SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—The ninth ranked Skidmore College field hockey team closed out the regular season with a 6-0 nonleague Senior Day win over Nazareth College, Saturday at Wagner Park.
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The 13-5 Thoroughbreds open defense of their Liberty League title on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the University of Rochester. Nazareth ends the regular season at 9-10.
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Senior
Dani DeGregory (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich) scored two goals and had three assists to lead the Thoroughbreds. The seven points give her 262 for her career, tied for sixth all-time in NCAA III. She is two points off the Skidmore mark of 264 set in 2013 by Kelly Blackhurst.
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Skidmore took control early with two goals in the first two minutes.
Krista Lamoreaux's shot deflected off a defender's stick for a 1-0 lead at 1:27. DeGregory dribbled right past two defenders for a clear shot to make it 2-0 just 26 seconds later. Lamoreaux connected off a nice pass from DeGregory for a 3-0 lead at 6:03.
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DeGregory scored her 29
th goal of the season from Lamoreaux at 40:01. DeGregory then set-up
Gabby Hyman for her 13
th of the season at 57:52. Senior
Shannon Sebor scored her fifth goal from DeGregory at 64:01 for the 6-0 final.
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The Thoroughbreds outshot the Golden Flyers 26-7 and had a 10-3 corner advantage.
Zoe McGuire had three saves for her fourth shutout of the season. Lauren Devine stayed busy in net for Nazareth with 13 saves, including a penalty stroke save in the second half. Marisa Walck had a defensive save for the Golden Flyers.
In addition to DeGregory and Sebor, Skidmore honored seniors
Jenn Hanks (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) and
Tori Eldridge.
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Skidmore travels to Rochester for a Liberty League semifinal match-up on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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