ITHACA, N.Y. – The Skidmore College softball team was able to muster just a single run on Sunday in a pair of loses at Ithaca. The Bombers took game one 4-1, before winning 6-0 in game two.
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Ithaca 4, Skidmore 1
- Sophia Finch provided the offense for the Thoroughbreds. She launched a no-doubt solo home run the opposite way to lead off the top of the seventh.
- Finch had two out of Skidmore's four hits on the game. Grace O'Connell had the other two. They both had stolen bases.
- Hailey Clarke surrendered just two earned runs in the complete game for Skidmore. She gave up five hits and four walks.
- Ithaca plated one in the second before a pair of errors led to three Bomber runs in the third.
- Elise Waddington was 2-for-3 in the win for the hosts.
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Ithaca 6, Skidmore 0
- Ithaca (23-12, 7-5 Liberty League) scored two runs in each of the first three innings.
- Skidmore shut out the Bombers over their final three at bats.
- The Thoroughbreds finished with three hits: one each from Finch, O'Connell, and Mallory Allen.
- Skidmore loaded the bases in the first but was unable to score a run to draw first blood. The Thoroughbreds also left on a pair after putting the first two hitters on in the sixth both on walks.
NEXT UP: Skidmore (7-27, 1-11 Liberty League) will close the season next Saturday, May 4 when it hosts Clarkson in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
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