DOMINICAN SHUTS OUT GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/11/17) The Dominican College softball team shut out the visiting Lightning of Goldey-Beacom College, 5-0 and 2-0, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header played this afternoon at the DC Softball Field.

Photo courtesy of Todd Madry
Photo courtesy of Todd Madry

Team Stats

April 11, 2017

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/11/17)  The Dominican College softball team shut out the visiting Lightning of Goldey-Beacom College, 5-0 and 2-0, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header played this afternoon at the DC Softball Field.

Game One:  The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Lady Chargers scored five unearned runs.  An error allowed Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) to reach base and a run to come home.  Two batters later, designated player Elontay Collins (San Diego, Calif.) deliverd a grand slam home run over the right field fence to lift DC to a 5-0 lead.

Centerfielder Emily Luzetsky (Bel Air, Md.) had two hits in the win.

Jennifer Paride (Stonington, Conn.) pitched her third shut out of the season (5-3), allowing four hits and striking out three batters.

Game Two:  Dominican got on the scoreboard in the third inning as Collins's fielder's choice allowed a run to score.

The Lady Chargers added a run in the fifth inning as Luzetsky singled to left field to plate Alexandra Pannuto (New Paltz, N.Y.) for the 2-0 lead and win.

Junior Jenna Maska (Warren, Mass.) recorded the shut out win (3-3), scattering just two hits over seven innings and striking out four.

With the sweep, Dominican improves to 15-13 overall and 7-4 in CACC 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.