SETTERS RALLY TO UPEND CHARGERS

SETTERS RALLY TO UPEND CHARGERS

Team Stats

March 12, 2024

Pleasantville, N.Y. (3/12/24)  The Dominican University New York baseball team fell in non-conference action this afternoon to host, Pace University, 6-5, in a game played on Peter X. Finnerty Field.

With the win the Setters improve to 5-4 on the season, while the Chargers fall to 3-10 on the year.

The game was scoreless through three innings of play when Domincan struck for three runs in the top of the fourth on three hits.  Right fielder Joseph Torres (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) got things going with an RBI groundout and first basemen Jake Chaisongkram (Chula Vista, Calif.) followed with a run-scoring single to left field.  Later, Jean Nunez (New York, N.Y.) recorded an RBI ground out to bring home a run and give the Chargers the 3-0 lead.

Pace got a run back in the bottom of the fourth and followed with a three-run fifth frame to pull ahead 4-3.  Dominican regained the lead in the eighth stanza with second basemen Ryan Bongiorno (Stanhope, N.J.) singled home a run and pinch hitter Andrew Smith (Hampton Bays, N.Y.) followed with an RBI ground out for the 5-4 lead.

A home run in the bottom of the eighth inning put the Setters ahead 6-5 en route to the win.

Bongiorno, Davin Keddell-Tuckey (Troy, N.Y.) and Ty Gilligan (Ringwood, N.J.) all had two hits in the contest.

Reliever AJ Mitchell (Yonkers, N.Y.) took the loss.

Dominican is back in action tomorrow afternoon when they return to Pace University in non-cofnerence action.

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.