Thoroughbred teams gear up for big home weekend

Skidmore will host six home conference games this weekend. The men?s hockey team is home at 7 p.m. Friday against the University of Massachusetts at Boston and again at 4 p.m. Saturday against Babson. The women?s basketball team will host Rensselaer at 6 p.m. Friday, followed by the men?s game against RPI at 8 p.m. On Saturday, the women play Vassar at 2 p.m. and the men host the Brewers at 4 p.m.

The Skidmore Stampede is sponsoring ?Get Greened Out? for Friday?s men?s hockey game. The group will provide buses from Case Center to the rink at 6:30 and 7 p.m. There will be prizes and events between periods. The Thoroughbreds are tied for fourth in the ECAC East with a 5-6 league record and 9-7 overall mark.

The women?s basketball team is 2-3 in the Liberty League and 5-11 overall, while the men are 0-5 and 5-11.