DOMINICAN BASEBALL EXTENDS WINNING STREAK WITH SWEEP OF WILDCATS

DOMINICAN BASEBALL EXTENDS WINNING STREAK WITH SWEEP OF WILDCATS
April 10, 2025

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/10/25)  The #10 Dominican University New York baseball team extended their winning streak to 14 games today after sweeping a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader from the visiting Wildcats of Wilmington University in games played this afternoon at Clover Stadium.

Dominican took the first game, 12-2 in eight innings and won the nightcap, 6-1, to improve to 26-11 overall and 20-6 in CACC play.

Game One:  The Chargers struck for two runs in the bottom of the second inning as Juan Peralta and David Knepper recorded consecutive RBI hits and later a run scored on a wild pitch for a 3-0 lead. 

CACC Player of the Week, Kevin Hirsch, increased the lead to 4-0 in the third frame with a sacrifice fly ball to right field.

In the bottom of the fourth, Erick Diaz, Byron Arias and Jaden Maia hit back-to-back-to-back run-scoring hits to increase the lead to 7-0.

DUNY added to the lead in the fifth on a fielder's choice and a bases loaded walk and scored two more in the sixth on the home run off the bat of Peralta to extend the lead to 11-0.

The Wildcats got on the board with two runs in the top of the seventh, but Dominican ended the game in the eighht as Diaz hit an RBI single down the left field line.

Maia went 3-4 in the game, while Peralta and Diaz finished with two hits and three RBIs each.

Luis Rivera earned the complete game with five strikeouts.

Game Two:  Dominican scored in the bottom of the first on a wild pitch and added three more in the third on the RBI double by Arias and the two-run blast over the left field fence by Maia to make the score 4-0.

WU got a run back in the top of the fourth, but DUNY countered in the bottom half of the inning with two runs on the RBI double by Knepper and the sacrifice fly ball from Ryan Bongiorno en route to the 6-1 victory.

Maia finished the game with two RBIs.

Anthony Leak picked up the win and collecting eight strikeouts.

Dominican is scheduled to return to action tomorrow when they host non-conference opponent, St. Thomas Aquinas College at Clover Stadium.

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.