POST UNIVERSITY DEFEATS CHARGERS BASEBALL

Waterbury, CT (4/9/12) The Post University baseball team defeated the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 6-5, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played at Municipal Stadium. With the loss, the Chargers split the CACC series with the Eagles and fall to 11-18 overall and 5-5 in the CACC.

POST UNIVERSITY DEFEATS CHARGERS BASEBALL

Team Stats

April 9, 2012

Waterbury, CT (4/9/12)  The Post University baseball team defeated the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 6-5, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played at Municipal Stadium.  With the loss, the Chargers split the CACC series with the Eagles and fall to 11-18 overall and 5-5 in the CACC.

The Eagles put three runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning and added a run in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead.  Dominican scored their first run in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by freshman Oliver Christensen (Coral Springs, FL) to cut the deficit to 4-1.

Post regained a four-run lead in the bottom of the fifth, but Dominican posted a three-run seventh inning to make the score 5-4. Three Eagle errors allowed Austin Holzknecht (Coral Springs, FL), catcher Tyler Clark (Cheshire, CT) and Xavier Bonilla (Bronx, NY) all to score in the inning.

Dominican tied the game in the eighth inning as third basemen Robert Alonso (Kingston, NY) hit an RBI single up-the-middle to tie the score at 5-5.  The Eagles scored the game winning run on a single in the bottom of the ninth for the 6-5 victory.

Clark finished the game, going 2-3 with two runs scored.

Victor Cosme (Brooklyn, NY) suffered the loss in 1 1/3 innings of work, allowing one run on two hits and two strikeouts.  Starter Justin Moore* (Wantagh, NY) went five innings in the no decision, allowing five runs (three earned) on six hits.  Jordan Paszek (Sussex, WI) pitched 2 1/3 innings,

Dominican returns to CACC action when they host Post University on Wednesday in a double-header to be played at Provident Bank Park. 

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.