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April 18, 2006

Charger Baseball Turns Back Mercy College, 5-1

Blauvelt, NY (4/18/06) The Dominican College baseball team improved to 26-12 on the year as the handed the Flyers of Mercy College a 5-1 loss this afternoon at Veteran’s Memorial Park.

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Charger Baseball Turns Back Mercy College, 5-1

Blauvelt, NY (4/18/06)  The Dominican College baseball team improved to 26-12 on the year as the handed the Flyers of Mercy College a 5-1 loss this afternoon at Veteran's Memorial Park.

The Chargers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as senior Mike Zani (Goshen, NY) walked to start the inning, followed by a single by shortstop Jose Made (Binghamton, NY).  Keith Gebert (Brooklyn, NY) reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases and Eliezer Nunez (Brooklyn, NY) got a one walk, scoring Zani and giving the lead.

DC added to the leadin the second inning as Zani hit a one out single to center field and advanced to second on a wild pitch.  Made reached on a Mercy error which allowed Zani to score and put Dominican up 2-0.

In the bottom of the sixth, Frank Maynard, Jr (Brooklyn, NY) hit a sacrifice fly to center which brought home catcher Peter Gilardo (Cornwall, NY) who had led off the inning with a double to right to bring the lead up to 3-0 DC.

Mercy answered back with a run in the top of the seventh as Joe DeMuria (Islip, NY) singled to center with one out and advanced to second on a wild pitch.  Ryan Johnson (Saugerties, NY) followed with a double to left field as DeMuria came in to score and put the Flyers on the board, 3-1.

Dominican rallied for two more runs in the bottom of the seventh as Jose Escalera (Bronx, NY) reached base on an error, followed by a walk to Nunez.  With one out, Chad Duesler (Northville, NY) doubled to center field to score by Escalera and Nunez and increase the Charger lead to 5-1.

DC starter Nick Schreiber (Greencastle, PA) pitched eight innings, allowing nine hits and striking out four in his third win of the year.  Brendan Bohan (Rutherford, NJ) pitched the ninth, allowing one hit.

Mercy starter Roberto Hillario (Sleepy Hollow, NY) suffered the loss.    

DC is back in action tomorrow when they host Felician College for a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double header to be held at Veteran's Memorial Park.

 

 

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.