FLORENCE, SC --
Sophomore Chantel Dodge limited Francis Marion University
to six hits and one first-inning run as Queens University of
Charlotte defeated the Patriots 2-1, Sunday (March 14) on the
final day of the Patriot Invitational Softball Tournament at
Freedom Florence.
FMU drops to
19-8, while Queens improves to 8-14. Francis Marion will
travel to Florida this week to play a pair of doubleheaders
beginning with a twinbill at Saint Leo University on Wednesday
at 1 p.m.
FMU senior
left-hander Michaela Wolf (11-4) was the losing pitcher despite
tossing a four-hitter and striking out nine
batters.
The Patriots took a 1-0
lead in the first inning when Wolf doubled home Chelle
Phillips.
Queens tied the score in
the fourth frame when sophomore Keeya Turner doubled and
later scored on a two-out double by junior shortstop Alisha
Waldrop. The Royals scored the winning run in the sixth
inning when Turner came home on the back end of a double
steal.
Senior third baseman Kat
Beauvais and sophomore center fielder Destinea
Schneider both had two hits for FMU.
