after the starter went 4.0 innings, allowing no runs on just one hit, while walking one and striking out one. 
• In the top of the fifth, McAnelly would work a clean inning while earning a strikeout. 
• The game would come to a close in the bottom half of the fifth after Jean doubled home Bella DeAmelia '24 and Sobel, who reached on a fielder's choice and a walk earlier in the inning. 

UP NEXT:
The Soaring Eagles return to the field on Friday when paying a trip to RIT to square off against the Tigers in another doubleheader. First pitch from Rochester is slated for 3:00 PM.