PIASECKI AND CHILDERS NAMED TO 2010 DAKTRONICS SOFTBALL EAST ALL-REGION TEAM

May 19, 2010

PIASECKI AND CHILDERS NAMED TO 2010 DAKTRONICS SOFTBALL EAST ALL-REGION TEAM

Orangeburg, NY (5/19/10) Dominican College softball players, Cara Piasecki and Delaney Childers, have been named to the 2010 Daktronics Softball East All-Region Second Team as was announced today.

Orangeburg, NY (5/19/10) Dominican College softball players, Cara Piasecki and Delaney Childers, have been named to the 2010 Daktronics Softball East All-Region Second Team as was announced today.

Piasecki, a senior third basemen from Port Monmouth, NJ, earned her third consecutive All-CACC First Team selection this year. She leads the team and ranks third in the conference in batting (.415), on-base percentage (.503) and RBIs (49). She ranks third in the CACC and second on the team in runs scored (48), fourth in the conference and third on the team in hits (61) and second on the team and fifth in the CACC in total bases (94). Piasecki leads the team and is second in the conference in with 26 walks on the season. In her career, she has been named to the All-CACC Tournament Team three times, was the 2010 CACC Tournament MVP and earned her third consecutive All-CACC First Team honors this seaon.

In the post season, she hit .455 with a team leading 10 hits, a .591 slugging percentage and a .556 on-base percentage. She earned the CACC Tournament MVP Award after hitting .530 with a .600 on-base percentage at the CACC Tournament with six runs scored and one RBI. She hit a home run in the championship game over Georgian Court and registered two hits in four of the five games.

Childers, a pitcher/outfielder from Johnstown, Ohio, finished the regular-season with a .393 batting average to rank second on her team, and checked in with 33 RBI, 13 doubles and 44 runs scored. As a pitcher, she concluded the regular-season with a 20-7 record and a 1.53 era. She fanned 130 batters in 178.1 innings and walked only 20. She was also previously named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Rookie of the Year and to the All-CACC Second Team.

She sported a .348 average in the post-season with a .409 slugging percentage. On the mound she went 2-2 with a 2.74 ERA and 10 strikeouts.

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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.