DOMINICAN SPLITS NON-CONFERENCE DH

Clermont, Fla. (3/10/20) The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with Bentley University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania in games played today at The Spring Games. Dominican fell in the opener, 12-4, but bounced back against IUPA, 15-7 in six innings.

DOMINICAN SPLITS NON-CONFERENCE DH

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March 10, 2020

Clermont, Fla. (3/10/20) The Dominican College softball team split a non-conference double-header with Bentley University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania in games played today at The Spring Games. Dominican fell in the opener, 12-4, but bounced back against IUPA, 15-7 in six innings.

Game One:  The Falcons struck for eight runs in the top of the second inning, but Dominican got on the board in the bottom of the frame on the run-scoring single to center field from Andrea Hester (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

Bentley tacked on three more runs in the third and the Lady Chargers scored a run in their half of the inning on the bases loaded walk drawn by Bailey Bell (Washington, Pa.).

The Falcons added a run in the fifth, while Dominican scored two more in the bottom of the fifth as Kristen Miscia (Basking Ridge, N.J.) brought home a run on a ground out and Alyssa Siess (Queens, N.Y.) hit an RBI single to center field.

Kyra Wiens (Chilliwack, British Columbia) suffered the loss in one and 2/3 innings of work.

Game Two:  Dominican trailed 5-4 after two innings of play when the offense exploded for five runs in the third stanza.  Alyssa Schwalb (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) drew a bases loaded walk and two batters later Jenna O'Reilly (Suffern, N.Y.) singled home a run, with a second run to follow on the throw.  Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) plated two runs on the double to left field to give DC a 9-5 lead.

Four more runs scored in the fifth inning as Andrea Hester (Yorba Linda, Calif.) hit a two-run double to left field and Alexandria Ledgerwood (Salem, Ore.) followed with a run-scoring bunt single.  Shortstop Shailei Kraft (Waverly, N.Y.) delivered a two out RBI single to left field to make the score 13-6.

The Lady Chargers added two more runs in the sixth inning as Miscia hit an RBI triple to left field and later scored on a wild pitch to increase the lead to 15-6.  A run by the Hawks in the bottom of the sixth made the score 15-7.

Journey Limardo (Anaheim, Calif.) go the win in one and 1/3 innings of relief.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.