Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The Molloy softball team split a doubleheader with the Dominican Chargers, 8-5 and 4-8, Monday afternoon at Bob Klein Field. The Lions moved to 17-22, while the Chargers moved to 9-15.

Game One: Molloy 8, Dominican 5

• Senior Alex Burns scored on a wild pitch in the first to make it 1-0.
• Dominican took a 2-1 lead in the third.
• Molloy used a six-run fourth inning to go ahead 7-2. Freshman Natalie Moussa started the rally with a home run to left field. Graduate student Courtney Greene scored on a pass ball, Burns hit a two-RBI single, junior Karsyn Eaton hit an RBI single, and senior Amanda King capped the rally with a sac fly, which brought home junior Steph Conrade.
• Conrade hit an RBI single in the sixth to increase the maroon and white's lead to 8-2.
• The away team plated three runs in the seventh.
• King threw a complete game, gave up five runs, four earned, on eight hits, and struck out four to improve to 8-11 on the season.

Game Two: Molloy 4, Dominican 8

• In the first, Eaton scored Burns on a sac fly, and Conrad scored on a fielding error to make it 2-0.
• Burns hit a sac fly, which scored Akemi Poyer and made it 3-0 in the second.
• The Chargers scored one run in the third and two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 5-3 advantage.
• King hit an RBI single in the fifth to cut the lead to 5-4, but that was as close as Molloy would get.

Up Next
The Lions travel to play Queens tomorrow, April 19. The first game of the doubleheader is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.