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March 10, 2007

Chargers Baseball Splits With UMASS-Lowell

Santa Luces, FL (3/10/07) The Dominican College baseball team wrapped up their trip to Flordia with a split against UMASS-Lowell this afternoon. The Chargers lost the first game 4-2, but rallied to win the second game 3-2.

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Chargers Baseball Splits With UMASS-Lowell

Santa Luces, FL (3/10/07)  The Dominican College baseball team wrapped up their trip to Flordia with a split against UMASS-Lowell this afternoon.  The Chargers lost the first game 4-2, but rallied to win the second game 3-2.

UML scored all four of its runs in the game one victory in the bottom of the first inning. Dominican scored a single run in the fifth and seventh.

Tom Keegan (Dickson City, PA) led off the fifth inning with a single and came around to score on a double.  In the seventh Jose Escalera (Bronx, NY) got a two out single and later scored on an RBI single.

Joe Cantanese (Huntington, NY) took the loss for the Chargers.

In the second game, UML once again jumped out to an early lead, scoring two runs in the top of the third. But Dominican responded with two runs, both unearned, in the bottom of the third to knot the game.

The 2-2 score held up until the bottom of the seventh when the Chargers scored another unearned run, this time with the bases loaded.  Marc Mortellaro (Middletown, NY) led off the inning with a walk and a UML relief pitcher walked two more batters to load the bases.  The winning run crossed the plate when UML catcher Graeme Clohsey’s (Derry, NH) throw back to the mound went off Donovan’s glove. Donovan had an 0-and-2 count on the batter when the winning run scored.

Dominican starter Tommy Mejia (Brooklyn, NY) pitched six innings for the victorious Chargers, while Michael Mondesir (Jamaican, NY) earned the win in one inning of relief.

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.