Scores & Highlights:10/10 – 10/16
Skidmore’s Ella Stone scored the game-winning goal against Rensselaer on Saturday to keep the Thoroughbreds undefeated on the year. Photo by Matt Milless/Skidmore Athletics.
Blue Streaks Destroy Albany in Thursday Night Football
The Saratoga Springs varsity football team beat Albany on Thursday night, 29 to 0. The Blue Streaks wasted no time, scoring 13 points right out of the gate. In the second quarter, they added another touchdown to make the score 22-0 at the half. They added one more TD in the final quarter for good measure, sealing Albany’s fate. Saratoga is now 5-1 on the season and 4-1 (3rd place) in Section 2 AA. They’ll be back under the Friday night lights on October 18 in an away game against Guilderland.
Schuylerville Soccer Notches Two More Shutouts
The Schuylerville Black Horses earned two more shutouts on Friday and Saturday after defeating Gloversville 3-0 and Greenwich 4-0. Against Gloversville, the Horses scored all three of their goals in the second half. Cayden Morris and Brady Baker both scored their first career goals. Nate Lanfear also scored while Alex Renner picked up 2 assists. Against Greenwich, Asher Harrison recorded his 8th shutout of the year while Alex Renner, Colden Harrison, Matt Delassio, and Nate Lanfear each scored one goal apiece.
Blue Streaks Beat Ballston in Girls Soccer Match
The Saratoga Springs girls varsity soccer squad beat Ballston Spa 2 to 1 last Saturday at home. For the Blue Streaks, Emma Murray scored in the first half off an assist from Keegan Reinhart and Lucia DeVito. In the second half, Maggie Zito scored the Scotties’ lone goal before Murray again found the net only 30 seconds later to give Saratoga the win. The Blue Streaks improved to 10-2-1 overall on the season and 7-2-1 in their league.
Saratoga Field Hockey Beats Shen in Overtime
The Saratoga Springs varsity field hockey team defeated Shenendehowa 1-0 in overtime on Monday. Emilia Hall had the winning score for the Blue Streaks. The team improved to 7-5 on the season and have two more games scheduled against Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and Shaker on October 16 and 18, respectively.
Skidmore Women’s Soccer Team Remains Undefeated
Skidmore Senior Ella Stone played hero on senior day, scoring the go-ahead goal to lead the women’s soccer team to a 1-0 shutout victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday afternoon. The victory continued the Thoroughbreds’ undefeated season. They now stand at 8-0 on the year. Following the game, the program honored its 2024 senior class of Stone, Chloe Binder, Ashley Downes, Liz Foley, Kyra Russman-Araya, and Abby Sturim. Skidmore will next continue its three-game home stand on Friday by hosting the Rochester Institute of Technology for the annual Stable Game at 4 p.m.
Skidmore Tennis Teams Wrap Up Fall Season
The Skidmore College women’s tennis team completed its fall season last weekend with three days of action at the Middlebury Panther Challenge. Against Trinity, the teams of Coco Prokop/Juliette Ceas and Mia Sarzynska/Katelyn Corpuz had wins with scores of 6-2 and 6-1, respectively. The Thoroughbreds will return to competition in February with the start of dual season.
The men’s tennis team also wrapped up its season with a pair of doubles quarterfinals and singles consolation matches on day two of the Skidmore Open on Sunday. Sophomore Adel Aissaoui won the Adirondack consolation bracket after defeating Golan Geoff of Bowdoin 6-2, 6-4 in the Semifinals, before then being awarded the finals win over Wesleyan’s Jex Frankel due to his opponent forfeiting the round. The men’s team will next be on the courts in the spring for the dual season.