ITHACA, N.Y. – Two big innings and two excellent pitching performances were the right formula as Cornell remained hot with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Siena on Thursday afternoon at Niemand*Robison Field. Cornell knocked off the Saints 9-0 in five innings in game one and 7-1 in game two to improve to 14-21 on the year. The Big Red is now 5-1 in its last six contests.
Game OneCornell scored eight runs in the first and freshman
Maddie Orcutt only needed the first, mowing down six batters in the first two innings and nine overall in picking up the two-hit complete game shutout.
The reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week got all the run support any pitcher would need as Cornell teed off for six hits during an eight-run first, highlighted by
Leanne Iannucci's three-run homer and a pair of doubles by
Michiko McGivney. McGivney had three doubles in the game, matching a single-game school record.
The Big Red posted 11 hits in the win, with McGivney going 3-for-4 and
Megan Murray,
Chloe Pendergast and Iannucci each collecting a pair of hits in the win.
Game TwoA five-run second inning that saw the Big Red take advantage of three Siena errors, three walks and a hit batter and just one hit of its own was all Cornell needed to sweep the doubleheader and make a winner out of
Meg Parker. Parker scattered seven hits in six innings, striking out three and surrendering just one run to pick up her fourth win of the year.
Sierra Stone worked around two baserunners in the seventh to close out the victory.
Cornell had just five hits, but that was plenty to go along with its four walks.
Taylor Goodin homered for the third time this season to drive in a pair of insurance runs in the fifth, answering a Siena run that got the visitors back within 5-1 in the top of the inning.
McGivney singled to open the second, but a walk, consecutive fielding errors, two more walks, a third error and a hit by pitch did all the damage in the second, putting Cornell in the driver's seat. Parker stranded the bases loaded with no one out in the third with a pair of strikeouts and a harmless groundout to short, and Siena only got a runner to third one time in the game after, scoring a run in the fifth after a double, a groundout and a wild pitch.
Cornell will host Ivy League South Division rival Princeton on Saturday, April 25 at 12:30 p.m. at Niemand*Robison Field.
