WARRIORS SNAP LADY CHARGERS WINNING STREAK

Nyack, NY (4/6/11) The Dominican College softball team, ranked fifth in the latest NCAA East Region Rankings, had an 11 game winning streak snapped today as they fell to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) foe, Nyack College, 5-2 and 9-0 in six innings this afternoon in conference play. With the losses Dominican falls to 18-10 overall and 8-2 in the CACC.

WARRIORS SNAP LADY CHARGERS WINNING STREAK

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April 6, 2011

Nyack, NY (4/6/11)  The Dominican College softball team, ranked fifth in the latest NCAA East Region Rankings, had an 11 game winning streak snapped today as they fell to Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) foe, Nyack College, 5-2 and 9-0 in five innings this afternoon in conference play.  With the losses Dominican falls to 18-10 overall and 8-2 in the CACC.

Game One:  The first game was scoreless until the fourth inning when the Lady Chargers struck for two runs as Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) led off the inning with a double to center field and advanced to third on a Warrior error.  A one out double to left field hit by Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) brought home Childers.  An RBI single hit by Paige Berzak put DC ahead 2-0.

Nyack answered back with a four-run bottom stanza to gain a 4-2 advantage and added a run in the sixth inning for the eventual 5-2 victory.

Right-handed hurler Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) fell to 8-4 on the season in 5 1/3 innings of work, allowing five runs on seven hits and three strikeouts.  Childers pitched 2/3 of an inning.

Game Two: The Lady Chargers were limited to just one hit in the night cap as Brielle Kerscher (Staten Island, NY) hit a single to center field in the fifth inning.

Nyack put two runs on the board in the first, tallied four runs in the fourth and put three more on the board in the fifth for the 9-0 victory.

Childers took the loss (10-4) in five innings of work, allowing six runs (five earned) on 11 hits with eight strikeouts.  Freshman Christine Lucido (Melville, NY) allowed three runs on one hit in the sixth.

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.