LADY CHARGERS WINNING STREAK SNAPPED BY GRIFFINS

Philadelphia, Pa. (1/14/23) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team saw their three-game winning streak snapped by Chestnut Hill College, 68-51, this afternoon in Central Altantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play in the Sorgenti Arena.

Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne

Team Stats

January 14, 2023

Philadelphia, Pa. (1/14/23) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team saw their three-game winning streak snapped by Chestnut Hill College, 68-51, this afternoon in Central Altantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play in the Sorgenti Arena.

The Lady Chargers now stand at 11-7 overall and 6-2 in conference play.

A four-point swing late in the first quarter gave Dominican a 13-9 lead as Angelina DiMarsico (Stony Point, N.Y.) and CACC Player of the Week, Tanasha Mills (New City, N.Y.), recorded back-to-back layups.

Mills extended the lead to 16-12 in the second frame as she connected on a three-point attempt, but the Griffins closed out the quarter on a 19-7 run to flip the lead and give CHC the 31-23 advantage.

The Griffins would lead by as many as 23 points with 5:11 remaining in the final quarter, but Dominican would put together and 11-2 run late in the quarter to cut the lead to 63-49 with a little over two minutes remaining.  A three-point bucket with 27 seconds to go gave CHC the 68-51 win.

Mills led all scorers with 19 points, while adding three rebounds and two steals.

Guard Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) recorded eight points, a team best seven rebounds and three assists, while Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) came off the bench to score seven points and five caroms.  Elle Nittinger (Waverly, N.Y.) pulled down four boards in the loss.

Dominican returns to action Tuesday evening as they host Alliance University in the Hennessy Center.  Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30pm.

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.