SOFTBALL SWEEPS HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY

Philadelphia, Pa. (3/13/16) The Dominican College softball team opened the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) portion of their season with a double-header sweep over the Tigers of Holy Family University today in games played at Bensalem High School. Dominican won the opening game 5-3 and took the nightcap 6-3 in nine innings to improve to 6-6 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

SOFTBALL SWEEPS HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY

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March 13, 2016

Philadelphia, Pa. (3/13/16)  The Dominican College softball team opened the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) portion of their season with a double-header sweep over the Tigers of Holy Family University today in games played at Bensalem High School.  Dominican won the opening game 5-3 and took the nightcap 6-3 in nine innings to improve to 6-6 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

Game One:  Dominican scored a run in the top of the first on an error for the early 1-0 lead and added four runs in the second stanza for the 5-0 advantage.  In the second, catcher Shannon Haukap* (Edmonds, Wash.) reached on a fielder's choice which allowed a run to come home and Elontay Collins (San Diego, Calif.) followed with an RBI single.  Shortstop Jillian Regan (Staten Island, N.Y.) then produced a two-run single.

HFU platted runs in the second, fifth and sixth innings for the final 5-3 score.

Haukap went 2-4 with two runs scored and one RBI in the win, while Taylor Gilligan (Medford, N.J.) and Emily Luzetsky (Bel Air, Md.) allow had two hits each.

Desiree Joines (Stewartstown, Pa.) got the win (4-3) in 6 1/3 innings of work, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits and two strikeouts.

Emily Larsen (Midlothian, Ill.) picked up her second save of the year in getting the final two outs.

Game Two: Details to follow.

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.