Queens, N.Y. - It certainly wasn't the most ideal home opener for the Queens College baseball team on Saturday, as they battled a snowstorm and dropped a pair to Southern New Hampshire 13-3 and 4-0.  The Knights are now 1-7 on the season.

Game One

The first game saw the Knights fall behind 6-0 after three-and-a-half innings of play.  The squad got on the scoreboard in the fourth as they pushed across a run.  With one out, Nick LoBello (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) singled up the middle.  Anthony Mazzella (Wantagh,  N.Y./Macarthur) followed with another base hit back through the box and the Knights had two runners on base.  Two batters later, Steven Varela ripped an RBI single to center that scored LoBello.

The pushed two more runs across in the seventh when John Eyerman (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun) singled and moved to second on a wild pitch.  Danny Muller (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) followed with a walk and Eyerman came in to score on an RBI base hit from Mazzella.  The second run of the inning came when Muller reached home on a hit from LoBello.  Nevertheless, the Penmen took game one, 13-3.

Game Two

The second game saw Frank Kaplan (Howard Beach, N.Y./Xaverian) throw six and a third innings and yield just one earned run.  He walked just one and struck out three.  Frank Duffy (Astoria, N.Y./Forest Hills) threw the final two-thirds of an inning and didn't surrender a run.  On offense, Warren Kelly (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Great Neck South) had two of the Knights three hits.

The two teams return to action on Sunday, March 17.  The first pitch is slated for 12 noon.