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SOFTBALL TURNS BACK CONCORDIA COLLEGE
April 11, 2012

SOFTBALL TURNS BACK CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Orangeburg, NY (4/11/12) The Dominican College softball team turned back the visiting Clippers of Concordia College, 6-1 and 13-1 (5 Innings) this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played at the DC Softball Field. With the victories Dominican improves to 25-13 overall and 19-1 in conference play, while Concordia falls to 8-17 overall and 5-13 in the CACC.

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Orangeburg, NY (4/11/12)  The Dominican College softball team turned back the visiting Clippers of Concordia College, 6-1 and 13-1 (5 Innings) this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played at the DC Softball Field.  With the victories Dominican improves to 25-13 overall and 19-1 in conference play, while Concordia falls to 8-17 overall and 5-13 in the CACC.

Game One:  The Clippers scored a run in the top of the first inning and held that lead until the Lady Chargers struck for a run in the bottom of the third as Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) scored on a wild pitch.

Dominican went ahead in the fourth stanza as shortstop Julie Plante* (Swansea, MA) belted a two-run homer over the right center field fence to give DC a 3-1 lead.  Paige Berzak (Cypress, CA) followed with a solo home run in the fifth for a 4-1 lead.

A wild pitch brought home Plante in the sixth and later an RBI ground out by Shelby Wassmann (Loudoun, VA) made the score 6-1.

Plante went 4-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the victory.

Childers went the distance to improve to 15-6 on the season.

Game Two:  The Lady Chargers pounded out 13 hits in the five inning victory.  Dominican scored nine runs in the second inning that began with back-to-back home runs off the bats of Childers and Wassmann.  Childers later came to bat again with the score being 7-0 and hit her second home run of the inning, this one a two-run shot to left center for the 9-0 lead.

DC added four runs in the third inning which also began with a home run, this time from Kathryn Coles (Farmville, VA).

Dominican tallied two home runs in the first game and added four home runs in game two for a total six home runs on the day.

Katrina Pistilli* (Staten Island, NY) picked up her 10th win of the season to now stand at 10-7.

DC returns to action on Friday when they host Pace University.

 

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.