ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Games 13: Elmira College vs. Ithaca College
TUESDAY’S OPPONENT
Last Time Out
Elmira suffered a pair of conference losses over the weekend to St. John Fisher College and Nazareth College at Speidel Gymnasium. Fisher turned a slim 18-15 first quarter lead into a 39-point victory, defeating the Soaring Eagles 86-47. The Golden Flyers pulled away in the second half to earn a 20-point win, 73-53. The two defeats extended EC’s losing streak to four straight games, including a threegame conference losing streak.
Loya Closes In
Meghan Loya ’16 has pulled down a team-leading 100 rebounds this season for a per game average of 8.3. Her 100 boards puts her career total at 497, just five shy of moving into a two-way tie for 10th place in the EC record books. Additionally, if Loya grabs three more rebounds, she will become just the sixth Elmira player to register 500 or more boards since 2000.
Ithaca College BOMBERS (6-6, 3-1 Empire 8)
Speidel Skid
Tuesday, Januray 12th, 2016 Ben Light Gymnasium -- Ithaca, NY -- 8:00 p.m.
EC’s home venue hasn’t provided the Purple and Gold with much home-court advantage so far this season. The Soaring Eagles ended their four-game homestand at Speidel Gymnasium without a win, and are now 1-5 at home. The last time EC had lost four consecutive home games was in the final month of the 2011-12 season. EC’s upcoming four-game road trip may be just what Elmira needs, as the Soaring Eagles are 2-3 in road contests this season
Vespucci Taking Advantage of Playing Time
First-year forward Rachel Vespucci ’19 saw plenty of action against both St. John Fisher and Nazareth, and performed admirably with an average of 11.0 points and 2015-16 SCHEDULE (3-9, 0-3 EMPIRE 8) 4.5 rebounds. She played 28 minutes against the Cardinals and another 29 against Day Date Opponent Time-Result the Golden Flyers, marking the first games of her rookie season with over 20 NOV. 13 Pitt-Bradford L, 64-77 minutes of playing time. Her 12 points against Fisher were one shy of her season 20 Mount Union^ L, 71-85 high, and then the Macedon, NY, product recorded her first set of back-to-back 21 Case Western^ L, 65-81 double-digit games with 10 points the following night against Naz. 24 Hilbert W, 68-57 DEC. 1 Clarkson L, 55-67 Finger Wag 3 Penn College of Technology W, 82-47 9 SUNY Cortland L, 37-76 The Soaring Eagles have channeled their inner Dikembe Mutombo in their last 12 SUNY Potsdam W, 61-53 two games, blocking a season-high six shots in each contest. Danielle Cleary ’18 30 RIT L, 53-87 paced all EC players over the weekend with four total blocks, which should come JAN. 4 Stevens* L, 55-70 as little surprise; her 18 blocks as a rookie were good enough for second on the 8 St. John Fisher* L, 47-86 team, and included a career-high three in her first collegiate game against the 9 Nazareth* L, 53-73 University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. With 11 blocks so far this season, Cleary 12 Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. leads the team and is tied for fifth in the Empire 8. Ashley Heiman ’16, a skilled 15 Utica* 8:00 p.m. 16 Hartwick* 4:00 p.m. blocker on the volleyball court, turned in one of her finer defensive performances 19 Houghton* 8:00 p.m. against Fisher with season highs in blocks (2), steals (3) and rebounds (6). 21 Alfred* 8:00 p.m. 27 Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. Series History 30 Stevens* 4:00 p.m. Since 1984, Ithaca College holds a 45-11 advantage in the series against Elmira FEB. 5 Utica* 8:00 p.m. and has won the last 15 matchups against the Soaring Eagles. EC’s last victory 6 Hartwick* 4:00 p.m. over the Bombers came on January 22, 2008, when the Purple and Gold ousted 9 Houghton* 8:00 p.m. 12 St. John Fisher* 8:00 p.m. Ithaca at Speidel Gymnasium with a 55-35 win. 13 Nazareth* 8:00 p.m. 20 Alfred* 4:00 p.m. Scouting Ithaca 26 Empire 8 Semifinals TBA The Bombers enter Tuesday’s contest with a 6-6 overall record. Their record can 27 Empire 8 Final TBA be deceiving, as two of those losses in the non-conference portion of the schedule came at the hands of then-No.12 Monclair State and No. 21 University of Bold Indicates Home Contest *Denotes Empire 8 Contest Rochester. Inside the Empire 8 Conference, Ithaca is 3-1, with its only loss against ^M-Club Classic Tournament Stevens Institute of Technology. Last time out, the Bombers beat Alfred University 83-64. Leading the way for Ithaca is sophomore guard Jordan Beers with 12.9 points per game, while juniors Ali Ricchiuti and Erin Ferguson are averaging 11.9 and 11.6 points per game, respectively. Ferguson leads the E8 with 67.8 field-goal percentage and ranks 10th in the conference with 6.3 rebounds per contest.
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