SPARTANS TAKE TWO FROM LADY CHARGERS

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/16/23) The Dominican University New York softball team lost a non-conference double-header to the visiting Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College in games played today at the South Orangetown Little League Field.

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

April 16, 2023

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/16/23) The Dominican University New York softball team lost a non-conference double-header to the visiting Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College in games played today at the South Orangetown Little League Field.

Following the games Dominican now stands at 8-26 overall, while the Spartans improve to 18-13 on the season

Game One:  The contest was scoreless through seven innings of play when STAC struck for a run in the top of the eighth with an RBI double for the 1-0 lead and eventual win.

Designated player Madison Walker (Southampton, N.J.) and Kamryn Raya (Corona, Calif.) each had a hit in the loss.

Emily Baxter (Bucoda, Wash.) went the distance in the loss, while collecting 10 strikeouts.

Game Two:  The Spartans struck for two runs in the top of the third inning, but Dominican countered in the bottom half of the inning with a two out two-run double off the bat of Walker.

STAC retook the lead in the fifth, but the Lady Chargers scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth for a 4-3 lead.  Shortstop Chloe McIntosh (Menifee, Calif.) delivered a two out two-run double to give her team the lead.

St. Thomas Aquinas College rallied with a four-run top of the seventh, highlighted by a three-run home run to take home the 7-4 win.

Rebecca Haggerty (Grafton, Mass.) and Emily Angulo (Wilmington, Calif.) had two hits a-piece, while McIntosh and Walker each had two RBIs.

Starter Raya suffered the complete game loss.

Dominican returns to action on Tuesday afternoon when they host the University of Bridgeport in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader.

 

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.