New Castle, DE (5/14/11)  The top-seeded Dominican College baseball team fell to the second-seeded Wildcats of Wilmington University, 10-3, this afternoon in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship game played at Frawley Stadium  With the loss Dominican ends their season with an overall record of 28-17.

Wilmington scored a run in the top of the first inning, but the Chargers came back with a run in the bottom of the third to tie the score at 1-1.  Senior catcher Rober Iglesias (Mays Landing, NJ) hit a one out single to right field and moved to third on the sacrifice bunt from freshman Tyler Clark (Cheshire, CT).  Third baseman Michael Levy, Jr (Salisbury Mill, NY) reached on a throwing error which also allowed Iglesias to score.

The 'Cats took a 2-1 lead in the sixth, but DC came back in the bottom stanza as senior Dan Robinson (Massapequa, NY) received a one out free pass after getting hit by-a-pitch and moved to second on the ground out by Tony Blake (Windsor, CT).  Christopher Gonzalez (Bronx, NY) delivered the RBI single up-the-middle to re-tie the contest at 2-2.

WU added two runs in the seventh and exploded for a five run eighth inning to go ahead 9-2 and topped off the ninth inning with a run to take a 10-2 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth, Clark led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on a pass ball.  Senior Mario Lopez (Antony, NM) hit a one out RBI single up-the-middle.  A walk to Robinson put two runners on base and Blake followed with a single through the left side to load the bases.  A line out double-play ended the game and give the Wildcats the 10-3 victory.

Starter Ryan Calby (Huntington Station, NY) took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings of work.

The All-Tournament team and game results are below.

All-Tournament Team
Mike Godwin, Wilmington - MVP
Joe Harbach, Wilmington
Joe Harris, Wilmington
Kurt Bruce, Wilmington
Matt Umba, Wilmington
David Bartuska, Dominican
Justin Moore, Dominican
Christopher Gonzalez, Dominican
Travis Locascio, Post
Tom Sirois, Post
Mark Perry, USciences 

CACC Baseball Tournament, May 10-14
Tuesday, May 10 (single elimination)
Game 1: #5 USciences 8, #4 Caldwell 5
Game 2: #3 Post 8, #6 Chestnut Hill 7

Thursday, May 12 - Wilson Field (double elimination)
Game 3: #1 Dominican 7, #5 USciences 0
Game 4: #2 Wilmington 9, #3 Post 0

Friday, May 13 - Frawley Stadium
Game 5: Post 4, USciences 0
Game 6: Wilmington 3, Dominican 0
Game 7: Dominican 7, Post 0

Saturday, May 14 - Frawley Stadium
Game 8: Wilmington 10, Dominican 3