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March 26, 2008

SOFTBALL LOSES TWO TO ADELPHI UNIVERSITY

Garden City, NY (3/26/08) Junior Diana DiPiano combined for 4-7 with two runs and four RBI including both game-winners in a 9-1, 1-0 sweep of Dominican College this afternoon at Janet L. Ficke Field. The Panthers extend their win streak to six games and improve to 10-10 on the season, the the Chargers fall to 1-11.

SOFTBALL LOSES TWO TO ADELPHI UNIVERSITY

Courtesy of Adelphi University Sports Information Department

Garden City, NY (3/26/08) Junior Diana DiPiano combined for 4-7 with two runs and four RBI including both game-winners in a 9-1, 1-0 sweep of Dominican College this afternoon at Janet L. Ficke Field. The Panthers extend their win streak to six games and improve to 10-10 on the season, the the Chargers fall to 1-11.

Game One
Senior Dely Francisco led off with an in the park solo homerun to put the Panthers up 1-0. Junior Samantha Johnston singled and advanced to second, then came home on a DiPiano double for the game-winning run. Junior Jessica Vogt singled and stole second before freshman Stephanie Byster walked to load the bases. Then Martin walked, pushing home DiPiano to make it 3-0. A RBI fielder's choice by junior Christina O'Hara rounded out the inning.

In the second inning DiPiano belted a two-run homer to push the Panther lead to 5-0. JohnstonDeandra Leo picked up her second run in the fourth inning, followed by freshman in the fifth. The Chargers got on board in the bottom of the fifth, scoring on a passed ball. Freshman Stephanie Byster made it a 9-1 game with her first collegiate homerun in the sixth.

Sophomore Christine Robinson (1-3) recorded her first win of the season, allowing just one hit in four innings pitched. Freshman Marisa Romeo pitched for 2.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits and one run.

Sophomore Laurie Edwards (Riverhead, NY) suffered the six inning loss for DC in four innings of work and allowing seven runs on 0 hits.

Adelphi had nine runs on 12 hits with no errors. Dominican had one run on four hits with one error.

Game Two
The Panthers had a total of seven hits in the game, but were unable to close, leaving runners on base in each inning. In the bottom of the seventh, Johnston singled to set up a walk-off RBI double by DiPiano to give Adelphi the win.

Freshman Deirdre White (1-1) picked up her first win of the season, allowing just two hits and one walk, while fanning four.

Senior Christine Stathes (Cornwall, NY) took the loss.

The Lady Chargers are back in action on Friday when they travel to Dowling College in a non-conference double-header. 

 

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.