WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO PACE UNIVERSITY

Pleasantville, N.Y. (12/16/22) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team dropped a non-conference game to host, Pace University, 44-41, this evening in a game played at Goldstein Fitness Center.

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

December 16, 2022

Pleasantville, N.Y. (12/16/22) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team dropped a non-conference game to host, Pace University, 44-41, this evening in a game played at Goldstein Fitness Center.

Following the contest, the Lady Chargers now stand at 6-5 on the season while the Setters improve to 4-7.

Guard Angelina DiMarsico (Stony Point, N.Y.) came off the bench to score a team best 11 points.

Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) netted nine points, four rebounds and three assists, while Olivia Levy (Stony Point, N.Y.) pulled down a team best six rebounds.

Freshman Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn.) scored five points, with Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.) recording five points, four rebounds and four assists.

Lauren Hackett had a team best 11 points, while Arianna Stockinger pulled down a game best 10 rebounds.

The Lady Chargers trailed 24-21 with 3:32 left in the third quarter when the Lady Chargers went on an 11-0 run with DiMarsico scoring nine of the points (including back-to-back treys) to pull ahead, 32-24.  A Setter jumper with a little over a minute left in the period closed out the third period with Dominican ahead, 32-26.

A Mills free throw with 59 ticks left in regulation gave Dominican the 39-38 edge, but five shots from the charity stripe by the Setters regained a 43-39 lead 11 seconds left.  Graduate student Kristen Teklits (New Fairfield, Conn.) recorded the final two points for the Lady Chargers as she hit two free throws and a Setter foul shot closed out the game for the final 44-41 score.

Dominican returns to action on Sunday afternoon when they travel to non-conference opponent, the College of Saint Rose.

 

 

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.