Men's hockey
On Feb. 27, the men's ice hockey team defeated the University of Southern Maine 6-3 in an ECAC Men's East quarterfinal round game.
At the 1:06 mark of the second period, Southern Maine scored, putting the Thoroughbreds behind 3-1.
Scoring his 10th goal of the season, sophomore forward Tyler Doremus decreased the deficit to one just seconds after Southern Maine had scored.
On the second of three power play goals, first year forward Brendan Cottam tied the score at the 4:08 mark.
After receiving a long pass from senior Matt Czerkowicz, junior Alex Mykolenko netted a goal for Skidmore at 8:44.
The Thoroughbreds then took on a 5-3 lead when first year forward Julian Malakorn netted the third power play goal of the night.
In the third period, senior forward Chris Webb increased the Thoroughbred's lead to 6-3. The Thoroughbreds took down all five of Southern Maine's power plays.
On March 5, the Thoroughbreds will play Babson in the ECAC East Semifinals in Northfield, Vt.
Men's tennis
On Feb. 27, the Skidmore men's tennis team fell to Vassar 9-0.
In doubles, sophomore Luke Granger and junior Stephen Cheng lost to Mike Mattelson and Ben Guzick 8-4. Vassar's Max Willner and Andrew Guzick defeated junior Lorenzo Cabrera and sophomore Max Bevan 8-4.
First year Alex Fromson and senior Jeremy Hogan also fell to Vassar 8-4.
In singles, Lorenzo Cabrera defeated Mike Mattelson 6-1. 6-2. Alex Fromson won 6-0, 6-2 over Max Willner. Max Bevan took a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Greg Katz. Jeremy Hogan took another victory for the Thoroughbreds with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Jeremy Arthur.
On Feb. 28, the men's tennis team took a 5-4 victory over The College of New Jersey, improving its record to 5-1.
Max Bevan took a three-set win in a singles match over Daniel Lee, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5.
At number three singles, Bevan and Alex Fromson won 8-3.
Men's lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team opened its season on Feb. 27 with a 16-4 victory over Babson.
In the first quarter, the Thoroughbreds scored the first six goals.
With 45 seconds left, the Beavers were able to tally a goal, putting the score at 6-1.
Skidmore then took a 9-1 lead in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, the Thoroughbreds tallied another six goals while the Beavers were only able to score three.
Senior attackman Rob Lutin and first year attackman J.P. Sullivan each scored three goals and two assists for five goals.
First year attackman Mike Holden scored three goals in the third quarter. Senior midfielder Alex Giamo led the Thoroughbreds defensively with seven groundballs.
Skidmore goalie, senior Flip Bongaerts, made seven saves and played for 48 minutes.
The men's lacrosse team will return to action on Saturday March 6 when they host Hartwick College at 1 p.m.
Women's tennis
On Feb. 28, the women's tennis team shut down Rensselaer, improving its record to 3-1.
Senior Danika Robinson defeated 7-5, 6-0 over Christine Roe at number one singles and won 8-2 at number one doubles with Nataly Mendoza.
On March 6, Skidmore will take on William Smith at home.
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