SOFTBALL SWEEPS UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES
Orangeburg, NY (3/19/11) The Dominican College softball team opened up Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play today with a double-header sweep over the visiting Devils of the University of the Sciences, 2-1 and 7-2, this afternoon in games played on the DC Softball Field. With the sweep, Dominican improves to 10-8 overall and 2-0 in conference play.
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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University of the Sciences
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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Dominican University New York
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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University of the Sciences
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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Dominican University New York
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Orangeburg, NY (3/19/11) The Dominican College softball team opened up Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play today with a double-header sweep over the visiting Devils of the University of the Sciences, 2-1 and 7-2, this afternoon in games played on the DC Softball Field. With the sweep, Dominican improves to 10-8 overall and 2-0 in conference play.
Game One: Both Lady Charger runs came off solo home runs as Shelby Wassman (Loudoun, VA) tallied her second home run of the season in the fourth inning and sophomore catcher Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) hit her first home run of the season to lead off the sixth inning as DC took a 2-0 lead.
University of the Sciences scored a run in the top of the seventh and had the tying run on first base to make things interesting but a ground out ended the game.
Junior right-handed pitcher Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) improved to 5-3 on the season with the complete game victory, allowing one run on four hits and four strikeouts.
Game Two: Dominican scored three runs in the first three innings to take a 3-1 lead. In the first Wassmann hit an RBI double to left field to plate Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH), who had gotten a one out single earlier in the inning. In the second inning, Childers delievered an RBI single to score junior Ashley Martinez (Bloomfield, NJ), who had drawn a two-out walk.
The Lady Chargers third run of the game as Kathryn Coles (Farmville, VA) hit an RBI single to plate Wassmann.
After a Devil in the fourth to cut the lead to a run, DC came back with a three run bottom of the fourth as Wassmann hit a two-run double to center field and Paige Berzak (Cypress, CA) followed with an RBI single to right to regain a 6-2 lead.
DC added a run in the fifth as Martinez singled, moved to second on the single by Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA), went to third on a fielder's choice and stole home for the final 7-2 score.
Childers got the complete game win to improve to 5-3 on the year, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and six strikeouts.