DOMINICAN TOPS LE MOYNE AND MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON AT THE SPRING GAMES

Winter Haven, Fla. (3/18/22) The Dominican College softball team went 2-0 in action today at The Spring Games with victories over Le Moyne College, 7-6, and the University of Minnesota-Crookston, 5-2.

DOMINICAN TOPS LE MOYNE AND MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON AT THE SPRING GAMES

Team Stats

March 18, 2022

Winter Haven, Fla. (3/18/22) The Dominican College softball team went 2-0 in action today at The Spring Games with victories over Le Moyne College, 7-6, and the University of Minnesota-Crookston, 5-2.

Following the wins, Dominican improves to 4-5 overall.

Game One:  The Lady Chargers got on the scoreboard in their first at-bat as third baseman Haylee Redmond Ridge (Bellflower, Calif.) hit a two out RBI single to right field for the early 1-0 lead.  DC added to the lead in the third on the infield hit by Paige Sasser (Brentwood, Calif) and tacked on two more runs in the fourth on run-scoring hits by Kamryn Raya (Corona, Calif.) and Chloe McIntosh (Menifee, Calif.) to increase the lead to 6-0.

Le Moyne got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth with two runs, but the Lady Chargers got a run back in the sixth on the RBI single to center field by Ridge to make the score 7-2.  In their final at-bat of the game, the Dolphins scored four runs on five hits in the 7-6 Dominican win.

Ridge led Dominican with three hits in four at-bats with two RBI.  McIntosh and Rebecca Haggerty (Grafton, Mass.) finished with two hits a-piece.

Right-handed hurler Kyra Wiens (Chilliwack, British Columbia) earned the win (1-2) in six and 2/3 innings of work and collecting three strikeouts.  Samantha Carbonara (Newark, Del.) came in for the final out of the game to get her first save of the season.

Game Two:  The game was scoreless until the third inning when Ridge brought home two runs on a single up-the-middle and Raya later followed with an RBI groundout for the 3-0 lead.

Dominican added to the lead in the sixth frame when centerfielder Kristin Miscia (Basking Ridge, N.J.) blasted a two-run home run over the center field fence to push ahead 5-0.

The Golden Eagles scored two runs in their half of the seventh inning as the Lady Chargers earned the 5-2 win.

Jenna O'Reilly (Suffern, N.Y.) went 2-3 in the game, while Ridge and Miscia both finished with two RBI.

Starter Journey Limardo (Anaheim, Calif.) picke dup the complete game win (1-2), allowing two runs on five hits and five strikeouts.

DC wraps up their trip to Florida tomorrow as they take on Minot St., Shepherd University and the University of Minnesota-Crookston.

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.