SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH CALDWELL COLLEGE

March 25, 2010

SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH CALDWELL COLLEGE

Orangeburg, NY (3/25/10) The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with the visiting Cougars of Caldwell College this afternoon. Caldwell took the first game, 3-0, while Dominican rallied to win the night cap, 5-4 in 12 innings at the DC Softball Field.

Orangeburg, NY (3/25/10) The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with the visiting Cougars of Caldwell College this afternoon. Caldwell took the first game, 3-0, while Dominican rallied to win the night cap, 5-4 in 12 innings at the DC Softball Field.

In the first game, Caldwell had a three-run top of the first inning for the 3-0 lead and eventual victory. DC managed five hits in the shut out loss.

Sophomore Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) suffered the loss (5-3), going seven innings and allowing no earned runs on six hits.

In the night cap, Caldwell held a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh when a bases loaded triple to right field by Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) scored two runs and tied the game 2-2.

Caldwell went up 3-2 in the 11th inning but DC rallied on a sacrifice fly ball to left field which brought in Julie Plante (Swansea, MA) to knot the contest at 3-3.

The Cougars once again went up in the 12th inning but designated player Nicole Scarillo (South Amboy, NJ) hit an RBI single to center and sophomore Ashley Martinez (Bloomfield, NJ) had the game winning RBI double to center field to bring in Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA) and lift DC to the 5-4 victory.

Freshman Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) improved to 4-4 in the complete game victory, allowing four runs (one earned) on 11 hits and eight strikeouts.

With the split Dominican now stands at 9-7 overall and 3-1 in the CACC.

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.