SOFTBALL SWEEP BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE

Bloomfield, N.J. (3/30/17) The Dominican College softball team swept a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) from host, Bloomfield College, in games played today at Clarks Pond South. Dominican won the first game, 10-6 and took the second game by the score of 5-4.

SOFTBALL SWEEP BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE

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March 30, 2017

Bloomfield, N.J. (3/30/17)  The Dominican College softball team swept a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) from host, Bloomfield College, in games played today at Clarks Pond South.  Dominican won the first game, 10-6 and took the second game by the score of 5-4.

Game One:  The Lady Chargers opened the game with three runs in the first as shortstop Jillian Regan (Staten Island, N.Y.) got a two out single to bring home all three runs.  DC added two more runs in the third on a two-run single off the bat of centerfield Alexandra Pannuto (New Paltz, N.Y.) and scored three more in the fourth on the three-run blast to left field from Regan to make the score 8-4.

Ahead 8-5, Dominican scored a run in the sixth as Regan collected her second home run of the day and added a run in the seventh on the sacrifice fly ball by Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) for the final 10-6 win.

Regan went 3-4 in the game with three runs scored and a career high 7 runs batted in.

Game Two:  DC led 4-0 after two innings of play in the night cap as they recorded a run in the first on the RBI single up-the-middle from senior Elontay Collins (San Diego, Calif.).  In the second inning, Fitzgerald doubled to left center to score a run and Collins followed with a two-run double to left centerfield.

The Lady Chargers added a run in the seventh as left fielder Alyssa Siess (Queens, N.Y.) singled to centerfield to bring home a run for the final 5-4 score.

The Dominican offense recorded 12 hits in the game, with Collins and Pannuto recording three hits each.

Junior Jenna Maska (Warren, Mass.) got the complete game victory, allowing four runs (two earned) on seven hits and three strikeouts.

With the wins, Dominican improves to 9-8 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

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.