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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Visiting Nazareth advanced to Sunday's title game of the Skidmore Invitational after outscoring host Skidmore 2-1 in the shootout. The Golden Flyers and Thoroughbreds played to a 3-3 tie during regulation. Senior Ben Waldman and freshman Packy Jones scored for Nazareth in the shootout.

Following the non-conference tie, the Golden Flyers stand at 2-7-1 overall. Skidmore stands at 3-2-2 overall after Saturday's contest. Nazareth will play Curry in Sunday's championship game at 4 p.m. Curry defeated Morrisville, 4-1, in the other first-round game. Sunday's championship game will be carried on local radio station WHTK (AM-1280) and is available online.

Skidmore opened the scoring on Saturday as Vlad Gavrik tallied his third goal of the season. Tony Giacin and Brad Schuler were credited with the assists. Gavrik scored his goal with only 15 seconds remaining in the first period. Freshman Joe Gladnick amassed 12 saves in the first 20 minutes to keep Nazareth's deficit at one goal.

The Golden Flyers answered with two goals midway through the second period to temporarily take the lead. Freshman forward Kyle Schwartz had Nazareth's first goal 10:38 into the period. Freshmen Marco Spisso and Scott Dawson set up Schwartz's game-tying goal. Less than three minutes later, Jones scored to put the Golden Flyers up 2-1. Waldman and sophomore Tom Seravalli had the assists.

Skidmore struck again in the closing minutes of the period to tie the game at two goals apiece. Schuler was on the scoring end to knot the game with 1:56 to play in the second period. Giacin and Zach Menard had the assists for Schuler's score.

Junior Mark Zavorin scored his team-leading seventh goal of the season to give the Golden Flyers their second lead of the game roughly five minutes into the third period. Jones and Dawson recorded the assists for Zavorin's scoring opportunity. Nazareth's lead, however, was short lived as Schuler scored on the power play less than three minutes later. Giacin had the assist on Schuler's goal, which gives him nine on the season.

Both teams finished with two shots on goal in the five minute overtime period. The Thoroughbreds finished with a 35-31 edge in total shots. Gladnick had 32 saves for Nazareth while Spencer Sodokoff tallied 28 saves for Skidmore.

In the shootout, Waldman scored on Nazareth's first attempt and Jones scored on the third attempt. Gladnick turned aside three Skidmore attempts to send the Golden Flyers to Sunday's championship game.