MCLA Falls to Skidmore

North Adams, Mass.—MCLA fell in game one as Skidmore College sophomore Sam Crose (Assonet, MA) tossed a no-hit 2-0 shutout on Thursday.  MCLA also lost the second game 6-4.  MCLA falls to 11-19 while Skidmore is now 18-10.

Crose had nine strikeouts and no walks. Two runners reached on errors as the crafty pitcher earned her fifth shutout of the season, while improving to 11-6.

The Thoroughbreds scored one in the second when Julia Schwartz (Bryn Mahr, PA) doubled and later added another on a sacrifice fly. Skidmore made it 2-0 in the fifth with an unearned run.

Hadley Ameen (North Adams, MA) was the tough luck loser pitching very well herself. Ameen has suffered some tough losses of late, went the distance, allowing six hits and one earned run.

In the second game, Lauren Dinsdale (Harrington Park, NJ) keyed a four-run third with a two-run homer. Dinsdale finished 2-3. Abby Fuhrman (Amherst, MA) earned the win, allowing four runs, three earned on seven hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.

MCLA cut it to 6-4 in the fifth, but couldn’t push anything across in the last two frames.

Megan Boyer (Clarksburg, MA) and Kate Oullette (Norwood, MA) continued their hot hitting and had two hits each.  Kayla Koumjian (Watervliet, NY) was 1-3 with a home run.  Sarah Greenwood (Northfield, MA) took the loss in game two for MCLA.

Skidmore will host Union College on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. MCLA will travel to Bridgewater State for a pair of MASCAC contests beginning at 1:00 PM.