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BASEBALL TURNS BACK CONCORDIA COLLEGE
March 24, 2009

BASEBALL TURNS BACK CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Bronxville, NY (3/24/09) The visiting Dominican College Chargers baseball squad turned back the Concordia College Clippers, 9-8 this afternoon in a non-conference game at Clipper Field.

Box Score

Bronxville, NY (3/24/09)  The visiting Dominican College Chargers baseball squad turned back the Concordia College Clippers, 9-8 this afternoon in a non-conference game at Clipper Field.

Dominican took a 1-0 lead with a run in the first, but only to see the Clippers score three in the third to take a 3-1 lead.  DC answered back with a three run fourth and added a run in the fifth to pull ahead 5-3, but a three run bottom stanza for CC once again game them the lead 6-5.

Concordia added two runs in the sixth to go up 8-5, but a four run DC seventh inning game them a 9-8 lead and eventual victory.

Yordis Veras (Jamaica, NY), Dan Robinson (Massapequa, NY) and freshman Armando Alvarez (Miami, FL) all collected two hits a piece in the win.  Veras, Robinson, sophomore Jason Berrios (Brooklyn, NY) led the way at the top of the lineup, each with 2 RBI's.

Freshman left-handed hurler Shawn Negron (Pembroke Pine, FL) picked up the win, pitching a shutout seventh and eighth inning.

With the win Dominican improves to 9-5 overall, while Concordia falls to 10-12-1 on the year.

DC is back in action tomorrow when they host Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) rival, Nyack College, in a double-header slated to begin at 3pm 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.