LADY CHARGERS OPEN SEASON AT 2023 STAC CHALLENGE

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

November 10, 2023

Sparkill, N.Y. (11/10/23)  The Dominican University New York women's basketball team begain the 2023-2024 season with a 74-53 loss to D'Youville University at the 2023 STAC Basketball Challenge, hosted by St. Thomas Aquinas College in Aquinas Hall.

Sophomore Cayla Howard (Naugatuck, Conn.) led the Lady Chargers with 15 points and six rebounds in the loss.

Angelina DiMarsico (Stony Point, N.Y.) tallied nine points, while Alexis Suarez (Poughquag, N.Y.) added eight points, four rebounds and two steals.

Freshman Keylee Harrison (Newport News, Va.) contributed seven point and six boards.

Dalana Taylor (Chesapeake, Va.) pulled down five caroms and rookie Tamia Nunes (Worcester, Mass.) scored five points.

Dominican had their best quarter of the contest in the second frame as they outscored their opponent 18-12. DUNY trailed 22-10 in the quarter when they used a 9-1 run to decrease the deficit to 23-19.  The Lady Chargers would cut the lead to two points twice in the quarter before a 5-2 closing period run by DYU rebuiled a 31-26 lead.

For the game, the Lady Chargers shot 50% (9-18) from the floor.

The team returns to action tomorrow evening when they take on the host in a game slated to begin at 5pm.

 

 

 

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.