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SOFTBALL STAYS HOT WITH VICTORIES OVER POST UNIVERSITY
March 23, 2012

SOFTBALL STAYS HOT WITH VICTORIES OVER POST UNIVERSITY

Waterbury, CT (3/23/12) The Dominican College softball team improved to 12-8 overall and 6-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after taking two games from host, Post University, this afternoon at LaMoy Field. The Lady Chargers won the first game, 5-2 and took the night cap 2-0 to conclude the week with four straight wins to extend their winning streak to six games.

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Waterbury, CT (3/23/12)  The Dominican College softball team improved to 12-8 overall and 6-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after taking two games from host, Post University, this afternoon at LaMoy Field.  The Lady Chargers won the first game, 5-2 and took the night cap 2-0 to conclude the week with four straight wins to extend their winning streak to six games.

Game One:  The Lady Chargers struck four four runs in the top of the first as senior Deidre Jeppson* (Sylmar, CA) had an RBI bunt single and a Post error allowed a second run to score.  Shelby Wassmann (Loudoun, VA) followed with an RBI sacrifice fly ball and catcher Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) hit a solo blast to left field to give DC a 4-0 lead.

An RBI double to right center field in the fourth inning by CACC and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Pitcher of the Week, Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) scored the Lady Charger fifth run of the game.  Post scored two runs in the sixth for the 5-2 score.

Childers improved to 7-4 overall with the complete game victory, allowing two runs on nine hits.

Game Two:  Dominican tallied the two runs of the game in the third inning as Jeppson hit a two-run infield single for the 2-0 lead and eventual victory.

Katrina Pistilli* (Staten Island, NY) got the shut out win (3-5), scattering just three hits.

Dominican returns to action on Monday with road conference games at the University of the Sciences.

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.