CHARGERS LOSE TO ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY

Miami Gardens, Fla. (3/5/13) The Chargers baseball team fell to 0-2 on the season after losing to host, St. Thomas University, 8-1, this evening in a non-conference game played at Paul Demie Mainieri Field. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 17-5 overall.

CHARGERS LOSE TO ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

March 5, 2013

Miami Gardens, Fla. (3/5/13)  The Chargers baseball team fell to 0-2 on the season after losing to host, St. Thomas University, 8-1, this evening in a non-conference game played at Paul Demie Mainieri Field.  With the win, the Bobcats improve to 17-5 overall.

STU scored a run in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead.  Dominican tied the game in the top half of the seventh inning as catcher Tyler Clark (Cheshire, Conn.) led off the inning with a triple to center field and would later score on a wild pitch to make the score 1-1.

The Bobcats scored seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to go ahead 8-1 for the eventual victory.

Pitcher Richard Leachy (Brookfield, Wis.) suffered the loss (0-1) in 7 and 1/3 innings of work, allowing seven runs on eight hits and five strikeouts.

Steven Pastrana (Queens, N.Y.) pitched 2/3 an inning and allowed one run on one hit and one strikeout.

DC is back in action tomorrow as they take on the College of Saint Rose.

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.