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# 4 WOMEN'S SOFTBALL SPLIT WITH BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE
April 14, 2011

# 4 WOMEN'S SOFTBALL SPLIT WITH BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE

Bloomfield, NJ (4/14/11) The Dominican College softball team, currently ranked fourth in the latest NCAA East Region Rankings, split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with host, Bloomfield College, in games played this afternoon at Clark Field. Bloomfield won game one, 3-2, while the Lady Chargers won the second game, 4-0.

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Bloomfield, NJ (4/14/11)  The Dominican College softball team, currently ranked fourth in the latest NCAA East Region Rankings, split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with host, Bloomfield College, in games played this afternoon at Clark Field.  Bloomfield won game one, 3-2, while the Lady Chargers won the second game, 4-0.

Game One: Bloomfield held a 2-0 lead after four innings of play when DC struck for two runs in the top of the fifth.  Junior Ashley Martinez (Bloomfield, NJ) hit a one-out double and centerfielder Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA) walked to put two runners on base.  Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) followed with an RBI single and Julie Plante (Swansea, MA) hit an RBI ground out to second to tie the contest at 2-2.  The game-winning run for the Deacons was scored on a DC fielding error.  Dominican had the game-tying run in scoring position in the seventh, but were unable to score.

Junior Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) took the loss (8-5), allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits and three strikeouts.

Game Two: Dominican rallied in game two with a three-run top of the second inning to take a 3-0 lead.  Martinez hit a bases loaded RBI single to plate a run and Plante later followed with a two out two-run double.

The Lady Chargers added a run in the fourth on a RBI single off the bat of Plante for the 4-0 victory.

Childers got the complete game shut-out victory, scattering five hits and collecting seven strikeouts to improve to 11-4 on the season.

Plante went 2-4 in game two with three RBIs, while Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) also collected two hits.

With the split Dominican now stands at 19-11 overall and are 9-3 in conference play.

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.