POTSDAM, N.Y.—The Skidmore College softball team needed to win two and they did with a 5-0, 10-8 Liberty League road sweep of Clarkson University on Saturday in Potsdam.
 
The Thoroughbreds (14-16, 5-5 Liberty League) are in a three-way tie for third with St. Lawrence and Union. Each team has two games to play, with Skidmore hosting Union on Sunday for a pair at 1 p.m.
 
Rochester has clinched first and will host the league tournament with an 8-2 league mark. The Yellowjackets play St. Lawrence to close out the season. RPI is second at 6-4 and will play its final league pair on Sunday against Clarkson.   Skidmore holds the tiebreaker over St. Lawrence and would with a split against Union.
 
In the first game, rookie Amanda Carilli rang-up her third shutout of the season. She was never in trouble, allowing no runs on five hits, with one walk and three strikeouts.  
 
Dani DeGregory hit her first collegiate home run, a two-run shot in the fourth inning. She went 2-4 with two runs, and three RBI. Cassie Fishkin was 2-3 with a double.
 
In the second game, Clarkson led 6-5 until the Skidmore scored four in the sixth to take a 9-6 lead. The Thoroughbreds sent 10 runners to the plate, with Makenzie Whiting starting the rally with a solo home run to left. Abby Shea had an RBI triple and DeGregory had an RBI double.
 
Skidmore added an insurance run in the seventh when DeGregory reached on a fielder's choice, stole second, reached third on an error and then scored on a single by Lizette Roman-Johnston.
 
Clarkson scored twice in the bottom of the seventh, but the Carilli stopped the bleeding with a bases loaded strikeout to end the game.
 
DeGregory was 2-5 with three runs and an RBI. Whiting finished 2-4 with two RBI. Lauren Fortunato was 3-3 with a triple and two RBI and Roman-Johnston finished 3-4 with a run and an RBI.
 
Carilli improved to 7-10 with the win. She went six innings and allowed six runs (five earned) on 14 hits.