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April 10, 2006

Dominican Softball Splits CACC Double Header With Nyack College

Nyack, NY (4/10/06) The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double header with rival Nyack College this afternoon in Nyack. The Warriors won the first game 2-1, while the Lady Chargers rallied to take the second game 9-2.

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Dominican Softball Splits CACC Double Header With Nyack College

Nyack, NY (4/10/06)  The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double header with rival Nyack College this afternoon in Nyack.  The Warriors won the first game 2-1, while the Lady Chargers rallied to take the second game 9-2.

Dominican took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning, but Nyack rallied in the bottom half of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead.

Catcher Sarah Beck (Milton, NY) led the Lady Chargers in the first game with two hits.  Freshman Melanie Hestermann (Lacey Township, NJ) had an RBI with a sacrificie fly.

Lady Charger Michelle Krupna (Sparta, NJ) took the loss, going six innings and striking out 12 batters.

In the night cap, the Lady Chargers held a 3-2 lead after three innings, but added to the lead with a four run fourth inning to take a 7-2 lead.  The team added runs in the sixth and seventh for the final 9-2 victory.

Lead off hitter Kristine Knuth (Staten Island, NY) went 2-2, including a grand slam in the fourth, with two runs scored a season high five RBIs.  Krupna went 2-3 with one RBI and two runs scored.  Third basemen Jackie Terpstra (Middletown, NY) had two hits on the day as well.

Pitcher Christine Stathes (Cornwall, NY) improved to 9-2 on the year in the complete game win, allowing just three hits and striking out four Warriors.

Dominican is back in action tomorrow afternoon when they host Post University at 3:30 pm.

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.