CHARGERS DEFEAT CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE IN CACC CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-IN GAME

May 4, 2019

CHARGERS DEFEAT CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE IN CACC CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-IN GAME

Pomona, N.Y. (5/4/19) The Dominican College baseball team defeated the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College in the CACC play-in game by a score of 6-4.

Chestnut Hill College 27-22

Dominican University New York 27-23

Final

Chestnut Hill College

Dominican University New York

Pomona, N.Y. (5/4/19) The Dominican College baseball team defeated the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College in the CACC play-in game by a score of 6-4. The Chargers will advance to the CACC double-elimination tournament.

John-Michael Broderick (Spring Lake Heights, N.J.) earned the win for the Chargers by pitching 4.2 innings of work and recorded three strikeouts to improve his record to 5-2 on the season.

Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) finished the game going 3 for 3 with two RBI and two runs scored including a double. Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.) finished with two hits including a double and drove in three RBI and scored one run. Elijah Tavarez (Valley Stream, N.Y.) added one RBI on two hits.

Sam Barletta led the Griffins with three RBI and two hits including a three-run homer in the fifth inning. Luke Lebeau recorded the other RBI for the Griffins and finished the game with two hits.

The Chargers jumped in front of the Griffins early in the first inning on an RBI single by Justin Decker. Bartolomei followed with a two-RBI single to extend the DC lead to 3-0. Tavarez added an RBI single in the first inning to give the Chargers a 4-0 lead.

In the fourth inning, Lebeau put the Griffins on the board with an RBI single to cut the deficit to 4-1.

Justin Decker extended the lead to 5-1 when he drove in his second RBI of the game with a double in the bottom of the fourth.

The Griffins rallied in the top of the fifth inning and Sam Barletta hit a three-run homer to bring the Griffins within one run.

Bartolomei extended the Charger lead to 6-4 with an RBI double in the sixth inning and the Chargers closed out the victory to advance.

The Chargers will travel to Waterbury, Conn. for the 2019 CACC Baseball Championships. The Chargers will face Bloomfield College on Thursday, May 9^th at 2:00 PM at Municipal Stadium.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: John-Michael Broderick (5-2)

Loss: Billy Bethel (7-4)

Batting

Chestnut Hill College

2B: none

3B: none

HR: Sam Barletta

Dominican University New York

2B: Justin Decker; Anthony Bartolomei

3B: none

HR: none

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.