Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Dominican University New York Athletics
Composite Schedule
Photo by DUNY Sports Information. All Rights Reserved.
Photo by DUNY Sports Information. All Rights Reserved.
March 18, 2023

LIONS TAKE TWO FROM DOMINICAN BASEBALL

Uniondale, N.Y. (3/18/23) The Dominican University New York baseball team fell in a non-conference doubleheader to host Molloy College, 12-4 and 8-3 in games played today at Mitchel Field.

Uniondale, N.Y. (3/18/23) The Dominican University New York baseball team fell in a non-conference doubleheader to host Molloy College, 12-4 and 8-3 in games played today at Mitchel Field.

Following the sweep, Dominican now stands at 1-15 overall.

Game One:  The Chargers trailed 3-0 after two innings of play, but got a run in the top of the third on the RBI single up-the-middle off the bat of Peter Kiefer (Waterford, Conn.).

Molloy countered with runs in the bottom of the third, fifth and seventh innings to build a 12-1 lead.  Dominican scored three runs on two hits in their final at-bat for the final 12-4 score.  Davin Keddell-Tuckey (Troy, N.Y.) hit a run-scoring single down the left field line, while Stefano Libio (Tamarac, Fla.) later followed with an RBI single to centerfield.  Christian Fils-Aime (North Babylon, N.Y.) later reached on a fielder's choice which allowed a run to come home.

Kiefer and Tyler Richman (Sunrise, Fla.) each had two hits in the loss.

Starter Brendan Turton (Westbury, N.Y.) suffered the loss in five innings of work, collecting six strikeouts.

Game Two:  Molloy led 3-0 through four innings of play when Dominican scored a run in the top of the fifth on a sacrifice fly ball hit by Ty Gilligan (Ringwood, N.J.).

Following five runs by the Lions in the fifth to extend their lead to 8-1, the Chargers added two runs in the seventh for the final 8-3 score.  Gilligan delivered a run-scoring double down the left field line and Benjamin Avila (Walden, N.Y.) followed with a sacrfice fly ball to left field to bring home Joseph Coppola (Cornwall, N.Y.).

Richman and Gilligan both had two hits.

Sophomore Anthony Leak (Pelham, N.Y.) took the loss in five innings of work, striking out five batters.

Dominican returns to Molloy to complete the non-conference series tomorrow afternoon.

Box Score Box Score

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 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.