SOFTBALL SPLITS CACC DOUBLEHEADER WITH LIONS

SOFTBALL SPLITS CACC DOUBLEHEADER WITH LIONS

Team Stats

April 8, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/8/24) The Dominican University New York softball team split a CACC doubleheader with the Georgian Court University Lions this afternoon on DU Softball Field.

The Lady Chargers took game one in comeback fashion but fell in game two which brings their record to 5-20 overall and 2-6 in the CACC. The Lions now hold a record of 12-14 overall and 4-2 in conference play.

Game One: The Lady Chargers opened the doubleheader with a comeback victory.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third inning when Madison Walker (Southampton, N.J.) cracked her 31st career homer for the 1-0 lead. Walker's third inning homer tied the program record for career homers.

GCU jumped ahead in the top of the fourth inning when Kaitlyn Stuft ripped a two-run homer for the 2-1 lead. Stuft extended the GCU lead with her second homer of the game.

DU rallied in the bottom of the sixth innings for three runs to take a 4-3 lead. Emily Angulo (Wilmington, Calif.) singled in a run to cut the deficit to 3-2 and Jalaeya LaPorte (Sylmar, Calif.) followed with an RBI-single that tied the game at 3-3.

DU took the lead on an Emma Kaszovitz (Hicksville, N.Y.) sacrifice fly.

Emily Baxter (Bucoda, Wash.) finished the complete game victory to earn her third win of the season.

Game Two: The Lions bounced back in game two with a 13-1 victory in five innings to earn a split.

Julia Lapp recorded three strikeouts and recorded her second win of the season.

GCU jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning before adding six runs in the second inning and added two more runs in the third inning.

Haylee Ridge (Bellflower, Calif.) put the Lady Chargers on the board with an RBI-double in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Kaitlyn Stuft hit her third homer of the day in the top of the fifth inning for the 13-1 lead and the Lions would complete the victory.

The Lady Chargers return to action on Wednesday afternoon when they host Caldwell University at 2:30 and 4:30 on the DU Softball Field.

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.