ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE DEFEATS CHARGERS BASEBALL

April 24, 2013

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE DEFEATS CHARGERS BASEBALL

Pomona, N.Y. (4/24/13) The Dominican College baseball team fell in non-conference action, 22-9, this afternoon to the visiting Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College in a game played at Provident Bank Park. With the loss, the Chargers fall to 22-16 overall while the Spartans improve to 27-11 on the season.

St. Thomas Aquinas College 27-11

Dominican University New York 22-16

Final

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Dominican University New York

Pomona, N.Y. (4/24/13) The Dominican College baseball team fell in non-conference action, 22-9, this afternoon to the visiting Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College in a game played at Provident Bank Park. With the loss, the Chargers fall to 22-16 overall while the Spartans improve to 27-11 on the season.

The bulk of the damage was done in the top of the first inning where the Spartans scored 14 runs on 10 hits and batted around the line up twice.

STAC led 15-0 after one and a half innings, when the Chargers scored four runs in the bottom stanza to make the score 15-4. Catcher Tyler Clark (Cheshire, Conn.) hit a two-run blast to right field and shortstop Robert Alonso (Kingston, N.Y.) later had an RBI triple to left center. An RBI ground out by Kenny Harrell (Pompano Beach, Fla.) brought home the fourth Charger run.

DC added a run in the third on the sacrifice fly ball off the bat of Harrell to cut the deficit to 15-5.

The Spartans added runs in the fifth, seventh and eighth innings to extend the lead to 22-5 after seven and a half innings.

Dominican recorded four more runs in the eighth inning as Harrell had an RBI infield single and Kyle Hall (Nassau, Bahamas) had a two-run single to left center field. Designated hitter Oliver Christensen (Coral Springs, Fla.) had an RBI single for the final run of the game in the 22-9 loss.

Andrew Camardella (Pelham, N.Y.) and Harrell had two hits in the game.

Starter Steven Pastrana (Queens, N.Y.) took the loss (0-1).

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: Brian Tompkins (3-1)

Loss: Steven Pastrana (0-1)

Batting

St. Thomas Aquinas College

2B: Nicholas Barbalato; Mike Russo; Kenny Kirshner 2; Rich Baerga; Stanley Susana; Efrain Bautista; Mike Apreda

3B: none

HR: none

Dominican University New York

2B: none

3B: Robert Alonso

HR: Tyler Clark

Full stats

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.