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March 21, 2006

Dominican College Splits Double-Header With Goldey-Beacom College

Blauvelt, NY (3/21/06) The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference double-header this afternoon for the season’s home opener. Dominican took the first game 9-2, but Goldey-Beacom rallied with six runs in the fifth inning to win the second game, 8-5.

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Dominican College Splits Double-Header With Goldey-Beacom College

Blauvelt, NY  (3/21/06)   The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference double-header this afternoon for the season’s home opener.  Dominican took the first game 9-2, but Goldey-Beacom rallied with six runs in the fifth inning to win the second game, 8-5.

In game one, Dominican jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first off a two run homer by sophomore Christine Stathes (Cornwall, NY), scoring Jamie Ollari (Hopatcong, NJ) after she hit a one out double to left field. The Lady Chargers added a run in the bottom of the second as junior Michelle Krupna (Sparta, NJ) led off the inning with a triple and scored on the sacrifice fly by Sarah Beck (Milton, NY).

Goldey-Beacom answered with a run in the third as Megan Harper (Atco, NJ) had an RBI single, scoring Sarah Geman (King of Prussia, PA) after she led off the inning with a single.  The Lightning would add a run in the top of the fifth to pull within one at 3-2 off the RBI single by Brandy Ash (Dagsboro, DE).
                
However, DC would add three runs in both the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings to pull ahead for the final 9-2 victory.  Ollari finished the game going 4-4 with 2 RBIs and three runs scored.  Stathes went 2-2 with four RBIs and two runs scored.  Krupna and Hestermann both went 2-3 in the game.

Michelle Bark (West Milford, NJ) got the complete game win, allowing two runs and eight hits, while Kendra Russell (New Castle, PA) received the loss.

In game two, GBC exploded for six runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 7-2 lead, highlighted by back to back doubles by Ash and Kelly Halfen (Newark, DE).  The Lady Chargers fought back in the bottom of the inning as sophomore Jackie Terpstra (Middletown, NY) hit a two run blast to left field to pull the team with in three runs.  The team would add another run in the bottom of the sixth off the RBI double by Stathes, but the Lightning would add a run in the top of the seventh and come away with the 8-5 victory.

Jackie Torres (Morrisville, PA) got the win, allowing four runs and nine hits in five innings, while Stathes suffered the loss. 
 

AGATE GAME 1                                                                                  R             H             E
Goldey-Beacom College   001         010         0              --             2              8             5
Dominican College            210         033         X             --              9              11           2

AGATE GAME 2                                                                                  R             H             E
Goldey-Beacom College   000         160         1              --             8              11           1
Dominican College            010         121         0              --             5              12           5

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.