LADY CHARGERS TAKE TWO FROM FELICIAN UNIVERISTY

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/23/17) The Dominican College softball team improved to 23-16 overall and 15-5 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician University, 1-0 and 4-2 this afternoon in games played at the DC Softball Field.

LADY CHARGERS TAKE TWO FROM FELICIAN UNIVERISTY

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April 23, 2017

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/23/17)  The Dominican College softball team improved to 23-16 overall and 15-5 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician University, 1-0 and 4-2 this afternoon in games played at the DC Softball Field.

Game One:  The lone run of the game came in the bottom of the second inning as left fielder Alyssa Siess (Queens, N.Y.) hit a two out solo home run over the left field fence for the 1-0 lead and win.

Emily Luzetsky (Bel Air, Md.) and Alexandra Pannuto (New Paltz, N.Y.) had the other two hits for Dominican.

Jennifer Paride (Stonington, Conn.) recorded her first no-hitter and fifth shut out of the season.

Game Two:  Dominican scored two runs in the bottom of the first stanza as designated player Taylor Daniels (Watervliet, N.Y.) and Alexandria Ledgerwood (Salem, Ore.) had back-to-back run-scoring hits down the left field line for the early 2-0 advantage.

Felician scored runs in the fourth and fifth innings to tie the score, 2-2, but the Lady Chargers regained a 3-2 edge in the bottom of the fifth as Victoria Brooks (Bear, Del.) got the RBI ground out.

Pannuto increased the lead to 4-2 in the sixth with an RBI single to left field.

Right fielder Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) led the team with two hits in the win.

Reliever Emily Larsen (Midlothian, Ill.) picked up the win (4-0) in two and 1/3 innings, scattering two hits and striking out three.

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.