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CHARGERS BEGIN 2025 SEASON AND TRIP TO CARY, N.C. WITH A WIN OVER CARDINALS
February 28, 2025

CHARGERS BEGIN 2025 SEASON AND TRIP TO CARY, N.C. WITH A WIN OVER CARDINALS

Cary, N.C. (2/28/25) The Dominican University New York baseball team opened the 2025 campaign and their annual trip to Cary, N.C. with a win over the Cardinals of Wheeling Jesuit University.

The Chargers rallied for a big 10 run inning in the sventh to earn the 11-1 victory and begin the season at 1-0 overall. The Cardinals fall to 3-2 overall. 

Senior pitcher Anthony Leak threw five innings of one run ball striking out eight and only surrendered three hits to earn his first win of the season. Jedadiah Trudeau entered the game in the sixth inninng and threw four shutout innings striking out two batters as he recorded the save.

The Chargers pounded a total of 16 hits. Freshman Erick Diaz and Senior Tyler Richman combined for six hits with three hits each. Juan Peralta, Kevin Hirsch, and David Knepper each finished with two hits. 

The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the second inning after pushing across a run on a fielder's choice. 

Dominican tied the game on a Richman sac fly in the fifth inning. The game remained tied until Dominican's rally in the seventh inning which began with a two-run single by Diaz to give the Chargers their first lead of the game. Diaz later stole home to push the lead to 4-1.

A two-run single by Joseph Torres and a single by Alexander Reyes extended the lead to 7-1. Later in the inning, Diaz recorded his second hit of the inning and third RBI during the rally while Peralta drove in the final run of the inning. 

Dominican returns to action tomorrow for the first game of a two-game set with the Pioneers of Point Park University.

 

 

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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.