CHARGERS BASEBALL LOSE TO MOLLOY COLLEGE

Uniondale, NY (4/3/12) The Dominican College baseball team dropped a non-conference game to host, Molloy College, 7-4, this afternoon in a game played at the Mitchel Athletic Complex. With the loss, Dominican falls to 10-17 overall, while Molloy College improves to 10-17 overall.

CHARGERS BASEBALL LOSE TO MOLLOY COLLEGE

Team Stats

April 3, 2012

Uniondale, NY (4/3/12)  The Dominican College baseball team dropped a non-conference game to host, Molloy College, 7-4, this afternoon in a game played at the Mitchel Athletic Complex.  With the loss, Dominican falls to 10-17 overall, while Molloy College improves to 10-17 overall.

The Chargers scored first in the top of the third inning as shortstop Oliver Christensen (Coral Springs, FL) hit a two out triple to center field.  Centerfielder Xavier Bonilla (Bronx, NY) followed with an RBI single to right field to go ahead 1-0.

The Lions answered back with five runs in the bottom half of the inning to go up 5-1.  Dominican scored three runs in the fifth inning as Christensen had an RBI infield single and Bonilla later followed with a one out two-run triple to center field to cut the deficit to 5-4.

In the bottom stanza, Molloy added two insurance runs en route to the 7-4 victory.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Anthony Pastrana (Queens, NY) took the loss (0-1) in four innings of work, allowing six runs on eight hits and five strikeouts.  Reliever Caleb Whiteley (San Antonio, TX) pitched the last four innings, scattering two hits.

DC is back in action on Thursday as they travel to Post University in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action.

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.