KISSIMMEE, FL – Skidmore scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to upend Rutgers-Newark in the Rebel Spring Games.
Skidmore 6, Rutgers-Newark 5
Scarlet Raider freshman third baseman
Monica Liotto ripped a 2-run homer to ignite a 3-run outburst in the top of the fifth that staked Rutgers-Newark to a 5-2 lead. Freshman rightfielder
Quiana Gleaves tripled to right to plate freshman first baseman
Monica Bagan who had singled immediately after Liotto’s second blast in two days.
Julie Schwartz, who started as the DP and finished as the winning pitcher, led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run to centerfield before starting the decisive rally in the sixth with an RBI single against Raider freshman hurler
Samantha Veneziano (1-1). Catcher Lauren Dinsdale ripped the game-winning, walk-off 2-run double right behind Schwartz’s single.
Junior centerfielder
Jessica Zelaya and Bagan paced the Raiders’ 10-hit attack with two hits apiece.
Zelaya drew a walk to open the game and scored on a 2-out double to center by Aita to give the Raiders an early 1-0 lead.
Bagan doubled to lead off the fourth and scored on a single to right off the bat of Angeli to knot the score at 2-2.
Rutgers-Newark faces Utica College at 9 a.m. and Centenary College at 11 o’clock on Monday in the week-long tournament.