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Photo by Julian Baquero
Photo by Julian Baquero
March 12, 2025

BASEBALL UPENDS SETTERS

Pleasantville, N.Y. (3/12/25)  The Dominican University New York baseball team upended the Pace University Setters, 8-3, this afternoon in non-conference action at Peter X. Finnerty Field.

With the win the Chargers improve to 6-4 on the season.

Dominican struck for a run in the top of the first inning when designated hitter Kevin Hirsch brought home a run on the RBI groundout to second base for the early 1-0 lead.

The Setters countered with a run in the bottom half of the first and the score remained tied until the top of the third when DUNY when Pablo Guevara reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Erick Diaz to come home and give the Chargers a 2-1 advantage.

Dominican added three runs in the fourth as David Knepper and Ryan Bongiorno recorded back-to-back RBI singles and Diaz followed with an RBI sacrifice fly ball for the 5-1 lead.

The top of the fifth stanza saw Hirsch deliver a solo home run down the left field line and they added a run in the sixth on a Pace error.

Pace got on the board in their half of the seventh, while the Chargers added a run in the eighth for the 8-3 win.

Knepper went 3-4 with an RBI and two runs scored, while Hirsch and Diaz had two hits and scored two runs.  Hirsch also led the team with two RBIs in the win.

Tanner MacLean picked up the win in six innings of work, allowing one run on four hits and four strikeouts.

The Chargers return to action on Saturday afternoon when they host Felician University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header to be played at Nyack High School.

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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.