The Ithacan

Softball out of Empire 8 tourney for first time

By Steve Derderian, Staff Writer • April 30, 2013

Early on this season, the softball team set a goal to defend its Empire 8 Championship title. Now, that goal has been snuffed before the conference tournament has even begun. For the first time in conference history, the Bombers have not finished with the best record. This will be their first absence from the tournament…

Softball squad faces extended road trip

By Steve Derderian, Staff Writer • March 26, 2013

Though it is officially the spring season, Kostrinsky Field still lies empty, because the Ithaca area winter conditions have done some damage. The weather has left the field with frozen dirt, raw grass and a few scattered patches of snow. Until the weather becomes warmer and the remaining snow melts off the field, the Bombers…

Sluggers generate Bombers’ late runs

By Steve Derderian, Staff Writer • April 3, 2012

On March 24, junior infielder Molly O’Donnell stood at the plate down to her last strike with the softball team trailing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. One pitch and 210 feet later, she was able to send the game to extra innings with one swing of her…

Softball: Blue and Gold finish 4—5 on road trip to begin season

By Steve Derderian, Staff Writer • March 17, 2012

The softball team played nine games in a six-day span at the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla. to begin its season.

Softball: Young squad fixates on fundamentals

By Steve Derderian, Staff Writer • March 1, 2012

After the softball team fell one win short of returning to the NCAA Championship to end its 2011 season, it adopted a new philosophy emphasizing the fundamentals of the game.