LADY CHARGERS SPLIT WITH SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

New Haven, Conn. (4/7/17) The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with host, Southern Connecticut State University, in games played this afternoon at Pelz Field. The Owls one the first game, 3-2, while Dominican shut out the host, 8-0, in the night cap.

LADY CHARGERS SPLIT WITH SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

Team Stats

April 7, 2017

New Haven, Conn. (4/7/17)  The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with host, Southern Connecticut State University, in games played this afternoon at Pelz Field.  The Owls one the first game, 3-2, while Dominican shut out the host, 8-0, in the night cap.

With the split, Dominican is now 12-11 on the season.

Game One:  Right fielder Samantha Fitzgerald (Wallkill, N.Y.) led off the contest with a solo home run to give the Lady Chargers the 1-0 lead.

The Owls rallied with a run in the third, fourth and fifth innings to go ahead, 3-1.  An error in the top of the seventh allowed the second Dominican run to score for the 3-2 final.

Fitzgerald went 2-4 in the game with an RBI and a run scored.

Desiree Joines (Stewartstown, Pa.) suffered the loss (4-5) in four 1/3 innings of work.

Game Two:  The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth when Dominican struck for two runs as Alexandria Ledgerwood (Salem, Ore.) had an RBI single and a run later scored on an error.

DC added two more runs in the fifth on another Owl error and a bunt single off the bat of Taylor Gilligan (Medford, N.J.) to give them a 4-0 lead.

An RBI single from catcher Emily Luzetsky (Bel Air, Md.) in the sixth increased the lead to 5-0 and three runs in the seventh on a sacrifice bunt and a single gave the Lady Chargers the 8-0 victory.

Jennifer Paride (Stonington, Conn.) got the complete game shut out victory (3-3) after scattering just three hits and striking out six.

Dominican will have their home opener tomorrow afternoon as they host Holy Family University.

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.