GREENEVILLE, TENN. – The Queens University of Charlotte baseball team went up against one of the South Atlantic Conference's best starters on Friday night, falling 10-1 to the Pioneers of Tusculum University at Pioneer Park.
 
Tusculum starting pitch Charlie Hall (4-0) came into the game with a perfect record and sported a 1.72 ERA and a league-high 66 strikeouts. The senior right-hander was dominant under the lights on Friday, tossing a complete game three-hitter and recording 22 strikeouts without surrendering a walk.
 
Queens gave up six runs across the first four innings thanks in large part to five miscues in the field to fall behind early. The Royals' lone run of the game came in the fourth inning when redshirt-sophomore Dominic Ford singled, advanced to second, stole third and later scored on a wild pitch.
 
The Pioneers scored four runs in the eighth inning of play to seal the victory and improve to 16-10 overall with a 5-2 league record. Queens fell to 5-16 with a 1-6 SAC mark with the loss.
 
Freshman starter Zach Kelly (1-3) was tagged with the loss after giving up six runs (two earned) on six hits with eight strikeouts over seven innings of work. At the plate, Ford, redshirt-junior Ryan Dudney, and freshman Alex Sexton each recorded a hit and a stolen base in the game.
 
The Royals and Pioneers face off again tomorrow in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.