BASEBALL LOSES TWO IN NON-CONFERENCE DOUBLE-HEADER

March 10, 2012

BASEBALL LOSES TWO IN NON-CONFERENCE DOUBLE-HEADER

Chester, NY (3/10/12) The Dominican College baseball team fell to 1-6 overall after dropping a non-conference double-header to Saint Anselm College and Merrimack College this afternoon in games played at The Rock Sports Park. DC fell to Saint Anselm College, 12-1 and lost to Merrimack College, 8-0 in the night cap.

Game 1

Dominican University New York

1-5

Saint Anselm College

6-7

Final

Dominican University New York

Saint Anselm College

Chester, NY (3/10/12) The Dominican College baseball team fell to 1-6 overall after dropping a non-conference double-header to Saint Anselm College and Merrimack College this afternoon in games played at The Rock Sports Park. DC fell to Saint Anselm College, 12-1 and lost to Merrimack College, 8-0 in the night cap.

Game One: The Chargers were limited to just one hit in the first game when they took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a home run down the left field line by Andrew Camardella (Pelham, NY). Saint Anselm tied the game with a run in the third, added two in the sixth, one in the seventh and eight in the eighth for the final 12-1 victory.

Reliever Cody Smith (Wales, WI) took the loss (0-1) in 2 1/3 innings, allowing nine runs (six earned) on four hits. Starter Ryan Calby (Huntington Station, NY) went five innings, allowing just one run on three hits in the no decision.

Game Two: Merrimack also limited the Charger offense, giving up just two hits in the shut out win. MC tallied a run in the first and added seven in the eighth for the 8-0 victory.

Camardella singled through the left side in the fifth inning and freshman Oliver Christensen (Coral Springs, FL) picked up a hit in eighth on a singe up-the-middle.

Starter Dustin Javins (Fort Lauderdale, FL) suffered the loss (0-1) in seven innings, allowing one run on four hits and recording 11 strikeouts.

DC is back in action tomorrow at the Rock Sports Park where they will face Saint Anselm College and Merrimack College again.

Team Stats

Game 1

Pitching

Win: John Healy (2-0)

Loss: Cody Smith (0-1)

Batting

Dominican University New York

2B: none

3B: none

HR: Andrew Camardella

Saint Anselm College

2B: Dan Lagasse; Kyle Grumoli

3B: none

HR: Mike Hayden

Full stats

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.