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Photo of #8 Erick Diaz at the plate, getting ready to hit. Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
March 24, 2026

CHARGERS FALL TO PANTHERS

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. (3/24/26)  The Dominican University New York baseball team fell in non-conference action to host, Adelphi University, 18-10, this afternoon in a game played at William J. Bonomo Memorial Field.

Following the loss, the Chargers are now 10-11 on the season.

Sophomore centerfielder Erick Diaz led the game off with a solo home run for the early lead and Diaz added to the lead in the top of the third as he produced an RBI double to give the Chargers a 2-0 lead.

AU rallied with two runs in the bottom of the third to make the score 2-2, DUNY countered with three runs in the top of the fourth on a two-run double to left centerfield by shortstop Fraelyn Rosario and an RBI single up-the-middle off the bat of Byron Arias to regain a 5-2 lead.

The Panthers answered with a four-run fifth inning to take a 6-5 edge, but the Chargers got the run back in the top of the sixth on a throwing error to make the score 6-6.

Adelphi scored five runs in the sixth and four runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 15-6 lead.  Dominican scored four runs in the eighth as Diaz hit his second home run of the game, this one a three-run shot over the field field fence and later pinch hitter, AJ Giannetti, hit a run-scoring single to left field to cut the deficit to 15-10.

AU scored three runs in their half of the eighth inning to make the score 18-10.

Rosario went 4-4 in the game with three runs scored and two RBIs, while Diaz finished the day, going 3-4 with two runs scored and five RBIs.

Starting first basemen Chad Falcon also had three hits in the loss.

Reliever Nicholas Cabello took the loss.

Dominican returns to action tomorrow as they host Post University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader.  Game one is slated for a 12pm start.

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.