LADY CHARGERS RALLY TO TAKE GAME TWO AGAINST OWLS

New Haven, Conn. (4/25/23) The Dominican University New York softball team split a non-conference doubleheader with host, Southern Connecticut State University in games played today at Pelz Field. The Owls won the opener, 4-3, in ten innings while the Lady Chargers rallied for a 5-4 victory in the nightcap.

LADY CHARGERS RALLY TO TAKE GAME TWO AGAINST OWLS

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April 25, 2023

New Haven, Conn. (4/25/23) The Dominican University New York softball team split a non-conference doubleheader with host, Southern Connecticut State University in games played today at Pelz Field. The Owls won the opener, 4-3, in ten innings while the Lady Chargers rallied for a 5-4 victory in the nightcap.

With the split Dominican now stands at 11-33 overall.

Game One:  The Owls led 1-0 after two innings of play, but the Lady Chargers struck for a run in their half of the third inning when catcher Giovanna Salcido (Diamond Bar, Calif.) hit a single to right field which brought home Chloe McIntosh (Menifee, Calif.)

Dominican took a 2-1 advantage in the sixth on the RBI double to left field off the bat of right fielder Rebecca Haggerty (Grafton, Mass.).  SCSU re-tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning which would later force extra innings.

In the top of the eighth an RBI groundout by Kamryn Raya (Corona, Calif.) put the Lady Chargers ahead 3-2.  The Owls countered in the bottom of the inning with an RBI groundout of their own.

SCSU won the game in the bottom of the tenth for the 4-3 win.

McIntosh, Raya and Haylee Redmond-Ridge (Bellflower, Calif.) each had two hits in the loss.

Freshman Emily Baxter (Bucoda, Wash.) suffered the complete game loss, collecting five strikeouts.

Game Two:  Southern Conn. State scored four runs in the bottom of the third to jump out to the early lead.  Dominican rallied with four runs on three hits in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 5-5.  First basemen Madison Walker (Southampton, N.J.) delivered a two-run single to left field and catcher  Jalaeya LaPorte (Sylmar, Calif.) followed with a two-run double to left center field.

The Lady Chargers scored the eventual game-winning run in the sixth as McIntosh hit an infield single which allowed Haggerty to score for the 5-4 win.

Walker and second basemen Toni-Jo Lopez (Sylmar, Calif.) both went 2-3 in the win.

Reliver Baxter picked up the win in two innings of work and not allowing a hit.

Dominican returns to action tomorow as they close out the season by hosting a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader against Goldey-Beacom College.

 

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.