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SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH ADELPHI UNIVERSITY
April 1, 2010

SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH ADELPHI UNIVERSITY

Flushing, NY (4/1/10) The Dominican College softball teams split a non-conference double-header with Adelphi University this afternoon. The Panthers won the first game, 8-2 in eight innings, while the Lady Chargers took the nightcap, 6-0.

Flushing, NY (4/1/10)  The Dominican College softball teams split a non-conference double-header with Adelphi University this afternoon.  The Panthers won the first game, 8-2 in eight innings, while the Lady Chargers took the nightcap, 6-0.

In game one, Adelphi held a 2-0 lead until the bottom of the seventh inning when pinch hitter Lauren Galladay (Aberdeen, NJ) hit a single up the middle to plate Ashley Martinez (Bloomfield, NJ) and Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) to tied the game 2-2.

The Panthers exploded for six runs on five hits in the top of the eighth for the 8-2 victory.

Sophomore Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) took the loss (6-5), allowing eight runs (seven earned) on 11 hits.

In the night cap, the game was scoreless until the top of the seventh when the Lady Chargers charged ahead with six runs on five hits.  Freshman Julie Plante (Swansea, MA) got an RBI after reaching base on a Panther fielding error and a two-run blast over the centerfield fench by senior Cara Piasecki (Port Monmouth, NJ) gave DC a 3-0 lead.  A two-run single by Martinez put the Lady Chargers up 5-0 and a double to right center field by Corrao brought in the last run and led Dominican to the 6-0 victory.

Freshman Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) picked up the complete game, shutout win (7-4), scattering just three hits and striking out five batters.

With the split Dominican now stands at 13-9 overall.

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.