Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. - Freshman catcher Kaitlyn Crowley went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a two-run homer Thursday afternoon, as the Queens College softball team (4-6) completed a doubleheader sweep at Bloomfield College (6-3) with a 7-1 victory in game two. The visiting Knights also won the opening contest by an 8-6 edge, as Allison Breakey drove in three runs in the game.

Game 1: Queens 8, Bloomfield 6

The Knights took control by registering eight runs in the first four innings of play, and held off a furious comeback attempt by the Deacons to secure the win. Leadoff hitter Samantha Stallone was 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and three runs scored, while Anniela Vaccaro (walk) reached base safely for the ninth straight contest and stole two bases. Queens took advantage of five hits and six walks in the game.

Vaccaro and Stallone both scored in the top of the first after reaching on walks, before the lineup turned over and scored three times in the second inning to push the QC lead to 5-0. Faith Tessmer singled to lead off, and moved to third two batters later when Stallone reached on an error. Breakey then stepped up to single home both runner, before scoring one batter later when Vaccaro reached on an outfield error.

Breakey then garnered a RBI on a bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning to score pitcher Bryttne Santana (CG, 11 H, 2 BB, 6 ER, 6 K), before Melissa Natale came home in the next plate appearance when Vaccaro grounded out to third. Stallone then scored on a passed ball to round out the Knights' scoring.

Bloomfield did not go quietly, however, as they came back for three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Deacons then tacked on one more in the fifth, plated two runs in the sixth inning and placed the potential go-ahead run at bat with two on and two down in the latter frame. But Santana bore down and struck out the next BC hitter, and sat the hosts down in order in the seventh to move to 3-2 on the year.

Game 2: Queens 7, Bloomfield 1

Crowley and Carla Pennolino (2-for-4) each scored twice for Queens, while starting pitcher Faith Tessmer picked up her first win of the season by firing six innings of four-hit, two-walk, one-strikeout ball.

The teams traded one run apiece in the second inning, as Catherine Pastor doubled home Crowley in the top half for QC. The Knights then broke the game open with three runs each in the third and sixth innings of play. Vaccaro (1-for-4, double) brought home Stallone (1-for-3, 2 SB) with a right-side groundout, Crowley doubled home Caroline Carbone (1-for-3) and Pennolino to push the score to 4-1 in favor of the visitors.

In the sixth stanza, Pennolino led off with a single before Crowley jacked one out to push the score to 6-1. Two batters later, Pastor doubled and then traded places with Natale on the latter's double to account for the final score.

Head coach Brian DeMasters's Queens side will open its home schedule Saturday afternoon (Mar. 19), when it plays host to a 1 p.m. doubleheader against Chestnut Hill.