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Photo of #14 AJ Giannetti playing first base and stretching to catch a thrown ball. Photo by Tom Salus.
Photo by Tom Salus
April 14, 2026

PURPLE KNIGHTS WIN OFFENSIVE BATTLE AGAINST CHARGERS

Box Score

Pomona, N.Y. (4/14/26)  The University of Bridgeport baseball team rallied from a 9-3 deficit to defeat the Dominican University New York Chargers, 16-11, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played at Clover Stadium.

With the loss, the Chargers fall to 15-23 overall and 11-13 in conference play.

Designated hitter Kevin Hirsch got the scoring going in the bottom of the first with an RBI double to left center field.  Jaden Maia followed with a RBI sacrifice fly ball for the 2-0 lead.

UB rallied in the top of the second with three runs, but the Chargers countered with a five-run bottom of the second.to re-take a 7-3 advantage.  AJ Giannetti scored on wild pitch and two batters later, Erick Diaz blasted a three-run home run to right field.  Later Chad Falcon had an RBI groundout.

Dominican added two runs in the third stanza on a wild pitch and a run-scoring single by Davin Keddell-Tuckey to increase the lead to 9-3.

The Purple Knights added two runs in the fourth and four in the fifth to re-tie the game at 9-9.

An RBI single to center from Giannetti and a sacrifice fly by Keddell-Tuckey gave DUNY the 11-9 edge, but a six-run top of the eighth lifted the Purple Knights to the 16-11 lead and eventual win.

Reliever Yanka Pineda Santana took the loss.

Keddell-Tuckey went 3-3 with two RBIs in the loss.

Giannetti and Byron Arias had two hits each.

The Chargers return to action tomorrow afternoon when they host non-conference opponent, Molloy University.

 

 

 

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.