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LADY CHARGER SOFTBALL TAKES TWINBILL FROM FELICIAN COLLEGE
April 21, 2009

LADY CHARGER SOFTBALL TAKES TWINBILL FROM FELICIAN COLLEGE

Orangeburg, NY (4/21/09) The Dominican College softball team took a twinbill from Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opponent, Felician College, this afternoon at Kennedy Park. DC won the first game, 6-3 and won the second game, 8-2.

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Orangeburg, NY (4/21/09)  The Dominican College softball team took a twinbill from Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opponent, Felician College, this afternoon at Kennedy Park.  DC won the first game, 6-3 and won the second game, 8-2.

Game one was scoreless until the third inning when the Lady Chargers tallied three runs on a three-run double to center field by catcher Nicole Scarillo (South Amboy, NJ).  DC added two more runs in the fourth on a fielder's choice by Jessica Martinieri (Tampa, FL) and an RBI double to right by junior Nicole Philpot (Dingmans Ferry, PA) to extend the lead to 5-0.

The sixth Lady Charger run came in to score on a muffed Felician throw to put the team up 6-0.  FC came back with three runs in the third, but Dominican went on to the 6-3 victory.

CACC Rookie of the Week, Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) got the complete game victory to improve to 13-5 on the season after allowing three runs on eight hits and five strikeouts.

In the nightcap, Dominican held a 5-0 lead after three innings.  Senior Jamie Ollari (Hoptacong, NJ) scored the first run in the second on a FC error and junior shortstop Cara Piasecki (Port Monmouth, NJ) hit a three-run blast down the right field line to extend the lead to 4-0 in the third.  Senior Sarah Beck (Milton, NY) scored on a wild pitch for the final run of the third inning.

Felician tacked on two runs in the fourth to cut the lead to 6-2, but DC put runs on the board in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings for the 8-2 victory.  A Golden Falcon error allowed Scarillo to score in the fifth and Piasecki delivered and RBI single in the sixth.  A solo blast by junior Danielle Garrison (Coatesville, PA) put the final run on the board in the top of the seventh.

Garrison got the complete game victory (11-3), allowing just two runs on five hits and three strikeouts.

Dominican improves to 29-12 overall and 15-2 in the CACC, while Felician falls to 9-20 overall and 6-16 in the CACC.

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.