Uniondale, N.Y. - It would take nearly the entire contest for either team to break through a pitcher's duel this afternoon, but the baseball team fell to Queens College 2-1 from Mitchel Field. The loss sets the Lions at 19-12 on the season and 9-4 in East Coast Conference play while Queens improved to 10-18 (2-3 ECC).

How it Happened

• Both teams had earlier base runners via walks in the first inning. 
• Senior Thomas Lebrecht legged out an infield single in the third inning before graduate student Aiden Larkin reached base on a perfectly placed bunt single in the fourth.
• Through six innings, however, neither team had a runner reach second base.
• A walk to sophomore Thomas Walker followed by an outfield single from junior Jack Coogan put runners on the corners in Molloy's first scoring chance of the game.
• Peter Nenadich ended his first inning of work with a strikeout to keep a run off the board.
• After sophomore James Sill had retired 20 consecutive batters, 10 of which via the strikeout, the Knights broke through in the top of the eighth inning.
• Back-to-back singles from Penn Sealey and Mike Vilardi set the table for an RBI ground out from Peter Bounougias to make it 1-0.
• Nick O'Connor would double to lead off the top of the ninth before moving to third on a sacrifice bunt. The center fielder broke for home when Matt Filip sent a ground ball to senior Patrick Sanchez at short stop. The throw home was not in time to get O'Connor, and the Knights' lead doubled to 2-0.
• Dagnello drew a walk early in the bottom of the ninth before advancing to second on a wild pitch from Nenadich to put a runner in scoring position for the Lions.
• Walker singled through the left side to put Dagnello just 90 feet from home and allowed the first baseman to score on a fielder's choice by Coogan, cutting the deficit in half.
• Nick Rodriguez would come in for the final two outs for the Knights to earn the save.

Top Performances

• Sill threw a complete game, fanning a career-high 13 batters. Allowing no hits through seven innings, he finished the afternoon with two earned runs on three hits and one walk.
• Larkin, Walker, Coogan, Lebrecht, and junior Jeremy Taggart recorded hits for the Lions with Coogan driving in the lone run.

Up Next
The teams are currently scheduled for a doubleheader tomorrow (Apr. 12) at Queens College beginning at 12:00 p.m. With bad weather expected for most of the day Saturday, those games are ready to be played at Mitchel Field in a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 12:00 p.m.