SOFTBALL SPLITS ON DAY TWO AT THE SPRING GAMES

March 10, 2019

SOFTBALL SPLITS ON DAY TWO AT THE SPRING GAMES

Clermont, Fla. (3/10/19) The Dominican College softball team split on day two of THE Spring Games with a 8-0 five inning victory over Southern Connecticut State University and a 6-3 loss to Lewis University.

Dominican University New York 0-0

Lewis 4-8

Final

Dominican University New York

Lewis

Game 1

Southern Connecticut State University 1-4

Dominican University New York 1-2

Final

Southern Connecticut State University

Dominican University New York

Clermont, Fla. (3/10/19) The Dominican College softball team split on day two of THE Spring Games with a 8-0 five inning victory over Southern Connecticut State University and a 6-3 loss to Lewis University.

Game One: The Lady Charger offense produced eight runs on 11 hits in the 8-0 five inning victory.

Junior Alyssa Siess (Queens, N.Y.) went 2-3 in the game with three RBIs and one run scored and Kristin Miscia (Basking Ridge, N.J.) had two RBIs and two runs scored.

A five-run bottom of the fifth inning secured the win as Miscia got things going with a two run single. Siess brought her home with an RBI hit and pinch hitter Madison Newman (Phelan, Calif.) allowed Siess to score on a single. Center fielder Rajene Bowe (Ellendale, Del.) delivered a single through the left side to score the game-ending run.

Freshman Madeline Uschock (Greensburg, Pa.) improved to 1-1 on the year with the complete game victory, scattering four hits and four strikeouts.

Game Two: DC trailed 6-0 going into their final at-bat when they scored three runs.

Designated player Andrea Hester (Yorba Linda, Calif.) blasted a three-run home run over the left field fence.

Shelby Smith (Valley Center, Calif.) suffered the loss in two and 1/3 innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits.

With the split, Dominican is now 1-3 on the season.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: Sara Serena (1-1)

Loss: Shelby Smith (0-0)

Batting

Dominican University New York

2B: Alyssa Siess

3B: none

HR: Andrea Hester

Lewis

2B: Cassie Shaw

3B: none

HR: Cierra Taylor

Full stats

Game 1

Pitching

Win: Madeline Uschock (1-1)

Loss: Madison Feshler (0-0)

Batting

Southern Connecticut State University

2B: none

3B: none

HR: none

Dominican University New York

2B: Alyssa Siess

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.