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DOMINICAN SOFTBALL WIN TWO AT GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL
April 4, 2009

DOMINICAN SOFTBALL WIN TWO AT GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL

Lakewood, NJ(4/4/09) The Dominican College softball team won two out of three games this afternoon at the 2nd Annual Georgian Court University Invitational "Going to Bat For Breast Cancer". Dominican rallied to defeat Queens College, 11-10 and Molloy College, 11-8, but fell to New York Institute of Technology, 10-1 in the final game of the day.

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Lakewood, NJ(4/4/09)  The Dominican College softball team won two out of three games this afternoon at the 2nd Annual Georgian Court University Invitational "Going to Bat For Breast Cancer".  Dominican rallied to defeat Queens College, 11-10 and Molloy College, 11-8, but fell to New York Institute of Technology, 10-1 in the final game of the day.

DC trailed Queens, 10-8 going into the bottom of the seventh when pinch hitter Danielle Garrison (Coatesville, PA) drew a bases loaded walk to score a run, followed by senior Sarah Beck (Milton, NY) scoring on a wild pitch.  Third basemen Lauren Galladay (Aberdeen, NJ) got the game winning hit on a squeeze bunt that allowed Jamie Ollari (Hopatcong, NJ) to score and lift Dominican to the 11-10 victory.

Laurie Edwards (Riverhead, NY) picked up the win in 4 2/3 innings of relief, allowing four runs on four hits.

In game two, the Lady Chargers scored runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to secure an 11-8 victory.  DC pounded out 17 hits with Beck, Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA), Jessica Martinieri (Tampa, FL) and shortstop Cara Piasecki (Port Monmouth, NJ) each collecting three hits a piece in the game.

Starter Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) picked up the win, allowing eight runs (six earned) on 10 hits.  Reliever Garrison came in to pitch the final two innings.

Game three was all NYIT as the Bears scored 10 runs on nine hits, including a five-run first inning.  The lone DC run came in the second as Beck scored on a Bear error.

Edwards suffered the loss allowing nine runs (six earned) on eight hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Dominican now stands at 19-8 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.