OPENING PITCH
Scores: Queens 10, West Georgia 6
Records: Queens (9-17, 2-4 ASUN) | West Georgia (11-21, 3-3 ASUN)
Location: The Stick (Charlotte, N.C.)
THE SHORT STORY
The Queens University of Charlotte softball team rallied late to earn a 10-6 victory over West Georgia on Sunday afternoon. In a game that featured multiple lead changes, the Royals used a four-run seventh inning capped by a Lindsay Henson grand slam to secure the comeback win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
West Georgia struck first with a two-run home run in the opening inning, but Queens quickly responded. Sage Farmer led off with a double and later scored on a wild pitch before Madison Cantoni delivered an RBI single to tie the game at 2-2.
Queens took its first lead in the second inning when Dani Stewart reached and came around to score on a Lauren Byrd RBI single, making it 3-2. The Wolves answered in the third, using a combination of timely hitting and a Queens error to plate three runs and take a 5-3 lead.
The Royals responded again in the fourth inning with a three-run frame. Byrd drove in a run with a double before Olivia Thornton scored on a defensive miscue. Lindsay Henson followed with an RBI single—her run unearned—to give Queens a 6-5 advantage.
West Georgia evened the score in the fifth inning at 6-6, taking advantage of another Royals error to push across an unearned run.
After a scoreless sixth inning, Queens delivered the decisive blow in the seventh. Farmer, Byrd, and Thornton all singled to load the bases before Henson launched a grand slam to left-center field, sealing the 10-6 victory.
BY THE NUMBERS
Queens totaled 18 hits in the win, led by Lauren Byrd (4-for-5, 2 RBI), Lindsay Henson (4-for-5, 5 RBI), and Sage Farmer (3-for-4, 3 runs scored). Olivia Thornton added two hits and crossed the plate three times.
In the circle, Addison Kluck earned the win in relief, tossing 4.2 innings and allowing just one unearned run.
UP NEXT
Queens has a quick turnaround, facing Winthrop on Tuesday, March 24.
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