LADY CHARGERS OPEN SEASON WITH SPLIT

March 7, 2020

LADY CHARGERS OPEN SEASON WITH SPLIT

Clermont, Fla. (3/7/20) The Dominican College softball team opened up the 2020 season with a non-conference split at The Spring Games. DC won the opening game against California University of Pennsylvania, 4-2 and fell to Lewis, 6-3.

Dominican University New York 1-1

Lewis 6-5

Final

Dominican University New York

Lewis

California University of Pennslyvania 1-6

Dominican University New York 0-1

Final

California University of Pennslyvania

Dominican University New York

Clermont, Fla. (3/7/20) The Dominican College softball team opened up the 2020 season with a non-conference split at The Spring Games. DC won the opening game against California University of Pennsylvania, 4-2 and fell to Lewis, 6-3.

Game One: Dominican struck for three runs in the bottom of the first as senior Samantha Fitzgerald (Fishkill, N.Y.) singled home a run and later designated player Andrea Hester (Yorba Linda, Calif.) hit a two out two-run single for the 3-0 advantage.

DC added a run in the bottom of the fifth on the RBI single from Fitzgerald to increase the lead to 4-0.

The Vulcans got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh with two runs for the final 4-2 win.

Fitzgerald finished the game with two hits and two RBI, while Hester tallied two RBI.

Freshman Kyra Wiens (Chilliwack, British Columbia) picked up her first collegiate complete game victory, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and seven strikeouts.

Game Two: The Flyers scored a run in the first, two more in the second and three more in the third to pull in front 6-0.

Dominican got on the board in the fourth inning as pinch hitter Madison Walker (Southampton, N.J.) produced a two-run double to right field and Alyssa Schwalb (Lindenhurst, N.Y. ) followed with an RBI single to center field for the final 6-3 score.

Fitzgerald hat two hits in the contest, while Walker had two RBI.

Shelby Smith (Valley Center, Calif.) took the loss in two and 2/3 innings of work.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: David, Katie (4-2)

Loss: Shelby Smith (0-1)

Batting

Dominican University New York

2B: Madison Walker

3B: none

HR: none

Lewis

2B: Taylor, Cierra; David, Katie; Magaldi, Olivia

3B: none

HR: Swartzentruber,Elexi

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Pitching

Win: Kyra Wiens (1-0)

Loss: E. Lobdell (1-2)

Batting

California University of Pennslyvania

2B: B. Wilson; A. Pastor

3B: none

HR: none

Dominican University New York

2B: Alyssa Siess

3B: none

HR: none

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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 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.