CLERMONT, Fla. – The Skidmore College softball team built an early lead and held off a late push from Buena Vista University to earn a 7–6 victory Thursday morning at THE Spring Games. Skidmore lost its final game, 9-4, to Regis College in the afternoon.
The Thoroughbreds finished the trip with a 4-4 record after its run of four wins in five games came to an end against the Pride. Skidmore hit .318 as a team for the trip with 34 stolen bases.
Game 1 - Skidmore 7, Buena Vista 6
- Skidmore scored six runs over the first three innings to take control after Buena Vista took an early lead.
- The Thoroughbreds finished with 10 hits and seven stolen bases in the win.
- Delaney Swain led the offense, going 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
- Nate' Burley finished 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
- Lulu Mickle recorded two hits, an RBI, and two stolen bases.
- Madison Bonham doubled and drove in a run.
- Sophia Finch added a triple and scored a run.
- Sam Waters scored twice and stole three bases.
- Skidmore opened the scoring in the first inning when Waters walked, stole second and third, and came home on a wild pitch.
- After the Beavers plated three in the bottom of the first, Finch tripled in the second inning and scored on another wild pitch to cut the deficit to one.
- The Thoroughbreds broke the game open with four runs in the third inning.
- Waters singled and stole second and third before Elle Harrison walked and stole second.
- Burley delivered a two-run double down the left-field line to score both runners.
- Bonham followed with an RBI double to right center.
- Swain capped the rally with an RBI single up the middle.
- Buena Vista cut into the lead with back-to-back doubles to begin the fifth.
- Mickle drove in a run in the sixth inning with an RBI single to push the Skidmore lead to 7–4.
- Buena Vista added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings but could not complete the comeback. Mallory Allen induced a game-ending ground out with the tying run on second.
- Allen earned the win, throwing a complete game while allowing six runs on 12 hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
Game 2 – Regis 9, Skidmore 4
- Regis jumped out early with three runs in the first inning and four more in the second to build a 7–0 lead.
- The Pride finished with nine runs on 14 hits, while Skidmore recorded seven hits.
- After the Pride went through the first four innings facing the minimum, Skidmore broke through in the fifth inning.
- Swain singled to open the inning and was replaced by pinch runner Sienna Liston.
- After advancing on a wild pitch and a fly ball, Liston scored when Cortney Somsky reached on a throwing error to cut the deficit to 8–1 and extend the game into the sixth.
- The Thoroughbreds rallied in the seventh inning with three runs.
- Bonham doubled to left field to put two runners in scoring position.
- Somsky drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and Allen followed with an RBI double to center field.
- Harrison capped the rally with an RBI single, bringing the tying run to the on-deck circle before the game ended.
- Harrison and Waters each finished 2-for-4 to lead the Skidmore offense.
- Rachel Monser took the loss after allowing six runs in 1.1 innings.
- Shayne Cleeve provided five innings of relief, allowing three runs while striking out four.
- Piper Bockler recorded the final two outs in the seventh inning.
UP NEXT
Skidmore returns home and is scheduled to resume the season on Saturday, March 21 at Castleton.