Queens University of Charlotte Athletics

FIRST PITCH
Score: Queens 3 | Elon 10
Records: Queens (15-36) | Elon (20-31)
Location: The Stick (Charlotte, N.C.)

THE SHORT STORY
Queens University of Charlotte dropped its final non-conference game of the season, 10-3, to visiting Elon University tonight at The Stick. Elon jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but the Royals were able to cut the lead to two before Elon scored in each of the final three innings.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Elon took an early lead after scoring a pair of runs in the second inning and then pushed its lead to 5-0 headed to the bottom of the fifth after plating three more runs.
- Logan Norris in the bottom half of the fifth doubled to lead off and then moved to third off Dylan Schaefer's bunt single. Schaefer was able to steal second before Jacob Grimes was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Norris later scored off Hunter Honeycutt's RBI groundout to first to cut the lead to 5-1.
- Queens in the bottom of the sixth got things going when Karter Wong doubled to left field to open the inning and then advanced to third on a wild pitch with one down. Charlie Marcantel's RBI single through the left side scored Wong to cut the lead to three. Marcantel later scored when Schaefer doubled down the right field line to make it a 5-3 game before the inning ended.
- Elon broke the game open in the late innings when it scored two runs in the seventh and eighth innings, while adding a run in the ninth to take a 10-3 lead.
- The Royals were able to put runners on it each of the last three innings, but were unable to score as the Elon bullpen allowed two hits, a walk, and a hit by pitch to secure the win.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
- Schaefer led all Royal hitters at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a double.
-Grayson Childers, Anibal Rivera, Wong, Marcantel, and Norris all tallied a hit. Norris, Wong, and Marcantel each scored a run, while Norris' and Wong's hits were a pair of doubles.
- Childers' hit in the ninth inning extended his on-base streak to 12 games.
- Grimes, Rivera, and Lenox Lively combined for the team's three walks.
- Starting pitcher Gibson Jones took the loss to fall to 0-3. He allowed two runs on a hit and a walk in an inning of work.
- The Queens' pitchers combined for seven strikeouts, with Jones and Brayden Martino each registering two.
 
NEXT UP
Queens will close out the regular season and the conference season when it hosts Stetson University for a three-game series starting on Thursday at 6 p.m.