POTSDAM, N.Y.—The 2017 Liberty League softball playoff field will come down to Sunday's final day of competition after Skidmore split with Clarkson Saturday afternoon.
 
The Thoroughbreds won the first game 5-2 and lost a tough 3-2 second game in eight innings.  Skidmore (17-21, 4-6) will need to sweep Sunday's doubleheader with Union (4-23, 0-10) to keep its playoff hopes alive. Clarkson (19-15, 6-4) finishes the regular season Sunday against league leader Rensselaer. It's possible that there could be four teams tied for the final two playoff slots.
 
In the first game,  clean-up hitter Kristina Foley had her biggest game of the season, going 3-3 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a run.
 
Foley got the Thoroughbreds on the board in the first inning when Karly Fishkin singled, stole second and then scored on Foley's clutch two-out RBI single.
 
The Golden Knights regained the lead, 2-1 with a pair of runs in the third.
 
Skidmore scored four unearned runs in the fifth. Catcher Maddie Nelson opened the inning by reaching first on a dropped third streak. The Thoroughbreds took advantage of the miscue to score four times. Foley had a two-run single for the inning's big hit.
 
Amanda Carilli earned the win. She allowed one earned run on nine hits. She walked one and struck out one.
 
Skidmore stranded nine runners in the extra-inning second game. Lauren Fortunato reached base all four times with three of her team's five hits, a walk and two stolen bases. Both of the Thoroughbreds were unearned.
 
Carilli (12-12) had another workman like performance, going 7 2/3, allowing three runs on 10 hits and one walk.
 
Skidmore's regular-season finale at Wagner Park against Union starts at 1 p.m.