BASEBALL TAKES TWO FROM FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY

March 13, 2009

BASEBALL TAKES TWO FROM FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY

Fort Lauderdale, FL (3/13/09) The Dominican College baseball team swept a non-conference double-header from Franklin Pierce University this afternoon, 1-0 and 9-2, at the Santaluces Sportsplex.

Fort Lauderdale, FL (3/13/09) The Dominican College baseball team swept a non-conference double-header from Franklin Pierce University this afternoon, 1-0 and 9-2, at the Santaluces Sportsplex.

The lone run game in the bottom of the seventh inning when sophomore Robert Iglesias (Mays Landing, NJ) received a free one-out pass after being hit by the ball. Junior Willie Mann (Patterson, NY) laid down a sac bunt but the Ravens tried to get the lead runner out and both runners ended up being safe. A two out walk to freshman Xavier Bonilla (Bronx, NY) loaded the bases and a first pitch passed ball allowed Iglesias to score and lift DC to the 1-0 victory.

Bonilla had both of the DC hits in the game and finished 2-3 with a walk.

In game one, sophomore pitcher Jack Crawford (Montgomery, NY) threw a complete game, scattering just one hit and five strikeouts in the 1-0 win. He had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning when shortstop Jose Macias (Bronx, NY) led off the inning with a single.

In game two, FPU tallied runs in the first and fifth innings, while DC scored a run in the second, three in the fifth, two in the sixth and added three more in the seventh for the 9-2 win.

A two out hit in the sixth by Bonilla and one by mann in the seventh each scored two runs to allow DC to break the game open.

Bonilla and Mann finished game two 2-3 with a double and 2 RBIs, while Yordis Veras (East Elmhurst, NY) was 2-4 with 2 RBIs and two runs scored.

Junior right-hander Todd Craig (Shenandoah, PA) throw another complete game as the Chargers charged to a 9-2 victory. Craig compiled six strikeouts, allowed two runs, one walk and nine hits in the win.

With the wins Dominican improves to 3-2 overall.

The Chargers are back in action tomorrow when they take on the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in a non-conference double-header slated to begin at 4pm at the Santaluces Sportsplex.

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.