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Caitlyn Dion
Kyle Lancto
Caitlyn Dion went 4-for-4 with four RBI in game two.
12
Winner Skidmore SKD 19-15
3
St. Lawrence SLU 14-14
Winner
Skidmore SKD
19-15
12
Final
3
St. Lawrence SLU
14-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Skidmore SKD 0 0 0 2 5 5 0 12 11 1
St. Lawrence SLU 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8 2

W: Mayne, Natalie (7-2) L: Madison Smith (5-1)

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Skidmore SKD 20-16
9
Winner St. Lawrence SLU 15-15
Skidmore SKD
20-16
8
Final
9
St. Lawrence SLU
15-15
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Skidmore SKD 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 8 11 1
St. Lawrence SLU 0 0 2 0 2 1 4 9 10 0

W: Madison Smith (6-1) L: Bockler, Piper (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Thoroughbreds claim No. 4 seed with game-one win at St. Lawrence

CANTON, N.Y. – The Skidmore College softball team needed only one win on Saturday at St. Lawrence to clinch the advantage of being the home team in the upcoming play-in game. The Thoroughbreds got it done in game one, defeating the Saints 13-2 in six innings. The Saints came from behind to walk off game two, 9-8.
  • The teams will meet again on Thursday morning in Rochester to begin the Liberty League Tournament. The winner will face top-seeded Rochester. The loser's season is over.
  • Skidmore finished the regular season 20-16 with its second 20-win season since 2010. The Thoroughbreds went 7-7 in the Liberty League.
  • St. Lawrence is 15-15 and 7-7.
 
Game 1 – Skidmore 12, St. Lawrence 3 (6 inn.)
  • Sophia Finch had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and four RBI to lead the charge for Skidmore.
  • Nate' Burley had a home run, double, and drove in three.
  • Natalie Mayne had the win in the circle, her seventh. She allowed three runs on eight hits in the six-inning complete game. She did not walk a batter and struck out one.
  • Both teams scored two runs in the fourth before the Thoroughbreds pounced for five each in the fifth and sixth to take a double-digit lead.
  • The first six batters in the Skidmore fifth reached. Elle Harrison got it going with a triple. Skidmore also stole three of its four bases in the inning.
  • Finch had two-run doubles in both innings.
  • Burley homered inside the park to make it 12-2 in the sixth.
  • The Saints had one in the bottom of the sixth for the 12-3 final.
  • Emily Siansky went 3-for-3 for the hosts.
 
Game 2 – St. Lawrence 9, Skidmore 8
  • SLU overcame a four-run, sixth-inning deficit to earn the win and split. Each of the six Saint batters who came to the plate in the bottom of the seventh reached, including a tying single by Emily Wendt and then the game-winning hit from Maeve Thompson.
  • Skidmore scored in innings 3-through-6 to take an 8-4 lead. The Thoroughbreds had two each in the third and fourth and then three in the fifth.
  • Caitlyn Dion was 4-for-4 with a double and four RBI for Skidmore.
  • Lily Canale had two hits, including a double, with a pair driven in.
  • Both teams had two extra-base hits - all doubles.
  • The first five in the SLU order accounted for seven of its 10 hits. Thompson and Allison Kloft both had two.
UP NEXT
Skidmore will have a rematch with St. Lawrence Thursday morning at 10 a.m. for the right to advance to the double-elimination conference tournament.
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