ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT softball team lost twice to visiting Ithaca, Wednesday, 6-0 and 6-2, in Liberty League play.
 
GAME 1 – Ithaca 6, RIT 0

• Ithaca pitcher Beth Fleming threw a complete-game, two-hitter, holding the Tigers without a hit until the seventh inning. Raquel Estrada (Middletown, NY/Middletown) knocked a base hit to right field to break up the no-hitter before Alexis Smith (Ronkonkoma, NY/Connetquot) singled to left two batters later.
•  Melissa Gould (Harleysville, PA/Souderton Area) took the loss for RIT, only allowing one earned run while striking out seven in 5.1 innings of work. 

GAME 2 – Ithaca 6, RIT 2

• Ithaca scored three runs in the second inning, including RBI hits by Kailey Collins and Allison Dell'Orto.
• RIT responded with two runs in the bottom of the second. Alexis Smith (Ronkonkoma, NY/Connetquot) led off with a single to left before Julia Vaillancourt (Braintree, MA/Braintree) walked and Jennifer Vickery (Gloversville, NY/Gloversville) legged out an infield base hit to load the bases. Brianna Bilich (Penryn, CA/Del Oro) followed with a two-run single through the right side to plate Vaillancourt and Smith.
• Ithaca took a 5-2 lead in the third on a two-run homerun by Julia Loffredo.
• The Bombers plated one more run in the fifth on an RBI ground-out by Collins.
• Gould took the loss for RIT, allowing nine hits and five earned runs.

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT heads to Nazareth on Thursday (April 29) for a 3:00 p.m. non-league doubleheader