KISSIMMEE, Fla.—The Skidmore College softball team extended its win streak to three with wins over Wheaton College (4-3) and Salve Regina (16-8) on Wednesday.
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The Thoroughbreds are 3-3 with four more Spring Trip games. Up next on March 15 are McDaniel College and St. Norbert College.
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Skidmore rallied from three down for the walk-off win against Wheaton. Trailing 3-1, the Thoroughbreds got one back in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single by
Hannah Paolucci.
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In the bottom of the seventh,
Kristina Foley cut it to 3-2 with a bases loaded single. After a pop-up to the pitcher,
Adrianna Garcia drilled a two-out bases loaded single to right field to plate
Karly Fishkin for the win.
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Paolucci and
Jill Strileckis had two hits and an RBI each.
Amanda Carilli had her best start of the young season, tossing a complete game. She gave up three runs (two earned) on eight hits, walked none and had one strike out.
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Skidmore wasted no time in the second game, taking a 7-1 lead on Salve Regina after two innings, that stretched to 9-2 going into the bottom of the fourth. Salve scored four to cut it to 9-6, but the Thoroughbreds fired back with four in the fifth and three in the sixth for the 16-8 win.
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Emily Popp was 4-5 with three RBI and a run. Paolucci went 3-5 with a double and four RBI, while Fishkin was 3-4 with a double and four runs. Other multi-hit Thoroughbreds were
Lizette Roman-Johnston who was 2-5 with two runs, Strileckis was 2-3 with three runs and an RBI, and Garcia was 2-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Nicole Rosner improved to 2-0 on the mound, allowing six runs (three earned) on eight hits over four innings.
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