Ithaca held a double-digit lead for the game's final 23 minutes in recording the program's highest point total since netting 98 against Marymount on Jan. 4, 1999. Senior guard Sue Kelly (Bethlehem/Delmar) added 21 points (one short of her career high), junior forward Erika Steele (Hopkinton/Hopkinton, Mass.) added 18 and freshman center Jeanine Burke (Bridgewater-Raritan/Raritan, N.J.) came off the bench to match a career-high with 11 points. Sophomore guard Amy Smith (Dover/Dover, N.H.) scored a career-best seven.
Sophomore forward Mary Symonds (Fall Mountain/South Acworth, N.H.) led Elmira with 15 points. Sophomore guard Marcia Coakley (Beekmantown Central/Plattsburgh) and senior forward Tasha Lopez-Pitts (Maspee/Barnstable, Mass.) added 12 each (Coakley scored 10 of her points from the free-throw line, where Elmira went 26 of 37 and outscored the hosts 26-14). Junior guard Kourtney Troutman (Pine Valley/South Dayton) pulled down a game-best 11 rebounds.
Junior Molly Friel (North Allegheny/Pittsburgh, Pa.) led Ithaca with a career-best eight rebounds. Junior guard Kali Carnovale (St. Mary's Area/Kersey, Pa.) added career-best totals of six rebounds and seven assists. Freshman guard Katherine Bixby (Germantown Friends/Philadelphia, Pa.) added seven assists with Sanvidge and Smith contributing five each. Ithaca's total of 30 assists fell two short of the team's 26-year-old record.
The Bombers host Hartwick in an Empire 8 game Friday at 6 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score Elmira vs Ithaca 01/09/07 6 p.m. at Ithaca, N.Y. (Ben Light Gymnasium) At Ithaca, N.Y. (Ben Light Gymnasium) ITHACA 97, ELMIRA 79 ELMIRA (7-4, 0-1 E8) Mary Symonds 5-12 5-6 15; Marcia Coakley 1-10 10-15 12; Tasha Lopez-Pitts 4-6 4-6 12; Bridget Catanese 4-9 0-2 9; Danielle Troutman 2-8 2-2 7; Rachel Bliss 2-5 2-2 6; Kourtney Troutman 3-11 0-1 6; Brittany Morse 1-3 3-3 5; Jessica Balady 1-4 0-0 3; Chelsey Kent 1-3 0-0 2; Katrina Jax 1-2 0-0 2; Alexia Strzalka 0-0 0-0 0; Britta Anderson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 25-77 26-37 79. ITHACA (3-7, 1-0 E8) Erin SANVIDGE 7-12 2-3 22; Sue KELLY 10-18 0-0 21; Erika STEELE 7-11 4-4 18; Jeanine BURKE 4-9 3-4 11; Brynn FESSETTE 3-7 2-2 9; Amy SMITH 3-6 0-0 7; Molly FRIEL 2-5 2-2 6; Megan RUMSCHIK 1-5 0-0 2; Katherine BIXBY 0-3 1-2 1; Tracy BRADLEY 0-4 0-1 0; Caitlin McFADDEN 0-0 0-0 0; Lindsey JONES 0-1 0-0 0; Kali CARNOVALE 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 37-85 14-18 97. Elmira........................ 34 45 - 79 Ithaca........................ 53 44 - 97 3-point goals--Elmira 3-18 (Bridget Catanese 1-1; Jessica Balady 1-3; Danielle Troutman 1-4; Rachel Bliss 0-1; Kourtney Troutman 0-4; Brittany Morse 0-1; Britta Anderson 0-2; Marcia Coakley 0-2), Ithaca 9-23 (Erin SANVIDGE 6-9; Sue KELLY 1-5; Amy SMITH 1-2; Brynn FESSETTE 1-2; Megan RUMSCHIK 0-3; Katherine BIXBY 0-1; Kali CARNOVALE 0-1). Fouled out--Elmira-None, Ithaca-Tracy BRADLEY. Rebounds--Elmira 48 (Kourtney Troutman 11), Ithaca 57 (Molly FRIEL 8). Assists--Elmira 9 (Bridget Catanese 2; Kourtney Troutman 2; Danielle Troutman 2), Ithaca 30 (Kali CARNOVALE 7). Total fouls--Elmira 19, Ithaca 23. Technical fouls--Elmira-None, Ithaca-None.