SAINT ROSE TOPS DOMINICAN

Albany, N.Y. (4/20/23) The Dominican University New York baseball team dropped a non-conference game to host, the College of Saint Rose, 10-6, this afternoon in a game played at Bellizzi Field.

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

April 20, 2023

Albany, N.Y. (4/20/23) The Dominican University New York baseball team dropped a non-conference game to host, the College of Saint Rose, 10-6, this afternoon in a game played at Bellizzi Field.

The Golden Knights (11-16) led 2-0 after two innings of play, but designated hitter Dominic Morabito (Groton, Conn.) evened the score in the third with a two-run home run over the left field fence to tie the game, 2-2.

Saint Rose answered back in their half of the third with five runs and added a run in the fourth to rebuild a 8-2 lead.  The Chargers scored a run on a sacrifice fly ball to left field off the bat of Davin Keddell-Tuckey (Troy, N.Y.).  Shortstop David Knepper (Miami, Fla.) followed with a run-scoring single to right field to cut the deficit to 8-4.

Dominican added two more runs in the eighth as first basemen Jason Sosa-Rivas (Yonkers, N.Y.) blasted a two-run home run to left field to pull the Chargers within two, 8-6.  The Golden Knights added two runs in the bottom of the eighth for the eventual 10-8 win.

Third basemen Peter Kiefer (Waterford, Conn.) went 3-4 in the game with two runs scored.  Morabito and Sosa-Rivas both had two hits and two RBIs in the loss.

Reliever John Stoliker (Guilderland, N.Y.) suffered the loss.

The Charges return to action on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) foe, 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.