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April 26, 2006

Dominican Baseball Sweeps Nyack College in CACC Double-Header

Blauvelt, NY (4/26/06) The Dominican College baseball team completed a three game season sweep of Nyack College after winning both games in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header this afternoon in Nyack, NY.

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Blauvelt, NY (4/26/06)  The Dominican College baseball team completed a three game season sweep of Nyack College after winning both games in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header this afternoon in Nyack, NY.

The first game was held scoreless until the top of the fourth when DC struck for two runs after Mike Zani (Goshen, NY) led off the inning with a double and came in to score on the back-to-back double by Jose Made (Binghamton, NY).   Jose Escalera (Bronx, NY) delievered a one out RBI single to score Made as the Chargers tooka 2-0 lead.

Daniel Bucci (Dobbs Ferry, NY) improved to 6-1 on the year with the complete game winning, scattering three hits and four strikeouts.

In the night cap, Dominican struck for two runs in the second inning as Peter Gilardo (Cornwall, NY) got a lead off walk, stole second and scored on the RBI single by Escalera.  He later came in to score on a sacrifice fly by Keith Gebert (Brooklyn, NY).

Nyack answered back in the bottom of the second to tie the game at 2-2 and went ahead after scoring a run in the third, but DC rallied to score three runs in the sixth to go up 5-3.  Made led off the inning, reaching base on a Nyack error.  Eliezer Nunez (Brooklyn, NY) singled to put two runners on base.  Keegan came through again, this time with a two out, two run RBI triple.  Ed Dolan (Cliffside Park, NJ) followed with an RBI single for the final run of the inning.

The Warriors scored two in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 5-5, but Dominican pulled out the 7-5 victory with two runs in the bottom of the seventh as Gebert led off with a single.  Zani followed with a walk and both runners advanced on a wild pitch.  Gebert eventually scored on another wild pitch and Zani came in on the sac fly by Gilardo.

Charger starter Armando Tavarez (Bronx, NY) pitched five innings, allowing seven hits and four runs.  Reliever Michael Mondesir (Jamaica, NY) picked up the win, going two innings and allowing two hits to improve to 3-2 on the year.

With the wins, Dominican improves to 33-12 overall and a league leading 20-2 in the CACC.

The team is back in action on Friday when they host Caldwell College at 3:30pm.

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.