Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY -- Senior pitcher Tiffany Ippoliti pitched a complete game shutout and struck out eight in Union's 6-0 win over Skidmore in the second game of a Liberty League softball doubleheader Saturday at Thouroughbred Field. Skidmore won the opener in comeback fashion with two in the bottom of the eighth in a 5-4 victory. Union is now 20-8 on the season and 3-1 in the Liberty League while Skidmore is 19-11 and 1-3.

Ippoliti won her 10th of the season and allowed just two singles. Callee Heywood was 2 for 4 in the second game and Alicia Jones also had two hits while each player drove in a run. The game was scoreless until the Dutchwomen chased starter Abby Furhman in the fifth with five runs. Union added another run in the top of the sixth and finished with eight hits in the nightcap.

After a scoreless first four innings, Heywood and Diana Polli had back-to-back RBI singles in the 5^th to make it 2-0 in favor of the Dutchwomen. Union added three more runs in the fifth on an error and a pair of RBI singles from King and Alicia Jones. They would add another run in the sixth on a throwing error to make it 6-0.

In the first contest, Ginni Sack allowed just two earned runs and posted five K's but took the loss to go to 10-5 on the season. Ashley Kovack had three hits and drove in a run while Nina Cervini had two hits, but Union had five errors in the game. 

After falling behind 1-0, the Thoroughbreds picked up a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth on a Carol Brown  single and an RBI groundout from Tara DeGeorge to take the lead. Union came right back in the top of the fifth when Cervini had a bases-loaded RBI single to tie it up and tried to take the lead on the play but Brown gunned out pinch-runner Elizabeth Hackert at the plate for the final out of the inning.

Skidmore took the lead late when Michelle Anderson tagged up on a fly ball and scored on an errant throw from the outfield to make it a 3-2 game. The Dutchwomen would continue to fight as pinch-hitter Alexandra King drove a triple to deep left with one out in the seventh and Callee Heywood hit a sacrifice fly to score pinch-runner Becky Gronczniak to tie it up.

In the top of the eight, Kovack led off with a double and later scored on an RBI groundout from Hannah Fandl to take the 4-3 lead. With one out and runners on first and second, Manstein drove a pitch to the opposite field, scoring Christina Gargiso and Anderson and earning the Thoroughbreds their first league win of the season. Sam Crose allowed four runs (three earned) in eight innings of work to improve to 12-6 for Skidmore.

The Dutchwomen return to action Tuesday at 3:30 when they host SUNY Oswego at Alexander Field.