FLUSHING, N.Y.- The Queens College baseball team opens the week with a single game against Post University Eagles Tuesday afternoon from Hennekens Stadium.
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Post Series History
The Knights are 3-1 against Post and will match up against them for the third time in two weeks. Queens swept Saturday doubleheader in Myrtle Beach to earn their first two wins of the season. The Knights won 13-12 in game one before completing the sweep with a 5-3 victory in the nightcap.
Both sides will be meeting for the second time in Flushing as the Eagles took the first meeting 11-2 back on April 30, 2003.
Scouting the Knights
Queens will be looking to bounce back after dropping the three-game series against Bloomfield 1-2 to move to 4-3 on the young season.
In the latest NCBWA East Region poll released on Monday, the Knights find themselves ranked #9 to stay in the top 10.
The Knights are led by freshman infielder
Marc Cisco (Long Island City, N.Y.) who leads the Knights with a .500 batting average, .615 slugging, and an on-base percentage of .533. He has tallied a team-high 13 hits, tied for doubles (3) and RBIs (10) on the season. While junior outfielder
Jayson Rodopoulos (
Scarsdale, N.Y.) is batting .400, .778 slugging percentage, and a 515 on-base percentage. The Scarsdale native is second in hits (12), first in triples, and tied for first in home runs (2). He has driven in seven runs on the season.
Scouting the Eagles
Post enters the week with a 3-9 overall record and is coming off a 1-3 series loss to Saint Anselm.
The offense is led by Robert Olah who has tallied 16 hits, with three home runs and 11 RBIs, while Nate Miller leads the Eagles with 13 RBIs and has tallied in 11 hits with four doubles on the season.
Next Series
The Knights will host regional ranked #5 Franklin Pierce University Ravens for the first time since the 2014 season in a three-game series beginning on Friday (Mar. 11) afternoon. The first pitch is set for 3:00 p.m.
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