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SOFTBALL POSTS A SPLIT ON FIRST DAY AT NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER GAMES
March 2, 2012

SOFTBALL POSTS A SPLIT ON FIRST DAY AT NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER GAMES

Clermont, FL (3/2/12) The Dominican College softball team improved to 2-4 overall after posting a split on their first day of competition at the National Training Center Games played in Clermont, FL. DC upended Assumption College, 1-0 in game one and fell in the nightcap, 7-2, to Wilmington University in a non-conference game.

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Clermont, FL (3/2/12)  The Dominican College softball team improved to 2-4 overall after posting a split on their first day of competition at the National Training Center Games played in Clermont, FL.  DC upended Assumption College, 1-0 in game one and fell in the nightcap, 7-2, to Wilmington University in a non-conference game.

Game One:  Dominican scored the lone run of the contest in the top of the first inning as junior shortstop Julie Plante* (Swansea, MA) led off the game with a home run over the centerfield fence.  From there the Lady Chargers were limited to just two hits, another one by Plante and one by first basemen Paige Berzak (Cypress, CA).

Left-handed hurler Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) improved to 2-2 on the season with the complete game shutout victory, allowing just one hit and striking out 11 batters.

Game Two:  The Lady Chargers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against the Wildcats as Plante led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a passed ball.  A triple by Childers plated Plante.  Berzak followed with an RBI groundout for a 2-0 lead.

Wilmington answered back with a seven run second inning on seven hits and one error for the eventual 7-2 victory.  WU outhit the Lady Chargers 10-8 in the game.

Plante went 4-4 in the game.

Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) suffered the loss, allowing seven runs on 10 hits in seven innings of work to now stand at 0-2 on the year.

Dominican returns to the field tomorrow as they take on the College of Saint Rose in a non-conference double-header to be played at the National Training Center.  Game times are 1pm and 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.