BASEBALL ENDS SEASON WITH VICTORY OVER SPARTANS

May 1, 2024

Pomona, N.Y. (5/1/24)  The Dominican University New York baseball team concluded the 2024 season with a 17-4 victory over non-conference rival, St. Thomas Aquinas College, this evening in a game played at Clover Stadium.

With the win Dominican ends the season with an overall record of 16-33.

Before the start of the game, the team honored seniors: #1 Bryant Bassett, #2 Christian Fils-Aime, #17 Oscarli Cruz, #48 Carsen Mansfield and #52 Maverick Medina.

The Chargers scored four runs in the top of the first inning as designated hitter Jason Chaisongkram (Chula Vista, Calif.) drew a bases loaded walk to plate a run.  Jean Nunez (New York, N.Y.) reached on a fielder's choice which allowed a run to come home and a throwing error by the Spartans allowed a second run to score.  An infield single off the bat of Christian Fils-Aime (North Babylon, N.Y.) brought in the fourth Charger run of the inning for the 4-0 lead.

Dominican added another four runs in the second on a two-run double down the right field line by Davin Keddell-Tuckey (Troy, N.Y.) and the two-run single by Fils-Aime to incrase the Charger lead to 8-1.

In the third, first basemen Alexander Reyes (Bronx, N.Y.) reached on a fielder's choice and the fourth inning saw a run score on wild pitch and a ground out by David Knepper (Miami, Fla.) to put the Chargers ahead 11-1.

The fifth stanza saw catcher Anthony Nigro (Stony Point, N.Y.) draw the bases loaded walk and outfielder Tyler Richman (Sunrise, Fla.) followed with a run-scoring single through the right side for a 13-1 advantage.

A bases loaded walk in the sixth and a Spartan fielding error in the seventh gave DUNY the 15-3 lead and they tacked on two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly ball and a single by Chaisongkram for the final 17-4 score.

Keddell-Tucker went 4-5 in the game, while Fils-Aime and Richman had three hits each in the win.

The Dominican offense scored 17 runs on 15 hits and committed only one error in the game.

 

 

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 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.