CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The Queens University of Charlotte softball team played host to Wingate University Wednesday at Park Road Park and the visiting Bulldogs took both games in the series. The first game went to the Bulldogs (5-1/1-0 SAC) by a score of 3-1 and the second was called after the fifth inning as Wingate won 14-6.

The Royals (1-6/0-0 CC) hit their first homeruns of the year during the games. The two Royals pitchers, Chantel Dodge (Shalimar, Fla., Choctawhatchee) and Brandy Jester (Georgetown, Del., Sussex Central), each had one,. Megan Campbell (Raleigh, N.C., Athens Drive ) led the team with four hits, two in each game.

Game 1
Dodge hit the first homerun of the season in game one to give Queens their only run of the game. The long homer was sent over the left center fence in the third inning.

Wingate scored two runs in the second and added one more in the sixth.

Game 2
Queens took an early 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Megan Lathbury (Georgetown, Del., Sussex Central) reached on a fielder's choice and was moved into scoring position off of a single by Keeya Turner (Fayetteville, N.C., 71st ) on the next play. Campbell's single loaded the bases for Alisha Waldrop (McDonough, GA , Luella ). Waldrop put a shot down the left field line, good for a base-clearing double.

The Bulldogs answered back immediately with two runs in the second when Gina Ager hit a two-run homer. An inning later Wingate's Emily Chavis made her first homerun of the season a three-run shot.

In the fourth, Queens struggled to close the inning giving up eight hits for seven runs making the score 12-3.

In the bottom half of the inning Queens made a strong effort to stage a comeback. Doge led the inning with a double down the leftfield line. Jester hit the Royals' second homerun of the season adding two to the Royals score. Carrie Beth Richie (Fayetteville, N.C., Northwood Temple Academy) kept the rally going with a single. Megan Rollins (Salem, Ore., South Salem) pinch ran for Richie and Lathbury drove her in with her second double of the year. Queens closed the inning having cut the Bulldogs lead in half.

Wingate added two more in the fifth, opening an eight run advantage over Queens.

Queens had to score a run to keep the game going, but the batters weren't able to get anything out of the infield and the game was over.

Queens hosts UNC-Pembroke Thursday, Feb. 18 at 5pm.