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Graphic of the scores from today's baseball games with Chestnut Hill College. CHC won 13-11 and Dominican won game two, 22-6. Photo is of #8 Jaden Maia at the plate, getting ready to hit. Photo by Julian Baquero.
Photo by Julian Baquero
March 14, 2026

HIGH SCORING AFFAIR AS BASEBALL SPLITS WITH CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE

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North Wales, Pa. (3/14/26)  The Dominican Univeristy New York baseball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with host, Chestnut Hill College in games played today at Hostelley Field.

CHC won the opener, 13-11, while the Chargers took the nightcap, 22-6.

With the split, Dominican now stands at 6-9 overall and 2-2 in conference play.

Game One:  The Chargers opened the game by scoring a run on a Griffin error for the early lead.  CHC countered with a run of their own in the bottom of the first, but Dominican regained the lead in the top of the second as sophomore Erick Diaz hit a two-out solo home run over the right field fence.

Chestnut Hill scored three runs in the second and three runs in the third to push ahead, 7-2 and held DUNY scoreless until the top of the fifth when catcher AJ Giannetti produced a two-out two-run single to centerfield to cut the lead to 7-4.  The Griffins got a run back in the sixth frame to make the score 8-4, but the Chargers added two more runs in the seventh on the two-run double to left center off the bat of designated hitter Kevin Hirsch to cut the deficit to 8-6.

Dominican took the lead in the eighth as they scored five runs on three home runs.  Diaz got things going with his second home run of the game, this time a two-run homer over the centerfield fence.  First basemen Chad Falcon followed with a solo shot to left centerfield and third basemen Byron Arias hit a solo home run to left center field to give DUNY an 11-8 lead.

CHC countered with a five-run bottom fo the eighth stanza for the 13-11 lead and eventual win.

Diaz had two hits and three RBIs in the loss, while Falcon and Arias finished with two hits a-piece.  Arias also recorded two RBIs, along with Giannetti and Hirsch.

Reliever Robert Liriano suffered the loss.

Game Two:  The Dominican offense scored 22 runs on 17 hits in the night cap to earn the 22-6 victory.

Diaz went 3-5 with four runs scored and four RBIs, while Jaden Maia also went 3-5 with four runs scored and four RBIs.  Falcon was 3-4 with three runs scored and four RBIs with Hirsch going 4-6 with four RBIs.

Shortstop Fraelyn Rosario collected two hits and three RBIs in the win.

Diaz hit two home runs in the game with Falcon, Maia and Hirsch all hitting a home run.

Reliever Jeuriz Polanco picked up the win.

Dominican completes the season series with the Griffins tomorrow when they host the team in a single game at Clover Stadium.

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.