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LADY CHARGERS SOFTBALL LOSE TWO AT NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER GAMES
March 11, 2009

LADY CHARGERS SOFTBALL LOSE TWO AT NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER GAMES

Clermont, FL (3/11/09) The Dominican College softball team dropped a double-header to American International College this afternoon at the National Training Center Games.

Box Score

Clermont, FL (3/11/09)  The Dominican College softball team dropped a double-header to American International College this afternoon at the National Training Center Games.

AIC edged DC in the first game 7-6 in nine innings and took the second game 4-1.

In the first game senior Sarah Beck (Milton, NY) gave DC the lead with a three run blast in the top of the fourth inning.

Trailing 4-3 in the sixth, freshman Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA) hit a three run triple to once gain give the Lady Chargers a lead at 6-4.  However AIC came back as first baseman Kellie Brown (Gill, MA) tied the game in the sixth with a two-run triple.

For AIC senior Deanna Zanetti (Hampden, MA) crossed the plate with the game-winning run in the ninth inning of game-one on sac-fly off the bat of freshman center fielder Ashleigh St. Peter (Suffield, CT).

AIC's four runs in game-two were the result of a two-run triple from graduate third baseman Tara DeMontier (Amesbury, MA) and a two-run double from Zanetti. 

Dominican's lone run game in the first inning as Beck singled to right to score junior Nicole Philpot (Dingmans Ferry, PA).

With the losses Dominican falls to 0-2 on the season, while AIC improves to 5-3.

Dominican is back in action tomorrow at the National Training Center (NTC) games when they take on Bentley College.

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.