CHARGERS TOP FAIRMONT STATE

Cary, N.C. (3/12/19) The Dominican College baseball team topped Fairmont State University, 9-2, this morning in a non-conference game played at the USA Training Complex.

CHARGERS TOP FAIRMONT STATE

Team Stats

March 12, 2019

Cary, N.C. (3/12/19) The Dominican College baseball team topped Fairmont State University, 9-2, this morning in a non-conference game played at the USA Training Complex.

With the win, Dominican improves to 5-4 on the season.

Dominican put four runs on the board in top of the second inning as William Rotella (Stony Point, N.Y.) scored on a passed ball and Brian Rotella (Stony Point, N.Y.) followed with an RBI double.  Later with two outs center fielder Elijah Tavarez (Valley Stream, N.Y.) produced a two-run single for the 4-0 lead.

The Fighting Falcons got two runs back in the fifth frame, but DC extended the lead with a three-run sixth inning on an RBI double from Jordan Bernacet (Schenectady, N.Y.) and a run-scoring single off the bat of senior Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.).

The Chargers added two more runs in the seventh on the two-run two out single by shortstop Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.) for the 9-2 lead and eventual win.

Tavarez and B. Rotella each had two hits in the win.

Bernacet, Tavarez and Colon recorded two RBIs each.

Reliever Cole Francher (Gilboa, N.Y.) picked up his first collegiate win.

DC will take on Slippery Rock University and Fairmont State tomorrow in action at the USA Training Complex.

 

 

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.