BASEBALL FALLS ON DAY ONE OF NCAA EAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

Manchester, N.H. (5/18/17) The #7 Dominican College baseball team fell to #2 University of New Haven, 5-2, this afternoon in game two of the 2017 NCAA Division II Baseball East Regional Tournament, hosted by Southern New Hampshire University on Penmen Field.

BASEBALL FALLS ON DAY ONE OF NCAA EAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

Team Stats

May 18, 2017

Manchester, N.H. (5/18/17)  The #7 Dominican College baseball team fell to #2 University of New Haven, 5-2, this afternoon in game two of the 2017 NCAA Division II Baseball East Regional Tournament, hosted by Southern New Hampshire University on Penmen Field.

A three-run fourth inning, highlighted by a two-run home run from UNH's Matt Chamberlain, helped lead the team to the win.

New Haven got on the scoreboard in their first at-bat on a solo blast from Nick Perrelli.

Dominican got the run right back in the top of the third, scoring on a two-out RBI single off the bat of Arbely Soto (Bronx, N.Y.)  that scored Joseph Libio (Tamarac, Fla.).

DC took a 2-1 lead by scratching across an unearned run in the top of the fourth.  Jordan Bernacet (Schenectady, N.Y.) singled to right center to start the inning, moved to second on a one-out grounder, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a two-out wild pitch.

Starter Rasalla (Scranton, Pa.) allowed four runs on seven hits in seven innings of work for the Chargers, but took the loss to fall to 7-6.

Nicholas Galese (Totowa, N.J.) came in to pitch the eighth inning.

Dominican (21-28) will now face #6 Southern Connecticut State University in an elimination game tomorrow morning at 11am on Penmen Field.  The Owls lost to #3 St. Thomas Aquinas College, 8-3, in the opening game.

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.