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SOFTBALL UPENDS CALDWELL COLLEGE
March 29, 2011

SOFTBALL UPENDS CALDWELL COLLEGE

Caldwell, NJ (3/29/11) The Dominican College softball squad improved to 16-8 overall and 6-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating host, Caldwell College, 5-4 in eight innings and 3-0, this afternoon in a CACC double-header played at the Caldwell College Softball Field.

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Caldwell, NJ (3/29/11)  The Dominican College softball squad improved to 16-8 overall and 6-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after defeating host, Caldwell College, 5-4 in eight innings and 3-0, this afternoon in a CACC double-header played at the Caldwell College Softball Field.

Game One:  Caldwell College held a 2-0 lead in game one when the Lady Chargers got a run back in the top of the second inning as freshman designated player Shelby Wassmann (Loudoun, VA) hit her third home run of the season over the left field fence to make the score 2-1.

The Cougars re-claimed a two-run lead (3-1) with a run in the fourth, but a two-run top of the fifth inning for the Lady Chargers tied the score at 3-3.  Sophomore second basemen Brielle Kerscher (Staten Island, NY) recorded her second home run of the season to lead off the inning with a shot to left field.  Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA) later got a one-out single through the left side and moved to second on the infield single by Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH).  A single to left field off the bat of shortstop Julie Plante (Swansea, MA) brought in Jeppson to make the score 3-3.

CC scored a run in the bottom stanza to go ahead 4-3, but an RBI single through the left side with the bases loaded by Jeppson brought in a run to tie the score at 4-all.

In the eighth inning, Kerscher led things off with a double to center field and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt.  A walk to Jeppson put two runners on and Delaney reached on a fielder's choice which allowed Kerscher to score and secure a 5-4 Lady Charger victory.

Right-handed hurler Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) picked up the complete game victory (8-3), allowing four runs on eight hits and two strikeouts.  Pistilli also earned her 43rd career victory to break the school's previous record of 42 career victories set by Christine Stathes in 2008.

Game Two: Dominican struck for a run in the second inning of the night cap as Jeppson hit a two-out single to centerfield to plate Kathryn Coles (Farmville, VA), who had reach on a single down the left field line to take a 1-0 lead.

DC added a run in the fifth on the RBI single to left center off the bat of Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) and tacked on another run in the top of the seventh on the sacrifice fly ball to left field by Wassmann to make the score 3-0 Dominican.

Corrao went 3-4 in game two with a double, while Jeppson, Childers and Coles all collected two hits.

Childers improved to 8-3 overall and recorded her fourth shut out of the season, scattering just four hits and recording 12 strikeouts.

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.