KNIGHTS RALLY WITH TWO-RUN SHOT IN THE NINTH TO UPEND BASEBALL

Pomona, N.Y. (3/27/18) The Queens College baseball team used a two-run two out home run in the top of the ninth to upend host, Dominican College. 3-2, this evening in a non-conference game played at Palisades Credit Union Park.

Two-out two-run home run in top of the ninth give Knights win over Chargers.

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March 27, 2018

Pomona, N.Y. (3/27/18) The Queens College baseball team used a two-run two out home run in the top of the ninth to upend host, Dominican College. 3-2, this evening in a non-conference game played at Palisades Credit Union Park.

Dominican (2-15) broke a 0-0 tie in the bottom of the fourth inning when third basemen Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) blasted a solo home run down the left field line for the 1-0 lead.  Queens (7-10) would rally in the top of the fifth with a two out run-scoring single.

The Chargers regained the 2-1 edge in the sixth as left fielder Max Chidsey (Naples, Fla.) delievered a one out RBI single to right field which brought home shortstop Joseph Libio (Tamarac, Fla.).

In the top of the ninth with one on-base and two outs, right fielder Matthew Stepnoski hit the go-ahead two run home run to left field to lift the Knights to the 3-2 lead and eventual victory.

Reliever Nicholas Bolanos (Miami, Fla.) suffered the loss (0-2) as he came in to pitch the ninth inning.

The Chargers return action tomorrow afternoon as they travel to Caldwell University.

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.