St. Lawrence and Skidmore traded one-run victories in a Liberty League doubleheader on Sunday afternoon in Saratoga Springs, with the Saints scoring four runs in the final two innings of the second game to come from behind for an 8-7 win and secure the split. Skidmore won the opening game 2-1 with a walk-off run in the bottom of the seventh.

With the split, St. Lawrence is now 8-9 overall and 1-1 in conference this season, while Skidmore is 9-13 and is also 1-1 in Liberty League play.

In game one, Skidmore took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a solo home run to left center, but the Saints pulled even in the top of the second when first-year Elle Gray hit an RBI double to left center that plated sophomore Emma Reakes for the Saints lone run of the game.

With two out and one runner on the in the bottom of the seventh inning for Skidmore, Saints pitcher Emma Gailey walked Karly Fishkin and then intentionally walked Dani DeGregory to load the bases. An error on a ball hit to the infield by the next batter, May-Lin McEvoy, allowed the second and winning run to score for the Thoroughbreds.

The Saints outhit Skidmore in the first game seven to four, but stranded seven runners in the game. Elle Gray led the Scarlet and Brown with a 3-for-3 performance, while Kylee Knight also had a multi-hit day, going 2-for-3.

On the mound, Gailey pitched six and two-thirds, allowing just four hits and one earned run, while striking out five. With the loss, the Simsbury, Conn. native is now 4-2 on the year.

Gailey was also the pitcher of record in the Saints win in game two, picking up the win in a relief appearance as St. Lawrence used its full staff on Sunday afternoon. Allie Courtwright started and pitched one and two-thirds innings allowing five hits and three runs with two strikeouts before she was relieved by Hannah Sears who pitched two and a third with three hits, three runs and two strikeouts before. Gailey worked three innings to finish the game (4H, 1R, 2SO).

The Saints jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the second inning on five hits and one error, with runs coming across on a two-RBI single up the middle by Gray and then an RBI sacrifice and single by Kylee Knight and Madison Yarborough, respectively.

Skidmore responded with three runs on four hits in the bottom of the frame and took a 6-4 lead with three more runs in the bottom of the fifth.

In the top of the sixth, Knight tied the game for the Saints with a two-out, two-RBI double that plated both Elle Gray and Jordan Sheridan before she was thrown out trying to advance to third.

Skidmore added another run in the bottom of the sixth to regain the lead at 7-6, but an RBI double by Courtwright and an RBI single by Carly Dziekan in the top of the seventh gave the Saints their eventual 8-7 edge and the win.

Of the team's 10 hits in game two, Mann, Courtwright and Gray each had two apiece, while Knight led the Saints with three RBI in the contest.

Next up for the Saints is a midweek nonconference doubleheader at home against Plattsburgh on Wednesday, followed by Liberty League doubleheaders on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.