BASEBALL DOWNS CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Pomona, N.Y. (4/26/17) The Dominican College baseball team defeated the visiting Clippers of Concordia College, 9-1, this afternoon in non-conference action played at Palisades Credit Union Park.

BASEBALL DOWNS CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Team Stats

April 26, 2017

Pomona, N.Y. (4/26/17)  The Dominican College baseball team defeated the visiting Clippers of Concordia College, 9-1, this afternoon in non-conference action played at Palisades Credit Union Park.

Dominican scored two runs in the first on an Clipper error and an RBI ground out from Justin Decker (Rotterdame, N.Y.).

DC added three runs in the second on back-to-back run-scoring hits from Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.) and Max Franzone (Nanuet, N.Y.).  Two batters later, first basemen Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.) hit a sacrifice fly ball to centerfield to give the team a 5-0 lead.

The Clippers got on the scoreboard with a run in the fourth stanza, but DC added two runs in their half of the fourth and added two mroe in the fifth for the 9-1 lead.  Bartolomei doubled home a run and a Concordia fielding error allowed the second run to score.

In the fifth, Colon scored on a wild pitch and Franzone hit a run-scoring single to right center field.

Lucas Salerno (Oradell, N.J.) got the win (1-0) in six innings of work, allowing one run on four hits and two strikeouts.

Malik Dixon (Bronx, N.Y.) pitched the last three innings and collected four strikeouts.

Franzone, Arbely Soto (Bronx, N.Y.) and Brendan Woodruff (Cincinnati, Ohio) all collected two hits a-piece in the win.

Franzone and Bartolomei both had two RBIs.

With the win, Dominican improves to 16-23 overall.

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.