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Ewen Donald
Kyle Lancto
Ewen Donald recorded a hit for the 22nd game in a row.
14
Winner VTSU Castleton VTSU 5-14
10
Skidmore SKIDMORE 13-5-2
Winner
VTSU Castleton VTSU
5-14
14
Final
10
Skidmore SKIDMORE
13-5-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
VTSU Castleton VTSU 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 5 14 13 2
Skidmore SKIDMORE 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 10 11 4

W: Nick Lescarbeau (1-4) L: Barnett, Ethan (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Donald breaks hit streak record as Thoroughbreds drop back-and-forth battle with Spartans

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Senior Ewen Donald lined a single in the first inning to extend his hit streak to 22 and break the program record as the Skidmore College baseball team lost to VTSU Castleton, 14-10, on Wednesday afternoon.
  • Donald, who tied the record on Saturday at Bard, has a hit in all 19 games played in 2025 and the final three of 2024. He moves past Will Potter '19, who hit safely in 21 straight in 2018.
  • Skidmore trailed 9-4 before rallying for five in the bottom of the eighth to tie it up, but Castleton answered right back with five of its own in the top of the ninth to win it.
  • The Spartans got the three outs required in the bottom of the ninth, despite giving up a run, just before darkness set in on the game that finished in just under 3.5 hours.
  • Sam Kornet went 4-for-5 for Skidmore with a home run, his seventh, three RBI and two doubles. Kornet is three shy of the program's career home run record.
  • Seven other Skidmore players combined for the remaining seven hits.
  • Skidmore starter Cal Champeau retired all six batters he faced with three strikeouts and three ground balls. He got through two innings in a swift 21 pitches.
  • Jack Collins also pitched two innings of shutout relief with two punchouts, and Sam Dalsimer worked went an inning without surrendering a run.
  • Kornet's two-out bomb in the first gave Skidmore a quick 2-0 lead. Donald recorded his record-breaking hit one batter later on a line-drive single to center.
  • Four walks and a sacrifice fly tied the game at two in the third.
  • Kornet put the team ahead again in the bottom of the third with an RBI double after a walk and hit batter with two outs created the chance.
  • Castleton tied it again in the third with an unearned run. It was the second of four-straight run-scoring frames for the visitors.
  • Castleton plated three runs each in the fourth and fifth, finishing with seven unanswered runs, to lead 9-3.
  • Eddie Galvao came through for Skidmore with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, but Skidmore wasn't able to inch any closer in the seventh despite loading the bases with one out.
  • Two walks and a single loaded the bases with no outs for Skidmore in the eighth. One run scored on a wild pitch, then Trey Bourque drove in a run on a ground ball, and another came around to score when the ball got away.
  • Zachary Leiderman then ripped a single down the left field line to score the tying runs before Kornet doubled to put a pair of runners in scoring position with one out.
  • Castleton reliever Mike Lescarbeau wiggled out of the jam without giving up another run setting the scene for the Spartans' big ninth. Castleton strung together six hits in its consequential last at bat.
  • Tyler Dubreuil went 3-for-4 for Castleton, while Jack Boyle, Jackson Cardozo, and Trey LaVigne all finished with three RBI.
UP NEXT
  • With the forecast calling for rain Saturday and Sunday, Skidmore is currently scheduled to host Rensselaer in a single game on Friday at 3 p.m. Stay tuned to SkidmoreAthletics.com for updates.
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