SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH MERRIMACK COLLEGE

Clermont, Fla. (3/12/17) The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with Merrimack College in games played this afternoon. Merrimack rallied to win game one, 4-3, while the Lady Chargers took the night cap, 7-5.

SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH MERRIMACK COLLEGE

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March 12, 2017

Clermont, Fla. (3/12/17)  The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with Merrimack College in games played this afternoon.  Merrimack rallied to win game one, 4-3, while the Lady Chargers took the night cap, 7-5.

Game One:  The Lady Chargers struck first with a run of the single by Alexandria Ledgerwood (Salem, Ore.) and would increase the lead to 3-1 in the fourth stanza as Jillian Regan (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Taylor Gilligan (Medford, N.J.) hit back-to-back run scoring singles.

MC countered with a three-run fifth frame for the 4-3 win.

Desiree Joines (Stewartstown, Pa.) suffered the loss (0-1) in five and 1/3 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits.

Emily Larsen (Midlothian, Ill.) came in for the final one and 2/3 innings.

Game Two:  Dominican scored three runs in the first and second innings to jump ahead, 6-2.  Gilligan produced a two-run double, followed by Shannon Truppi (Little Ferry, N.J.) who hit a run-scoring single.

In the second junior Taylor Daniels (Watervliet, N.Y.) hit a run-scoring bunt single, followed by a triple to right field to plate a run off the bat of Regan.  Ledgerwood then hit a bunt single to bring home a run and make the score 6-2.

A home run in the fifth by Gilligan increased the lead to 7-4 en route to the 7-5 win.

Gilligan went 4-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the win.

Jennifer Paride (Stonington, Conn.) picked up the win in four innings of relief, allowing one run on five hits.

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.