The Hamilton College Continentals split a non-conference doubleheader against the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds at Skidmore's Wagner Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Hamilton (23-7 overall) won the opener 5-4, but Skidmore (16-16) took the second game by a score of 3-2 and snapped the Continentals' six-game win streak.

The Continentals return to NESCAC West Division play this weekend with a three-game series against the Middlebury College Panthers at Hamilton's Loop Road Softball/Baseball Complex. The first game is set for Friday, April 19 at 5 p.m.

Game One: Hamilton 5, Skidmore 4

The Continentals scored all of their runs in the top of the fifth. Helen Lin '19 was nailed with a pitch to lead off the inning and scored on a Jodi Weiss '19 double down the left-field line that ended Hannah Davis' no-hitter. Caitlin Berreitter '20 walked two batters later and Liz Brautigam '19 loaded the bases with a bunt single. Weiss made the second out at home before a fielding error scored Berreitter from third and Brautigam scored on a passed ball. Kendall Searcy '20 then cleared the bases with a two-run single to right-center field.

After two scoreless innings, Skidmore took a 1-0 lead on Davis' one-out homer to center field. The Thoroughbreds scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth on a Genesis Delgado double, and Skidmore pulled within 5-4 in the seventh when Megan White led off the inning with a solo home run.

Morgan Hartranft '22 stepped into the pitching circle after White's homer, and after walking the first batter she faced, she retired the next three with a strikeout, flyout and strikeout for her fourth save of the season.

Molly Leitner '19 started and pitched 4.1 innings. Leitner allowed three runs on three hits and four walks with three strikeouts and improved her perfect record to 5-0.

Brautigam went 2-for-4 and Berreitter went 1-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base. 

Game Two: Hamilton 5, Skidmore 4

Three home runs were jacked over the left-field fence in the nightcap. Skidmore's Kaitlyn Judd hit the first one in the second inning. Hamilton's Courtney Cardea '22 responded in the top of the third, and White hit her second of the day in the bottom of the third to give the Thoroughbreds a 2-1 lead.

Hamilton came back to tie the score in the fourth. Anna Rasmussen '21 and Searcy earned back-to-back walks with two outs, and a throwing error by the shortstop on Lin's infield grounder allowed Rasmussen to score.

Skidmore scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth. Karly Fishkin led off with a walk and came around to score after an outfield error and a single through the left side of the infield.

Skidmore's Emily Popp pitched a complete game with six strikeouts and held Hamilton to just three hits off the bats of Vicky Dunn '22, Cardea and Emily Fraser '20.

Hartranft started in the pitching circle and gave up two runs on four hits with three strikeouts. Leitner entered in the third inning and pitched her way out of a bases-loaded jam. Leitner (5-1) allowed just one run on two hits in four innings and she had three strikeouts, but took her first loss of the season.