DC ENDS REGULAR SEASON WITH A NON-CONFERENCE WIN OVER QUEENS COLLEGE

Pomona, N.Y. (5/1/19) The Dominican College baseball team ended the 2019 regular season with a non-conference win over Queens College by a score of 3-2.

DC ENDS REGULAR SEASON WITH A NON-CONFERENCE WIN OVER QUEENS COLLEGE

Team Stats

May 1, 2019

Pomona, N.Y. (5/1/19) The Dominican College baseball team ended the 2019 regular season with a non-conference win over Queens College by a score of 3-2.

The Chargers improve to 26-13 overall on the season and the Knights fall to 16-28 overall on the season.

The Knights took the lead in the top of the second inning when Jesse Spellman drove in two runs with a single for the 2-0 lead.

The Chargers cut the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the second inning when Billy Rotella (Stony Point, N.Y.) singled through the middle to drive in Elijah Tavarez (Valley Stream, N.Y.) and put DC on the board. The Chargers tied the game in the fourth inning when Elijah Tavarez hit an RBI single.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Nicholas DeCandia (Cresskill, N.Y.) gave the Chargers the lead with an RBI on a fielder's choice.

The game remained scoreless through the final three and a half innings. The Knights rallied in the ninth inning by loading the bases but were not able to tie the game. Cole Fancher (Gilboa, N.Y.) entered the game in relief in the eighth inning and completed the two-inning save.

Kyle Morgan (Boca Raton, Fla.) started for DC and recorded two strikeouts in 2.2 innings pitched. Jordyn Schwark (Kingston, N.Y.) earned the win to improve to 4-2 on the season. Schwark pitched 3.1 innings and recorded five strikeouts. Zach Pernick (Coral Springs, Fla.) recorded a scoreless inning for DC.

Tavarez finished with two hits, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.), Brian Sanders (La Ceiba, Honduras), Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.), Billy Rotella, Brett Karcher-Bowen (Cypress, Texas), and Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.) each finished with one hit in the game.

The Chargers will be back in action on Saturday, May 4th when they host the Chestnut Hill College Griffins for the CACC play-in game. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM at Palisades Credit Union Park.

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.