Tigerville, SC - The North Greenville Crusaders were victorious in their opening home game of the 2022 season with a 5-2 win against the Royals of Queens University of Charlotte this afternoon at Ray & Bea Dillard Field. NGU took the lead in the bottom of the 2nd and never gave up the lead. A total of fourteen pitchers between the two teams took the mound with eleven pitching at least one full inning. The Crusaders put up a total of five runs on eight hits and eight walks. North Greenville took the lead with a run in the 2nd inning. Marek Chlup added two runs with a two RBI single in the bottom of the 3rd. The game was clean sailing for the Crusaders until the top of the 6th when the Royals hit a two run home run to cut the lead down to a run. However, NGU would respond right back with a home run by Jordan Holladay and a sacrifice fly by Cory Bivins. The final three innings would go scoreless with Tristen Hudson pitching the final inning to earn the save. Noah Ingle was the winning pitcher.

Results

• Score: NGU 5 / QUEENS 2
• Location: Ray & Bea Dillard Field / Tigerville, SC
• Records: NGU 5-2 / QUEENS 4-4

Individual

• Marek Chlup posted two hits and two RBIs.
• Jordan Holladay hit his third home run of the season. He also stole a base.
• Pat Monteith went one for two at the plate with two walks and an RBI.

Upcoming

• NGU will face the Erskine Flying Fleet in a three game conference series beginning on Friday, February 18th in Due West, South Carolina.