FIRST PITCH
Score: Farleigh Dickinson 12 | Queens 13
Records: Fairleigh Dickinson (2-3 overall, 0-0 NEC) | Queens (1-4 overall, 0-0 ASUN)
Location: Tuckaseegee Fields (Charlotte, N.C.)
 
The Short Story: The Queens University of Charlotte baseball team won their first-ever Division I game at home defeatingFairleigh Dickinson.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Royals got the scoring started at the bottom of the first. Queens' base running and constant hitting gave them the 6-0 lead to close out the first inning.
-Fairleigh Dickinson scored their first run at the top of the second. The Royals would answer, however, with a run of their own to make the score 7-1.
-In the third inning, the Knights fought back as they brought in five runs to make the score 7-6. Queens would go on to tack on two more runs to expand the lead to 9-6.
- Fairleigh Dickinson would start the 4^th with a run to bring the lead back within two runs. The Knights would then follow with three straight outs to end the 4^th.
-The Royals would follow up with three straight outs to leave the Knights scoreless at the top of the 5^th.
-Fairleigh Dickinson tied the game up at 9-9 at the top of the 6^th inning. The Royals would then regain the lead courtesy of a two-RBI double from Christian Maggio.
-The Knights took the lead at the top of the 7^th as they hit a single to left center to bring in the run. The Royals went into the 8^th inning trailing by one.
- The Royals would then bounce back defensively in the top of the 8^th as they forced the Knights into three straight outs. The Royals took back the lead at the bottom of the 8^th on a Nick Melton RBI single to make the score 13-12.
- Queens would then go on to use their defense to beat the Knights at the top of the 9^th for their first win of the season.

BY THE NUMBERS
-Riley Cheek led the team in RBIs(2) and runs with four. He also had a home run.   
-Pitcher Brandon Dahlman pitched his first collegiate win.  
-Nick Brassington had two doubles in the game.
-Dillion Lewis had a double and a triple in the game.

NEXT UP
The Royals will welcome Fairleigh Dickinson University for the second game of the three-game weekend series on Saturday, February 25^th. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. from Tuckaseegee Dream Fields.
 
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