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- Binghamton (12-11) split a non-conference doubleheader on Saturday against Iona. The Bearcats lost the opener 5-3 but rebounded for a 10-2 win in the nightcap. Junior catcher
Quinn DeCicco hit a team-best .667 (4-for-6) with a home run and a pair of RBI. Junior infielder
Alex Musial was 3-for-5 (.600) with a home run and three RBI. On the mound, graduate pitcher
Chelsea Howard struck out a career-high 12 batters in the second game.
- DeCicco leads the Bearcats with a .375 batting average and a current team-best and career-high nine-game hitting streak. She has homered twice and driven in 11 runs during that stretch. Freshman outfielder
Alayna Harbaugh is hitting .366 and has stolen 12 bases. Senior infielder
Alli Richmond, meanwhile, has a .351 batting average and is first on the squad with 11 doubles and 12 RBI. In the NCAA statistics, Richmond is tied for seventh with 0.48 doubles per game.
- Cornell (4-11) lost two out of three games in an Ivy League series at Columbia this past weekend. Hanna Crist leads the Big Red with three home runs and five RBI. The games against the Bearcats mark the first of 11 straight road contests for Cornell.
- Cornell leads the all-time series against Binghamton 13-11. The Bearcats, however, have won the last six meetings, including a March 27, 2019 doubleheader by scores of 8-7 and 10-1. The most recent Cornell win in the series was a 6-0 triumph at home on March 28, 2015. At the Bearcats Sports Complex, Binghamton is a perfect 4-0 against Cornell.
- The Bearcats have five players hitting at least .300 so far this season. In addition to DeCicco, Harbaugh and Richmond, freshman outfielder
Sarah Rende is batting .333 and senior infielder
Makayla Alvarez is hitting .313. Rende is also first on the team with a .609 slugging percentage and is tied for the lead with three home runs.
- Alvarez continues to climb up the charts in several Binghamton career statistics. Heading into the games against Cornell, she is currently No. 11 with both 75 runs and 27 doubles, is tied for seventh with 18 home runs, is No. 10 with 33 multiple-hit games and is No. 11 with a .502 slugging percentage.
- On the mound, sophomore pitcher
Allison L'Amoreaux leads the Bearcat staff with a 7-5 record. She has struck out 60 batters so far this season. Howard, meanwhile, has struck out 49 batters.
