CLIPPERS RALLY TO DEFEAT CHARGERS BASEBALL

Bronxville, NY (3/23/12) The Concordia College Clippers baseball team rallied from a 6-2 deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 7-6, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) baseball game played at the Clipper Baseball Field.

CLIPPERS RALLY TO DEFEAT CHARGERS BASEBALL

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March 23, 2012

Bronxville, NY (3/23/12)   The Concordia College Clippers baseball team rallied from a 6-2 deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 7-6, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) baseball game played at the Clipper Baseball Field.

The Chargers struck for a run in the top of the first as Christopher Gonzalez (Bronx, NY) hit an RBI double to left field for an early 1-0 lead.  Concordia answered back with two runs in the bottom of the inning to go up 2-1.

DC came back with a run in the third, fourth and fifth innings to pull ahead 4-2.  A Clipper error in the third allowed a run to score and a line out by Tyler Clark (Cheshire, CT) in the fourth brought home another run.  In the fifth, a run scored on a double-play ball.

Dominican tacked on two runs in the eighth, Austin Holzknecht (Coral Springs, FL) and Robert Alonso (Kingston, NY) each produced RBI singles to give the Chargers the 6-2 lead.

Nicholas Kevlin (Conway, NH) took the loss (0-2) in 1/3 innings of work, allowing five runs (none earned) on three hits.

With the loss Dominican falls to 4-15 overall and 1-4 in conference play.

Dominican returns to action on Monday with road games at Chestnut Hill College.

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.