LONG BALL LEADS LADY CHARGERS TO SPLIT WITH CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/9/17) The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with the visiting Griffins of Chestnut Hill College in games played this afternoon at the South Orangetown Little League Field. The Griffins shut out the Lady Chargers, 3-0 in the opener, while the DC offense exploded for eight runs in the night cap in the 8-0 five inning win.

LONG BALL LEADS LADY CHARGERS TO SPLIT WITH CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE

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April 9, 2017

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/9/17)  The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with the visiting Griffins of Chestnut Hill College in games played this afternoon at the South Orangetown Little League Field.  The Griffins shut out the Lady Chargers, 3-0 in the opener, while the DC offense exploded for eight runs in the night cap in the 8-0 five inning win.

With the split, the Lady Chargers are now 14-13 overall and 6-4 in CACC play.

Game One: Griffin pitching limited Dominican to just two hits in the first game, while producing three runs on nine hits for the shut out win.

Desiree Joines (Stewartstown, Pa.) suffered the loss (5-6) in five and 2/3 innings of work.

Game Two:  In their first at-bat of the night cap, the Lady Chargers hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to left field to jump ahead, 4-0.  Third basemen Taylor Gilligan (Medford, N.J.) got the run going with a two-run blast and first basemen Alexandria Ledgerwood (Salem, Ore.) followed with a solo shot.  After a CHC pitching change, shortstop Jillian Regan (Staten Island, N.Y.) contributed a solo homer.

Dominican added two more runs in the second as catcher Emily Luzetsky (Bel Air, Md.) laid down a squeeze bunt that allowed a run to score and Ledgerwood later hit a sac fly to left field to increase the lead to 6-0.

In the fourth a run scored on Shannon Truppi's (Little Ferry, N.J.) fielder's choice and a throwing error on the play allowed another run to score and give the Lady Chargers the 8-0 advantage and eventual win.

Right fielder Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) had two hits in the win, while Ledgerwood and Gilligan each recorded two runs batted in.

Jennifer Paride (Stonington, Conn.) got the shut out win, scattering just three hits and striking out nine batters.

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.