CHARGERS UPEND GOLDEN FALCONS

Pomona, N.Y. (4/14/23) The Dominican University New York baseball team upended the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician University, 16-15, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) played at Clover Stadium. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader had to be postponed and will be made up at a later date.

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

April 14, 2023

Pomona, N.Y. (4/14/23) The Dominican University New York baseball team upended the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician University, 16-15, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) played at Clover Stadium. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader had to be postponed and will be made up at a later date.

With the win the Chargers improve to 6-27 overall and 3-9 in conference play.

Dominican trailed 1-0 after one inning of play but exploded for nine runs on six hits.  Centerfielder Christian Fils-Aime (North Babylon, N.Y.) got the scoring going with the RBI single to left field.  Shortstop David Knepper (Miami, Fla.) followed with a run-scoring single through the right side and designated hitter Tyler Gilligan (Ringwood, N.J.) cleared the bases with a three-run double to right center field.  Gilligan came home as Tyler Richman (Sunrise, Fla.) hit a double to left field.  Catcher Benjamin Avila (Walden, N.Y.) followed with his own RBI double to right center field and first basemen Jason Sosa-Rivas (Yonkers, N.Y.) blasted a two-run homer to left centerfield for the 9-1 advantage.

Felician scored two runs in the third inning and three in the fourth to cut the lead to 9-6, but Dominican tacked on three more runs in their half of the fourth inning as Jean Nunez (New York, N.Y.) delivered an RBI double and Fils-Aime followed with a run-scoring single to right center. Knepper later singled through the right side which allowed Fils-Aime to score and increase the lead to 12-6.

Two run-scoring singles off the bats of Sosa-Rivas and Phil Whitney (Newark, N.J.) extended the advantage to 14-6, but the Golden Falcons scored eight runs in the top of the sixth frame to tie the game at 14-14.

The Chargers regained the lead in the bottom of the seventh as Fils-Aime picked up his third hit of the contest with the two-run single to left field for the 16-14 edge.

The Golden Falcons added a run in the eighth on a solo home run.

Fils-Aime went 3-4 with four RBI in the game, while Sosa-Rivas went 3-5 with three RBI.  Whitney scored three runs and Gilligan had three RBI.

Reliever Davin Keddel-Tuckey (Troy, N.Y.) picked up his first collegiate win in 2 1/3 innings of relief.  Anthony Leak (Pelham. N.Y.) earned his first save of the season, pitching the final 1 2/3 innings.

Dominican returns to action on Monday when they travel to Alliance 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.