SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH PACE UNIVERSITY

Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. (4/30/17) The Dominican College softball squad split a non-conference double-header with host, Pace University, in games played today at Pace Field. Dominican fell in the opener, 4-1, but took the second game 3-1.

SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH PACE UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

April 30, 2017

Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. (4/30/17)  The Dominican College softball squad split a non-conference double-header with host, Pace University, in games played today at Pace Field.  Dominican fell in the opener, 4-1, but took the second game 3-1.

Game One:  In the opener Pace led 3-0 after three innings of play, but the Lady Chargers got on the board in the top of the fourth on the run-scoring single to left field from third basemen Taylor Gilligan (Medford, N.J.).

The Setters got the run back in the bottom frame for the 4-1 lead and eventual win.

Gilligan and out fielder Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) each had two hits in the loss.

Desiree Joines (Stewartstown, Pa) suffered the complete game loss (5-11), allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits and six strikeouts.

Game Two:  The Lady Chargers oepend the scoring in the third inning with a run on a dropped fly ball and added two more in the fourth on the two-run blast to right center field from catcher Alexandria Ledgerwood (Salem, Ore.) to take a 3-0 lead.

The Setters got on the scoreboard in the sixth on the RBI single for the 3-1 final.

Fitzgerald finished with three hits, while Shannon Truppi (Little Ferry, N.J.) added two hits.

Ledgerwood led the team with two runs batted in.

Starter Jenna Maska (Warren, Mass.) improved to 8-4 on the season after going five and 2/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits.

Jennifer Paride (Stonington, Conn.) recorded her third save of the season, in one and 1/3 innings.

With the split, Dominican is now 26-19 overall on the season.

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.