DOMINICAN DOWNS CHESTNUT HILL

DOMINICAN DOWNS CHESTNUT HILL

Team Stats

April 22, 2024

Philadelphia, Pa. (4/22/24) The Dominican University New York softball team returned to action today against the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College.

The Lady Chargers swept the doubleheader to improve to 10-25 overall and 7-11 in conference play.

Game One: The Lady Chargers pounded 18 total hits in game one on their way to an 11-2 victory in game one. 

Each team scored twice in the first inning and then Dominican scored nine unanswered runs over the next six innings. 

Haylee Ridge (Bellflower, Calif.), Giovanna Salcido (Diamond Bar, Calif.), and Adriana Barnes (North Brunswick, N.J.) each drove in three runs. Ridge finished 2-3 while Barnes hit a double and Salcido went 2-3 with a homer. 

Rosemary Espinoza (Beaumont, Calif.) went 4-5 with an RBI while Chloe McIntosh (Menifee, Calif.) also went 4-5 with a double. Toni-Jo Lopez (Sylmar, Calif.) added one RBI. 

Emily Baxter (Bucoda, Wash.) earned her seventh win of the season while striking out 11 batters and only surrendered two runs and one walk. 

Game Two: The Lady Chargers fell behind early but scored eight runs over two innings to jump in front. 

The Lady Chargers added three more runs in the sixth inning and one more in the seventh inning on their way to a 13-5 victory.

Ridge continued her hot hitting going 3-5 with a homer and a double and drove in one run. Espinoza also went 3-5 and drove in a team-high three RBIs. McIntosh smacked two doubles and drove in one run. 

Madison Walker (Southampton, N.J.) drove in two runs while Jalaeya LaPorte (Sylmar, Calif.) added two hits and one RBI. Baxter earned her eighth win and struck out six batters.

The Lady Chargers return to action on Wednesday when they visit Post University for a 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.