STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Concluding their six-game East Coast Conference week the Queens College softball team made the trip to Staten Island, N.Y. for a Friday doubleheader against the College of Staten Island Dolphins at the CSI Softball Complex.
The Knights limited the Dolphins to two runs over the four innings of play but as the Dolphins added two insurances run in the home half of the fifth, Queens put together a rally in the top of the sixth to get within two, but the Dolphins would secure the victory as they held off the Knights in the top of the seventh for a game one victory to the score of 4-2. In the nightcap, It would be four shutout innings before the Dolphins scored two in the fifth and one in the sixth, but another late rally would fall short as the Knights fell 3-2 in game two.
GAME ONE RECAP
In game one, the Knights were held to four hits led by junior first baseman
Allie Parascandola (East Quoque, N.Y.) (1-3 AB, R), sophomore utility
Caylea Campbell (Murrieta, CA.) (1-3 AB, R), sophomore shortstop
Kadie Cain (Hauppauge, N.Y.) (1-2 AB, BB) and senior right fielder
Caroline Pescatore (North Babylon, N.Y.) (1-3 AB), while senior third baseman
Emma Zumpol (Patchogue, N.Y.) recorded the lone RBI in the game.
Parascandola opened the game by reaching base on a hit by pitch but the Dolphins would avoid trouble as they were able to catch Parascandola stealing second base while retiring the other two batters.
The home side took a 2-0 lead using two walks and a two-RBI single after the completion of the first inning of play.
In a pitcher's duel, the Knights would leave three base runners over the next four innings of play before the Dolphins added two insurances run in the home frame of the fifth inning.
Queens would put together a rally in the top of the sixth as Parascandola and Campbell recorded back-to-back singles before advancing into scoring position on a wild pitch. Zumpol would get Queens on board with a sac fly out to left field as Parascandola scored. As senior center fielder
Amanda Baez (Selden, N.Y.) earned a walk, a fielding error would allow Campbell to score as the Knights were able to get within two, 4-2. But the Dolphins would strand Baez and Cain on base to end the inning and keep their 4-2 lead intact.
The Knights would retire in order in the top of the seventh as the Dolphins earned a 4-2 victory.
GAME TWO RECAP
In the nightcap the offense was led by Cain
(1-2 AB, BB), senior catcher
Riley O'Connor (Maspeth, N.Y.) (1-2 AB, BB), and Campbell
(1-2 AB, HR, 2RBI, R, BB) as the trio combined for three hits, and two RBI.
In a pitcher's duel where both teams were held to a combined 11 hits, junior righty
Sam Voskinarian (East Northport, N.Y.) would keep the visitors in the game with four shutout innings as her offense searched for runs.
But the Dolphins would break through in the bottom of the fifth using three hits to take a 2-0 lead before adding an insurance run in the sixth inning of play.
In the top of the seventh, O'Connor began the inning with a single up the middle before the Dolphins retired the next two batters. The Knights looking for a two-out rally would see Campbell lace a two-run shot down the left line to her team within one run, 3-2 but the Dolphins would hold firm as they were able to the final out of the inning and complete the sweep to the final score of 3-2.
NEXT PITCH
The Knights conclude the final week of the regular season starting on Senior Day Saturday, Apr. 26 as they welcome St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartans to town. The first pitch is set for noon.
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