FOUR CHARGERS NAMED TO ALL-CACC TEAM

May 9, 2016

FOUR CHARGERS NAMED TO ALL-CACC TEAM

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/9/16) Four members of the Dominican College baseball team were named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Second Team as was announced by Commissioner Dan Mara.

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/9/16) Four members of the Dominican College baseball team were named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Second Team as was announced by Commissioner Dan Mara.

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Arbely Soto, Max Franzone, Kraigen Rasalla and Corey Pic were all named to the All-CACC Second Team as was voted upon by the conference's head coaches.

Soto, a junior outfielder from the Bronx, N.Y., earns his first All-CACC accolades. He has earned one CACC Player of the Week honors this season. Soto is second on the team and ninth in the conference in batting average. He ranks first in the CACC in triples, 7th in hits and slugging percentage, 13th in RBIs and 14th in doubles. He leads the team in triples and hits and is second in doubles and RBIs.

Franzone, a junior third basemen from Nanuet, N.Y., also earns his first Second Team honors. He is second in the conference in triples and is fourth in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs batted in, double, hits and runs scored. He currently sits fifth in stolen bases and and home runs.

Rasalla, a relief pitcher from Scranton, Pa., is tied for third in the CACC in saves. He leads the team in saves and ERA. In 25.2 innings pitched, he has recorded 22 strikeouts, allowed 10 runs (five earned) on 21 hits.

Pic, a junior starting pitcher from Montvale, N.J., earns his second straight Second Team honors this year. He has earned one CACC Pitcher of the Week accolades this season. He is tied for second in the CACC in wins, is eighth in innings pitched and 13th in complete games. He has been named the Dominican College Top Male Scholar-Athlete in his freshman, sophomore and junior years.

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.