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BASEBALL UPENDS CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE
March 20, 2009

BASEBALL UPENDS CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE

North Wales, PA (3/20/09) The Dominican College baseball team defeated host Chestnut Hill College on Opening Day of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play, 4-2 this afternoon at Hostelley Field.

Box Score

North Wales, PA (3/20/09)  The Dominican College baseball team defeated host Chestnut Hill College on Opening Day of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play, 4-2 this afternoon at Hostelley Field.

Dominican got on the board in the top of the third as Dan Robinson (Massapequa, NY) received a free pass after getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Armando Alvarez (Miami, FL) who had led off the inning with a single.

The Griffins tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom stanza as Jesse Daywalt (Phoenixville, PA) tripled in Alex Latchum (Warrington, PA). 

DC regained the lead in the fifth as Yordis Veras (East Elmhurst, NY) got a one out walk, followed by a two run blast by freshman Alexi Colon (Millville, NJ) to go up 3-1.

A home run from freshman Dan Etherton (Princeton, NJ) brought the Griffins within a run, but the Chargers added an insurance run in the top of the ninth as sophomore Robert Iglesias (Mays Landing, NJ) got a two out infield single and came into score on the RBI double by Alvarez as DC went on to the 4-2 win.

Charger Todd Craig (Shenandoah, PA) went the distance in the win, including a 1-2-3 ninth inning, allowing two runs on eight hits and six strikeouts.

With the win Dominican improves to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in the CACC, while Chestnut Hill fall to 3-11 overall and 0-1 in the CACC.

Dominican completes the season series with Chestnut Hill tomorrow as they will host the Griffins in a double-header slated to begin at 12pm.

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.