DOMINICAN SPLITS WITH PACE UNIVERSITY

Clermont, Fla. (3/13/17) The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with Pace University in games played today at the National Training Center. The Lady Chargers took the opener, 9-5, while the Setters came away with the 1-0 win in game two.

DOMINICAN SPLITS WITH PACE UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

March 13, 2017

Clermont, Fla. (3/13/17)  The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with Pace University in games played today at the National Training Center.  The Lady Chargers took the opener, 9-5, while the Setters came away with the 1-0 win in game two.

Game One:  Dominican used a seven run sixth inning to rally from a 4-2 deficit en route to the win.

Pace led 2-0 after one inning of play, but Dominican got on the board in the second as designated player, Alexandria Ledgerwood (Salem, Ore.) hit a solo home run over the center field fence.  DC tied the game in the fourth on a Setter throwing error.

In the sixth, Dominican scored seven runs on sixth hits to take the lead.  Right fielder Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) singled through the right side to bring home a run, while Elontay Collins (San Diego, Calif.) later followed with a two-run triple and Taylor Daniels (Watervilet, N.Y.) added an RBI double through the left side.

Junior Alyssa Schwed (Kinnelon, N.J.) contributed with two-run single and Fitzgerald picked up her second RBI of the inning with a bases loaded walk.  Pace scored a run in the bottom frame for the final 9-5 score.

Schwed went 2-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs in the win.

Collins and Fitzgerald also had two RBIs.

Senior Emily Larsen (Midlothian, Ill.) recorded her first win of the season in two and 2/3 innings of relief, allowing one run on three hits.

Starter Desiree Joines (Stewartsown, Pa.) allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits and four strikeouts.

Jennifer Paride (Stonington, Conn.) came in for the final one and 1/3 innings.

Game Two:  The night cap was scoreless until the top of the seventh inning when the Setters were able to bring home a run on a two out single for the 1-0 win.

Fitzgerald hit a two out single to left field in the bottom of the seventh to put the tying run on-base but was unable to score.

Joines falls to 0-2 on the season in the complete game loss, allowing one run on four hits.

The Lady Chargers now stand at 3-2 on the season.

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.