SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College women's basketball team outscored visiting Union College 34-15 in the second half, including a 13-2 third quarter, for a 66-40 win over the Garnet Chargers on Saturday afternoon to complete the weekend sweep.
 

• With the local sweep over RPI and Union over the weekend, Skidmore is 9-3 and 4-1 in the Liberty League. Union is 3-9 and 2-3.
• Union used a 9-2 run in the middle of the second quarter to pull even at 23.
• The Thoroughbreds responded with nine unanswered before a last-minute bucket from the Garnet Chargers ended the half with Skidmore up 32-25.
• Skidmore held the visitors without a field goal in the third quarter (0-for-10), to inch close to a 20-point lead.
• A Maddie Hastings basket 12 seconds into the fourth quarter gave the Thoroughbreds the 20-point cushion, and the defending league champions led by as many as 30 down the stretch.
• Skidmore was led with 10 points each by Julia Blanck and Amelia Medolla. Blanck collected another double-double with 12 rebounds. She also had two blocks and two steals.
• Medolla added three board, one steal, and one assist.
• Hastings finished with eight points to go along with eight rebounds, three assists, and a block.
• Emmy Plage dropped seven points off the bench for the Thoroughbreds with two boards and one assist.
•  Skidmore shot 38.5 percent from the field on Saturday with a 16-6 edge in second-chance points and a 34-20 margin in the paint.

NEXT UP: Skidmore will host Vassar on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 5:30 p.m.