CHARGERS LOSE IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION

March 13, 2017

CHARGERS LOSE IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION

Cary, N.C. (3/13/17) The Slippery Rock University baseball team edged the Dominican College Chargers, 8-7, this afternoon in a game played at the USA Baseball National Training Center. With the win, the Rock is now 2-0 against Dominican and will conclude the four-game series tomorrow with a double-header.

Slippery Rock 6-5

Dominican University New York 4-5

Final

Slippery Rock

Dominican University New York

Cary, N.C. (3/13/17) The Slippery Rock University baseball team edged the Dominican College Chargers, 8-7, this afternoon in a game played at the USA Baseball National Training Center. With the win, the Rock is now 2-0 against Dominican and will conclude the four-game series tomorrow with a double-header.

SRU led 3-0 after two innings when Dominican got on the scoreboard in the third with two runs on a balk and a sacrifice fly ball of the batter of designated hitter Jordan Bernacet (Schenectady, N.Y.).

The Chargrers took a 6-3 advantage in the fifth stanza as Justin Decker

(Rotterdam, N.Y.) scored on a wild pitch and Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.) came home on a balk. Third basemen Justin Cancel (Seaford, N.Y.) hit an RBI single and shortstop Joseph Libio (Tamarac, Fla.) followed with a run-scoring double.

The Rock countered with three runs in the seventh inning to tie the score at 6-6.

DC regained a 7-6 lead in the eighth as senior Max Franzone (Nanuet, N.Y.) singled home Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.).

Slippery Rock used a two-run home run in the ninth to propel them to the 8-7 win.

Reliever Kraigen Rasalla (Scranton, Pa.) suffered the loss (1-1) in 2/3 innings of work, allowing two runs on three hits and two strikeouts.

Starter Nicholas Galese (Totowa, N.J.) went five innings in the no decision, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and five strikeouts.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: James Divosevic (1-0)

Loss: Kraigen Rasalla (1-1)

Batting

Slippery Rock

2B: James Divosevic; Tyler Walters; Carson Kessler; Kyle Wise

3B: none

HR: Joe Campagna

Dominican University New York

2B: Justin Decker; Joseph Libio 2

3B: none

HR: none

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.