May 11, 2012

CHARGERS BASEBALL ELIMINATED FROM CACC TOURNAMENT

New Castle, DE (5/11/12) The Dominican College baseball team, seeded third in the tournament, was eliminated from the 2012 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championships after falling to the top-seeded Golden Falcons of Felician College, 7-4 this evening in a game played at Wilson Stadium. In early action, DC eliminated Bloomfield College, 6-3.

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New Castle, DE (5/11/12)  The Dominican College baseball team, seeded third in the tournament, was eliminated from the 2012 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championships after falling to the top-seeded Golden Falcons of Felician College, 7-4 this evening in a game played at Wilson Stadium.  In early action, DC eliminated Bloomfield College, 6-3.

Game One:  In their first elimination game of the day, the Chargers jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second inning as Robert Alonso (Kingston, NY) hit a two-run single to right field and Oliver Christensen (Coral Springs, FL) followed with an RBI infield single.  Later junior outfielder Tony Blake (Windsor, CT) had a two-run, two out single to right field.

DC led 5-1 when they added a run in the fifth inning on a RBI double to right field off the bat of Andrew Camardella (Pelham, NY) as Domincian went on to the 6-3 victory.

Senior Dustin Javins (Fort Lauderdale, FL) earned the complete game victory (4-3), allowing three runs on nine hits and seven strikeouts.

Both Christensen and Blake had two hits a-piece in the win.

Game Two: DC took on Felician College in a second elimination game.  The Chargers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI single to right field from Blake.  Felician came back in the bottom stanza with three runs for the 3-0 lead.

The Golden Falcons added a run in the second to go ahead 4-1.  A run in the fourth inning extended the lead to 5-1, but DC scored a run in the top half of the sixth inning on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to 5-2.

Down 6-2 in the seventh, the Chargers put two runs on the board on the RBI sacrifice fly ball to center field from Tyler Clark (Cheshire, CT) and later a sacrifice fly ball to left field from senior Tyler Sadawske* (Waukesha, WI) to make the score, 6-4.  An FC run in the eighth inning made the score 7-4 Felician.

Both Christensen and Blake also each had two hits in the game.

Junior Caleb Whiteley (San Antonio, TX) suffered the loss (3-2) in 1 1/3 innings of work, allowing four runs (two earned) on three hits and three strikeouts.

Dominican ends the season with an overall record of 27-26.

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.