DC DEFEATS QUEENS COLLEGE

Pomona, N.Y. (5/1/13) The Dominican College baseball team improved to 27-18 overall after defeating the visiting Knights of Queens College, 5-2, this evening in non-conference action at Provident Bank Park.

DC DEFEATS QUEENS COLLEGE

Team Stats

May 1, 2013

Pomona, N.Y. (5/1/13)  The Dominican College baseball team improved to 27-18 overall after defeating the visiting Knights of Queens College, 5-2, this evening in non-conference action at Provident Bank Park.

Dominican struck first with a run in the first inning on the bases loaded walk to designated hitter Andrew Camardella (Pelham, N.Y.)

Camardella added his second RBI of the night in the third inning as he hit a run scoring single to right field to make the score 2-0.

QC got on the board with a run in the fifth, but DC struck for three runs in the eighth inning to extend the lead to 5-1.  In the eighth, Oliver Christensen (Coral Springs, Fla.) hit an RBI ground out and a single by Camardella allowed two runs to score.  The Knights added a run in the top of the ninth for the 5-2 win.

Freshman Brett Schneider (Coral Springs Fla.) got the win to improve to 4-1 overall, going seven innings and allowing one run on five hits and eight strikeouts.

Carlos Lopez (Miami, Fla.) picked up his second save after getting the final two outs of the contest.

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.