CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte baseball team dropped a pair of games to No. 21 Catawba College on Saturday afternoon, 11-2 and 9-1, at the Tuckaseegee Dream Fields in South Atlantic Conference action.
 
Game One: No. 21 Catawba 11, Queens 2 (Seven inn.)
 
The Indians jumped on top early, scoring six runs across the first two innings to build an early lead. The Royals got board for the first time in the fourth inning when outfielder Broadus Roberson doubled to score Chris Brady from second.
 
Catawba added to their total with a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth before Nick Melton led off the home half of the sixth with a double and later scored on a sac fly from Zach Weston. The Indians got a two-run home run from Zack Miller as the Royals left a runner stranded on second as the final inning came to a close.
 
Zach Kelly provided another strong appearance out of the bullpens for Queens, tossing 2.2 inning of scoreless baseball with three strikeouts.
 
At the plate, Roberson finished 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI, while Carter Foster was 2-for-4 on offense.
 
Game Two: No. 21 Catawba 9, Queens 1
 
A one-hour weather delay in the fourth inning didn't slow down the Catawba offense as the Indians scored a combined seven runs in the second and third innings for another early lead in the second game of the day.
 
Catawba added insurance runs in the sixth and ninth innings as the Royals lone run of the finale came via an RBI ground out from Foster in the bottom of the eighth inning.
 
Six different pitchers saw action in game two for Queens as Tanner Jacobson proved to be the most effective of the bunch, striking out three batters over three innings of relief without allowing a run.
 
Drake Harris was 3-for-4 in the contest with a double and Mason Pickard was a perfect 2-for-2 and reached base all four times he stepped to the plate after drawing a walk and being hit by a pitch.
 
The Royals hit the road for the next game, a short trip to Belmont, N.C. on Wednesday, March 31 to take on Belmont Abbey College at 5 p.m. in a non-conference contest.