ITHACA, N.Y.— Skidmore sophomore Katherine Almquist was a fun loving third grader more worried about multiplication tables than Brewers the last time Skidmore lost a Liberty League championship match. She wasn't about to let Skidmore's 10-year championship streak end, beating Vassar's Tatum Blalock 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 at number one singles to clinch a 5-3 win over top seed Vassar College and secure the 11^th straight Thoroughbred Liberty League title and another bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
Skidmore (12-5) avenged an earlier loss to Vassar (16-3) and will represent the Thoroughbreds when the NCAA Division III field is announced at 12 p.m. Monday.
 

• Skidmore led 2-1 after doubles behind an 8-3 win at number two by Grace Truong and Ella Provost over Blalock and Macey Dowd and an 8-4 win at number three by Konika Dhull and Sofia Carlsson against Elyse Duley and Cara Kizilbash.
• The teams split the next four singles matches to leave it 4-3 with number one and two to play.
• A 7-6 (5), 6-1 win at number five by Ella Provost over Kizilbash and a 6-4, 6-4 win at number three for Konika Dhull kept the Thoroughbreds in it.
• Both Almquist and Lily Feldman dropped their first sets, but both rebounded with second set wins and Almquist with the first to win it with her 6-3 third set win. Feldman was close, up 4-2 in the third when the match ended.
• Almquist reversed a 6-4, 6-4 regular season loss to Blalock.
• Provost was awarded the tournaments Most Outstanding Performer, after going claiming four points in singles and double in the semifinal and final matches.
• Skidmore has won 17 Liberty League championships. Since the shift to a six-team tournament in 2015, Skidmore and Vassar have met in the championship match six times with the Thoroughbreds prevailing in all six matches.

Coach Curt Speerschneider: "So proud of this group of exceptional women. We knew this year would be a grind and it definitely was. Nothing came easy but they just trudged on and kept looking forward, knowing our end goal was winning this championship. This championship, along with every match all year, was a full team effort. They all put it out there together, believed in each other, and never let down, which is how you win championships. We're excited to keep it going for NCAA."