Queens, N.Y. - The Queens College softball team entered Tuesday's doubleheader with NYIT with a chance to move up in the East Coast Conference standings and in the end, the team spilt a doubleheader with the Bears as they took game one, 10-1 and lost the nightcap by the same score.

Game One:

The Knights got on the scoreboard early in game one as Sara Schendel (Seattle, Wash.) doubled into the left field corner.  She moved up on a Monique Roberge (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) single through the infield.  Kaitlyn Crowley (Patchogue, N.Y.) then put the Knights up 1-0 with a single that scored Schendel.  Two batters later, Cat Pastor (Hewlett, N.Y.) drove in Roberge with a base hit in the infield.

One inning later the Knights turned a 2-0 lead into an 8-0 advantage by scoring six times.  Melissa Natale (Yaphank, N.Y.) put Queens up 3-0 on an RBI groundout that scored Kellie Zeitler (Holtsville, N.Y.).  Schendel ripped her second double of the game to make it 4-0 and Crowley followed with another double to make it 5-0, Knights.  Pastor drove in another run after an infield grounder and Carla Pennolino (Middle Village, N.Y.) put the Knights up 8-0 with a two-RBI single to right-center.  QC scored six runs in the inning.

The Bears got on the scoreboard in the top of the third as they scored a run with a single, an error and a groundout.  So, the Knights led 8-1 heading into the fourth.

In the fourth, Nicole Pirretti (East Northport, N.Y.) reached on a single and Pastor blasted a home run over the wall in right center.  After the homer, QC led 10-1.

Isabelle Yaroch (Annandale, Va.) retired the Bears in order in the fifth and the Knights won, 10-1, via the eight-run-rule. The Knights ripped 14 hits in the game, with Schendel going 3-3 with a pair of runs scored.  Pennolino finished with four RBI and Crowley and Pastor each drove in a pair.  Yaroch pitched the entire game to earn her fourth win of the season.

Game Two:

NYIT got the better of the Knights in game two, defeating them 10-1 in six innings.  The Knights run came from a Carla Pennolino solo home run that dinged off the bleachers in centerfield in the second.  The Bears scored two runs in the fourth, four times in the fifth and three runs in the sixth.  Pastor and Natale each doubled in the game.

The Knights return to action on Wednesday, April 3, when they host Merrimack in a doubleheader beginning at 3:00 PM.