TOP SEEDED LADY CHARGERS SOFTBALL FALL TO #6 PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY RAMS AT CACC TOURNAMENT

May 1, 2009

Lakewood, NJ (5/1/09) The top seeded Dominican College Lady Chargers softball team were eliminated from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) softball tournament after losing to the sixth seeded, Philadelphia University, 7-0 this afternoon.

Lakewood, NJ (5/1/09) The top seeded Dominican College Lady Chargers softball team were eliminated from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) softball tournament after losing to the sixth seeded, Philadelphia University, 7-0 this afternoon.

The Rams pounded out ten hits in the game to the Lady Chargers four hits. Philadelphia broke a 0-0 tie with a three run home run in the third inning. The Rams added two runs in the fourth on a two run home run. A solo home run to center field in the fifth and an RBI single to left field in the sixth gave the Rams the 7-0 lead and eventual victory.

Freshman Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA), CACC Player of the Year Sarah Beck (Milton, NY), Nicole Scarillo (South Amboy, NJ) and Danielle Garrison (Coatesville, PA) had the four hits for Dominican.

Freshman Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) suffered the loss (20-6) allowing three runs on five hits in three innings of work. Garrison came in for the final four innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits and two strikeouts.

With the loss Dominican falls to 39-14 on the season and were eliminated from the tournament after suffering a 1-0 loss to #4 Georgian Court University yesterday.

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.