TROY, NY –The Skidmore College softball team split a non-conference doubleheder with Sage College, Thursday afternoon at Robison Field. Skidmore took game one, 7-4 and the Gators picked up a 5-1 in the nightcap. Sage is now 6-9 on the year, while Skidmore is now 7-11.

In the first game Sage held a 2-0 lead after the first inning, before Skidmore took a 3-2 lead in the top of the third. Sage scored a single run in the bottom of the third and fifth innings, but Skidmore tacked on a single run in the top half of the fourth and fifth innings with a pair in the top of the seventh.

Skidmore's junior Mackenzie Whiting (Ellington, CT/Ellington) connected for a double and a home run and finished the game with three RBI's after going 2-4. Rookie Kristina Foley (Brookhaven, NY/Bellport) had a triple and was 2-3 with an RBI for the Thoroughbreds.

Sage's junior Morgan Dunn (Cohoes, NY/Cohoes) was 2-3 with three RBIs with two runs scores. Shortstop Jessica Adams (Nassau, NY/Columbia) had 2-3 with an RBI.

In the circle, Skidmore's Cassie Fishkin (New City, NY/Clarkstown South) worked five innings with two strikeouts and four earned runs off six hits in earning the win as she improved to 6-5. Rookie Amanda Carilli (Dedham, MA/Dedham) worked two innings with a pair of strikeouts with just one hit allowed.

Sage's Katie Kovage (Hoosick Falls, NY/Hoosick Falls Central) worked 4.2 innings with four earned runs off five hits with a pair of walks and suffered the loss, dropping to 3-3.

In the nightcap, Sage jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first and added three more in the second on a three-run homer by Alexa Silk.
Sophomore pitcher Lindsay Brace (Moriah, NY/Moriah Central) had the complete game win as she yielded just one unearned run, while fanning three in the action. Skidmore's Carilli took the loss in the nightcap after six innings with five earned runs off nine hits with no strikeouts.

Skidmore opens Liberty League play on Friday at Rensselaer.