CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte baseball team suffered back-to-back losses in a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon to Newberry College. The Wolves won by scores of 10-5 and 11-3 at the Tuckaseegee Dream Fields.
 
Game One: Newberry 10, Queens 5 (Seven inn.)
 
A five-run fifth inning for the Wolves would prove to be the difference in the first game of the day. After the Queens and Newberry were even at 1-all through one inning, the Wolves scored five runs on four hits, taking advantage of a Royals' fielding error and two walks to take an early lead.
 
Queens scored again in the bottom half of the third when Carter Foster singled with one out and later scored on a wild pitch. However, Newberry tacked on four insurance runs across the fifth and six innings of play to move its lead to a 10-2 margin.
 
The Royals looked to rally in the bottom of the seventh and final inning as Riley Cheek led off with a single and Foster reached on a fielder's choice. Drake Harris doubled to left center before Mason Pickard drove in a run with an RBI single. Noah Jones grounded out to short but drove in a run and Pickard scored from third on a Newberry errors but a fly out to left cut the rally short.
 
Starter Tanner Jacobson (1-2) suffered the loss after giving up six runs (five earned) on five hits with three strikeouts in three innings on the mound. Jordan Briones and Adam Hartle combined for 2.1 innings of relief, while Landen Wright and Drew Meschede combined for a scoreless 1.2 innings out the bullpen.
 
Pickard was 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and a run scored, while Cheek and Dominic Ford were each 2-for-4 on offense.
 
Game Two: Newberry 11, Queens 3
 
Queens committed six costly fielding errors in the nightcap and the Wolves used a six-run fourth to build another early lead.
 
Newberry scored first in the second inning before the Royals responded with an RBI single from Julian Bailey in the third to tie the game. Just like in the series opener, the Wolves used a big inning to take the lead scoring six runs on four hits and one error in the fourth.
 
The Royals looked to chip away at the deficit with runs in the fourth and six innings on RBIs from Zach Weston and Ford, but a four-run eighth inning for Newberry put the game away.
 
Queens' starter Zach Kelly (1-2) was chased after just three innings, allowing seven runs (five earned) on five hits before giving way to Cale Staley to pitched two scoreless innings in relief. Chris Ragosta and Luke Hutchinson each tossed scoreless innings out of the bullpen, while Alec Hunter gave up four runs on four hits without recording an out on the mound.
 
Relievers Garrett Crisp and Nick Nelson each had scoreless innings out of the bullen to slow the Newberry offense.
 
Offensively, Queens had nine hits including a 3-for-4 game from Alex Sexton which included an eighth-inning double. Cheek had another multi-hit game, going 2-for-5 with a triple, while Bailey, Ford, and Weston each had an RBI.
 
The Royals and Wolves conclude the four-game conference series with a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 11 a.m. in the Queen City.