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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UPENDED BY NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
November 28, 2011

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UPENDED BY NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Orangeburg, NY (11/28/11) The Dominican College women's basketball team dropped their fourth straight game this evening to the visiting Bears from the New York Institute of Technology, 63-42, in a non-conference match-up played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center. With the loss Dominican falls to 0-4 overall, while NYIT improves to 3-3 on the season.

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Orangeburg, NY (11/28/11)  The Dominican College women's basketball team dropped their fourth straight game this evening to the visiting Bears from the New York Institute of Technology, 63-42, in a non-conference match-up played on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.  With the loss Dominican falls to 0-4 overall, while NYIT improves to 3-3 on the season.

The Bears held a 13-7 lead with 12:41 to go in the first half when a 10-4 Lady Charger run tied the score at 17-17.  Later tied at 21-all with 6:43 to go before the intermission, a Bears three piont basket game them the lead, but a layup by KC Jentzen (Pearl River, NY) brought DC within a point.  A Samantha Klunk (York, PA) layup gave Dominican a 25-24 advantage, but a NYIT trey with 24 ticks left before the half gave the Bears a 27-25 lead at the break.

NYIT took control in the second half, outscoring the Lady Chargers 12-2 over the first four and half minutes to go ahead 39-27 and never lost a double-digit lead en route to the 63-42 victory.

Freshman LaShonda Hathorne (Queens, NY) led Dominican with nine points off the bench.  Guard Shannon Lavelle* (Floral Park, NY) added eight points, along with Jentzen.  Bianca Harris (Teaneck, NJ), Marley Klunk (York, PA) and S. Klunk all grabbed a game leading seven rebounds each in the loss.

Dominican returns to action on Wednesday night when they host Caldwell College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game slated to begin at 6pm on Coach Baxter Court.

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.