#6 CHARGERS ADVANCE TO WINNER'S BRACKET OF CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 11, 2017

#6 CHARGERS ADVANCE TO WINNER'S BRACKET OF CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Waterbury, Conn. (5/11/17) The Dominican College baseball team advanced to the winner's bracket of the 2017 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championships this afternoon after defeating the #2 Wilmington University Wildcats, 4-0, in a game played at Municipal Stadium. This portion of the tournament, hosted by Post University, is double-elimination with the finals scheduled for this coming Saturday.

Dominican University New York 19-26

Wilmington University 29-20

Final

Dominican University New York

Wilmington University

Waterbury, Conn. (5/11/17) The Dominican College baseball team advanced to the winner's bracket of the 2017 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championships this afternoon after defeating the #2 Wilmington University Wildcats, 4-0, in a game played at Municipal Stadium. This portion of the tournament, hosted by Post University, is double-elimination with the finals scheduled for this coming Saturday.

The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth inning when the Chargers struck for two runs. All-CACC First Team selection, Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) hit a sacrifice fly ball to left field which allowed Arbely Soto (Bronx, N.Y.) to come home and two batters later freshman Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.) delieverred a two out run-scoring double to left field to plate first basemen Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.).

DC added a run in the fifth stanza on the infield single off the bat of Bartolomei that brought home senior Max Franzone (Nanuet, N.Y.) and increase the lead to 3-0.

In the sixth, a single up-the-middle from left fielder Jayson Gray (New Rochelle, N.Y.) allowed Joseph Libio (Tamarac, Fla.) to come home and give Dominican the 4-0 lead and eventual win.

Bartolomei went 3-5 on the day, while Colon and Franzone each contributed two hits.

Senior Brett Schneider (Coral Springs, Fla.) picked up the complete game shut out victory to improve to 3-3 on the season. Over nine innings, he scattered just three hits, gave up two walks and struck out five batters.

Dominican (19-26) will take on #4 Chestnut Hill College tomorrow afternoon at 12pm at Municipal Stadium.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: Brett Schneider (3-3)

Loss: Sean Deely (7-1)

Batting

Dominican University New York

2B: Joshua Colon

3B: none

HR: none

Wilmington University

2B: Mike Annone

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.