LADY CHARGERS SOFTBALL SPLIT WITH UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES IN PHILADELPHIA

May 1, 2010

LADY CHARGERS SOFTBALL SPLIT WITH UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES IN PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, PA (5/1/10) The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with host, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, this afternoon in games played at McNeil Field. USP rallied from a 6-1 deficit to win game one, 9-6, while DC took game two by a score of 7-1.

Philadelphia, PA (5/1/10) The Dominican College softball team split a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) double-header with host, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, this afternoon in games played at McNeil Field. USP rallied from a 6-1 deficit to win game one, 9-6, while DC took game two by a score of 7-1.

DC scored three runs in the top of the first inning as catcher Nicole Scarillo (South Amboy, NJ) hit an RBI single. Deidre Jeppson (Sylmar, CA) followed with a two-out infield single to plate a run and Danielle Garrison (Coatesville, PA) drew a bases loaded walk to bring home the third Lady Charger run.

The Devils got a run back in the bottom stanza, but Dominican extended their lead to 6-1 with three more runs in the top of the third on singles by Garrison and Jessica Martinieri (Tampa, FL). A sacrifice fly ball to center field by shortstop Julie Plante (Swansea, MA) platted the sixth DC run of the game.

USP scored two runs in the fourth, four in the fifth and two more in the sixth to rally to the 9-6 victory.

Sophomore Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) suffered the loss (12-6), allowing nine runs (seven earned) on 14 hits.

Game two saw the teams knotted at 1-1, when the Lady Chargers scored two runs in the fifth and four runs in the sixth for the 7-1 victory. Dominican's first run came in the third as Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) reached base on a Devil error, allowing a run to score.

In the fifth, a fielder's choice allowed Cara Piasecki (Port Monmouth, NJ) to reach base and a run to score and a sacrifice fly ball hit to right field by Scarillo put DC up 3-1. An RBI single up the middle by Plante brought in the first run of the sixth for Dominican, while Childers followed with a two-run double. A USP error on a ball hit by Piasecki allowed the fourth run of the inning to score and solidified the 7-1 victory.

Childers picked up the win (19-7), allowing one run on five hits and collecting four strikeouts.

With the split Dominican now stands at 31-13 overall and 21-3 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.