BASEBALL UPENDED BY WILMINGTON IN CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Waterbury, Conn. (5/11/19) The Dominican College baseball team fell in the 2019 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship game to Wilmington University, 14-8, in a game played this afternoon at Municipal Stadium and hosted by Post University.

BASEBALL UPENDED BY WILMINGTON IN CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team Stats

May 11, 2019

Waterbury, Conn. (5/11/19) The Dominican College baseball team fell in the 2019 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship game to Wilmington University, 14-8, in a game played this afternoon at Municipal Stadium and hosted by Post University.

Dominican opened the scoring with two runs in the top of the second inning as senior Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.) led off the inning with a double down the left field line.  Two batters later, senior Jordan Bernacet (Schenectady, N.Y.) brought him home on a double to left centerfield and third basemen Billy Rotella (Stony Point, N.Y.) followed with a double to right center field to bring home Bernacet and make the score 2-0.

The 'Cats got a run back in the bottom of the second, but DC added two more runs in the third on the two run double down the left field line to increase the lead to 4-1.  WU countered in the bottom frame with four runs on four hits to take their first lead, 5-4.

The Chargers answered back in the top of the fourth as they scored three runs on three hits.  Freshman Brian Sanders (La Ceiba, Honduras) plated a run on a single through the right side and senior Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) scored two runs on a double down the left field line to regain a 7-5 edge after four innings of play.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Wilmington scored four runs on four hits to claim a 9-7 edge.

DC added a run in the sixth on the sacrifice fly ball hit to right field off the bat of Decker to cut the deficit to 9-8, but WU added runs in the bottom of the sixth, seventh and eighth to lead them to the 14-8 win and CACC Championship.

Bernacet finished the day with three hits and three RBI, while Sanders had three hits.  Decker finished with three RBI and two hits, while Bartolomei scored two runs.

Dominican's John-Michael Broderick (Spring Lake Heights, N.J.), Jaden Diaz-Lambert (Erial, N.J.) and Decker were named to the All-CACC Tournament Team.

Following the loss, Dominican ends their season with an overall record of 29-25.

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.