AIKEN, S.C.- The Royals softball team suffered two shutouts against  USC Aiken's softball team in the doubleheader on Monday by scores of 1-0 (8) and 4-0 at J.H. Satcher Field.
 
The Pacers improve to 11-5 on the season as Queens falls to 2-8.
 
Game 1: USCA 1, Queens 0
With the game in extra innings, tied at zero, Megan Lakes leads off with a single to left center, followed by an error to allow senior Jessica Strickland to get on base. Toni Flessate then doubles to left center to score Lakes for the winning run.
 
Baker and Lakes both hit a double earlier in the game but were stranded at second base.
 
The Royals' Amanda Bowman (Kernersville, N.C,, Glenn) and Kari Kmetic (Milwaukie, Ore., Putnam) recorded the two hits for Queens, both singles, but were unable to move past second base.
 
Freshman Lauren Rickabaugh went the whole eight innings to record her second complete-game shutout and third win of the season. 
 
Chantel Dodge (Shalimar, Fla., Choctawatchee) pitched the whole game for the Royals, recording her fifth loss of the season, not giving up a hit until the fifth inning. She gave up four hits, while walking just three batters and striking out 11.
 
Game 2: USCA 4, Queens 0
The Pacers batted around in the second inning, as they were able to score four runs on the two hits in that frame.
 
Brittany Stephens (Charlotte, N.C., Hickory Grove Baptist) gave up two bases loaded walks, allowing the first two runners to get on the board. In the play before, Queens kept the Pacers from getting on the board with a quick turnaround from first baseman Audra Littlejohn (Riverside, Calif., Centennial ) to catcher Mary Lee Giurintano (Greensboro, N.C. , Glenn ) to get the runner out at home. Lakes then came up to the plate, with the bases still loaded, and singled up the middle to add two more runs.
 
Queens' two hits came from Megan Campbell (Raleigh, N.C., Athens Drive ) and Giurintano. Campbell led the game off with a single and Giurintano singled in the fourth frame, both runners could not get past second base.
 
Flessate won her sixth game of the season and recorded her third shutout. She struck out seven batters while walking two.

Stephens received her third loss of the season. She gave up all four runs on three hits, while striking out four batters and walking three.

Queens will travel to Wingate, N.C., to face the Bulldogs on Feb. 26 with the first pitch being thrown at 2pm.