CHARGERS BASEBALL SPLITS WITH QUEENS COLLEGE

Flushing, N.Y. (4/6/13) The Dominican College baseball team split a non-conference double-header with host Queens College in games played at Ray Metski Field. Queens won game one, 3-2, while the Chargers took game two, 9-1. With the split, the Chargers improve to 11-10 overall, while the Knights are now 8-15 on the season.

CHARGERS BASEBALL SPLITS WITH QUEENS COLLEGE

Team Stats

April 6, 2013

Flushing, N.Y. (4/6/13)  The Dominican College baseball team split a non-conference double-header with host Queens College in games played at Ray Metski Field.  Queens won game one, 3-2, while the Chargers took game two, 9-1.  With the split, the Chargers improve to 11-10 overall, while the Knights are now 8-15 on the season.

Game One:  Dominican scored a run in the top of the third inning as Tony Blake (Windsor, Conn.) hit an RBI ground out to score Nick Delgado (Fort Lauderdale, Fla) for the 1-0 lead.  The Knights answered back in the bottom stanza with two runs to go ahead 2-1.

DC tied the game in the sixth inning as second basemen Dylan Ebel (Coral Springs, Fla.) hit a run scoring single to right field to tie the score at 2-2.  QC scored the game-winning run in their half of the eighth inning for the 3-2 win.

Kevin Rodriguez (Miami, Fla.) and Carlos Lopez (Miami, Fla.) each had two hits in the game.

Jesse McIlwaine (Huntington, N.Y.) suffered the loss (0-1) in 1/3 innings of work, allowing one run on three hits.  Starter Brett Schneider (Coral Springs, Fla.) went seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits and six strikeouts.

Game Two:  The Chargers exploded for seven runs in the top of the first inning as Ebel scored on a wild pitch and Kyle Hall (Nassau, Bahamas) came home on a balk.  A double to right center field off the bat of Andrew Camardella (Pelham, N.Y.) scored the third run of the inning and Leonardo Bravo (Bronx, N.Y.) followed with a two-run single to left field.  Ebel made a second appearance at the plate in the inning and doubled down the right field line to score two more runs.

The Knights scored a run in the bottom of the inning to make the score 7-1, but DC scored two runs in the fifth on the sacrifice fly ball to center from Camardella and a single up-the-middle off the bat of Austin Holzkenecht (Coral Springs, Fla.) for the 9-1 victory.

Ebel, Camardella, and Bravo each had two RBIs in the win.

Jordan Paszek (Sussex, Wis.) got the complete game win (2-1), striking out six and allowing one run on eight hits.

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.