CHARLOTTE - The Newberry softball team was turned aside in both ends of a doubleheader at Park Road Park by the Queens Royals on Thursday afternoon.

Senior Katie Capobianco wrapped three hits in game two as the Wolves dropped game one 5-0 and game two 2-1.

The Wolves fall to 18-24 overall and 4-12 in the South Atlantic Conference, while the Royals improve to 19-19 and 5-9 in conference.

Newberry hosts Carson-Newman on Saturday at 1 p.m., with Senior Day activities taking place between the first and second games of the doubleheader.

Game One: Queens 5, Newberry 0
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The Newberry offense was held to two hits as the Royals opened the doubleheader with a shutout victory over the Wolves.

The Wolves' first base runner came in the second as freshman Mallory Gerndt (Burke, Va.) singled, but was left stranded after a pop out and ground out following her at-bat. The third inning saw sophomore Lanier Paul (Buford, Ga.) reach on a walk and soon move to second on a wild pitch. The Wolves' catcher found herself stuck at second after three-straight outs closed the inning.

Queens' offense, which had been quiet in the early innings, found life in the fifth with five runs on four hits.

The seventh saw Newberry's best chance to score as junior Gabby Bedard (Winder, Ga.) doubled to lead off the frame. A walk and a double steal put runners on second and third, before Gerndt drew a walk to load the bases with no outs. Queens managed to shutdown the Wolves with two strikeouts and a line drive out to left field wrapping up the first game.

Game Two: Queens 2, Newberry 1
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Capobianco led the Wolves' offense in game two with three hits, while Gerndt drove in Newberry's lone run of the day.

Queens opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, before the Wolves' offense pushed across a run in the third.

The third opened with a single to left by Capobianco, who soon scampered to second on a sacrifice bunt. A wild pitch pushed Capobianco to third, where she would score on a single by Gerndt.

Neither offense was able to get anything going over the next few innings, until the seventh inning saw Queens score on an error to wrap-up the 2-1 victory.