CHARGERS FALL TO UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT

February 25, 2017

CHARGERS FALL TO UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2/25/17) The Dominican College baseball team fell to the University of Bridgeport, 15-8, this afternoon and now stand at 2-1 on the season.

University of Bridgeport 2-1

Dominican University New York 2-1

Final

University of Bridgeport

Dominican University New York

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2/25/17) The Dominican College baseball team fell to the University of Bridgeport, 15-8, this afternoon and now stand at 2-1 on the season.

UB jumped out to a 6-0 lead after four inings of play, before the Chargers got on the board with three runs in the bottom frame. Sophomore Jordan Bernacet (Schenectady, N.Y.) delivered an RBI single and Jayson Gray (New Rochelle, N.Y.) followed with a sacrifice fly ball. The third run came home on a Purple Knight error.

Dominican added two more runs in the fifth as third basemen Justin Cancel (Seaford, N.Y.) blasted a two run home run to make the score 8-5. A run came home on an error in the sixth and catcher Tyler Malia (Delran N.J.) hit a solo blast in the seventh to cut the lead to 14-7.

The last Charger run scored in the eight inning as Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.) scored on a wild pitch.

Bernacet and Cancel finished the game with three hits a-piece and Cancel had two RBIs.

Arben Becaj (Brooklyn, N.Y.) took the loss.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: Denis Lyman (1-0)

Loss: Arben Becaj (0-1)

Save: Matt Alicki (1)

Batting

University of Bridgeport

2B: Ben Torres; Zach Burger 2; Negron, Jose

3B: none

HR: none

Dominican University New York

2B: none

3B: Anthony Bartolomei

HR: Tyler Malia; Justin Cancel

Full stats

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.