Contraction of only one of the indexes of a symmetric tensor with an antissymetric tensor is zero?

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So guys I was trying to show some expressions in general relativity and I have the contraction of two tensor objects, those being:

$$\sigma_{\mu\nu} = \sigma_{\nu\mu},$$

and,

$$\omega_{\mu\nu} = -\omega_{\nu\mu}.$$

The contraction of a symmetric object with an antissymetric one is zero, like this:

$$\sigma_{\alpha\beta}\omega^{\alpha\beta}=0.$$

The question is: "Can I also say that the following contraction is zero?"

$$\sigma_{\mu\beta}\omega^{\beta}_{\nu} = ?$$