March 28, 2007

Caldwell Edges Dominican In Softball Doubleheader

Caldwell, NJ (3/28/07)The Caldwell College softball team won a pair of close games against Dominican College, 5-4 and 1-0 in eight innings, to sweep a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Caldwell Field. The victory gives the 14th-ranked Cougars an overall record of 11-3 and a 4-0 mark in the CACC. The Chargers, who were runners-up to Caldwell in last year's CACC Tournament, fall to 5-7, 0-2 CACC.

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Caldwell Edges Dominican In Softball Doubleheader

Courtesy of Matt McLagan, Caldwell College SID

Caldwell, NJ (3/28/07)   The Caldwell College softball team won a pair of close games against Dominican College, 5-4 and 1-0 in eight innings, to sweep a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Caldwell Field. The victory gives the 14th-ranked Cougars an overall record of 11-3 and a 4-0 mark in the CACC. The Chargers, who were runners-up to Caldwell in last year's CACC Tournament, fall to 5-7, 0-2 CACC.
 
Dominican's Sarah Beck (Milton, NY), the 2006 CACC Rookie of the Year, helped the Chargers get off to a strong start in the first inning with a two-run triple for a 2-0 lead. A pair of unearned runs in the top of the second made the score 4-0 Chargers before the Cougars answered in the bottom of the third. Freshman Alicia Langone (Kendall Park, NJ) brought home Caldwell's first run of the game by drawing a bases-loaded walk. Then freshman Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton, NY) followed with a double that cleared the bases and tied the game at 4-4. Caldwell loaded the bases again in the fifth on a single and two walks. This time it was junior Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ) who drew a walk that scored senior Desiree Wilson (Gloucester City, NJ) and gave Caldwell its first lead of the game, 5-4.
 
Sophomore Kristen de la Campa (Whitman, MA) held the Chargers scoreless the rest of the way to wrap up the win. De la Campa went the distance, allowing seven hits, four runs (two earned) and three walks while striking out five to improve to 4-1.
 
The second game was a pitcher's dual between Caldwell senior Nicole Webb (Toms River, NJ) and Dominican's Christine Stathes (Cornwall, NY), the 2006 CACC Pitcher of the Year. Stathes cruised until the bottom of the fifth, when she walked the bases loaded with two out before a groundout ended the threat. Similarly, Webb allowed just four base runners through five innings before walking the bases full with two out in the top of the sixth. But Webb induced the next batter to ground out.
 
The game's lone run came in extra innings. Senior Jackie Velardi (Belleville, NJ) led off the eighth inning with a single. After a pop-up, junior Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY) singled, moving to second base sophomore Kim Aguirre (Highland, CA), who was inserted as a pinch runner for Velardi. Junior Alyssa Speno (Waterloo, NY) followed with a game-winning single to right center that plated Aguirre.
 
Webb pitched all eight innings and gave up just two hits and six walks while fanning six to improve to 5-2 on the season. Stathes also went the distance, allowing five hits and one run while striking out five and walking five in the loss.

The Lady Chargers are back in action on Friday when they play a non-conference doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas College, slated to begin at 3pm. 

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.