DOMINICAN BASEBALL SWEEPS POST UNIVERSITY

April 16, 2008

DOMINICAN BASEBALL SWEEPS POST UNIVERSITY

Waterbury, CT (4/16/08) The Dominican College baseball team swept a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) baseball double-header from Post University this afternoon. DC won the first game 5-2 and took the night cap 11-4 to improve to 18-18 overall and 10-6 in the CACC.

DOMINICAN BASEBALL SWEEPS POST UNIVERSITY

Waterbury, CT (4/16/08) The Dominican College baseball team swept a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) baseball double-header from Post University this afternoon. DC won the first game 5-2 and took the night cap 11-4 to improve to 18-18 overall and 10-6 in the CACC.

Game One: DC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second as Jonathan Ryan (Troy, NY) got a one out single up the middle, advanced to second on a single by Willie Mann (Paterson, NY) and went to third on a fielder's choice. Ryan stole home to get DC on the board and an RBI single by Dan Robinson (Massapequa, NY) put the Chargers ahead 2-0.

The Eagles got on the board with a run in the third, but Dominican responded with two runs in the fourth as Mann scored on an error and a sacrifice fly by Tommy Maloney (Massapequa Park, NY) extended the Charger lead to 4-1. DC added a run in the fifth, taking advantage of another Eagle error to go up 5-1. Post got a run back in the seventh for the final 5-2 DC victory.

Charger starter Tommy Mejia (Brooklyn, NY) got the complete game victory (3-3), allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and 10 strikeouts.

Game two: The Chargers used a six run second inning, sending 10 batters to the plate to take a 6-0 lead. Robinson had a two RBI single, while Brown and Michael Munoz (Bronx, NY) also had RBI singles.

Dominican added three runs in the fourth on a double down the left field line which scored two runs and a sacrifice fly by Munoz. The Chargers added runs in the fifth and sixth on a single by Robinson and an RBI ground out by Mann.

The Eagles scored runs in the third and fifth and added two runs in the seventh for the final 11-4 DC victory.

Brian Craig (Shenandoah, PA) picked up the win (1-2) in five innings allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and four strikeouts. Andrew Distelhurst (Bardonia, NY) and Dominick Ruscitti (Chester, NY) pitched the last two innings.

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.