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#9 SOFTBALL SWEEPS PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
April 20, 2013

#9 SOFTBALL SWEEPS PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY

Philadelphia, Pa. (4/20/13) The Dominican College softball team, currently ranked ninth in the East Region, improved to 25-17 overall and remain unbeaten in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play at 20-0 after sweeping host, Philadelphia University, in games played this afternoon. DC edged the Rams, 4-3 in game one and took game two, 14-5.

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Philadelphia, Pa. (4/20/13)  The Dominican College softball team, currently ranked ninth in the East Region, improved to 25-17 overall and remain unbeaten in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play at 20-0 after sweeping host, Philadelphia University, in games played this afternoon.  DC edged the Rams, 4-3 in game one and took game two, 14-5.

Game One:  Dominican scored a run in the first inning on a two-out RBI single up-the-middle of the bat of designated player Kimberly Ragazzo (Lawrenceville, N.J.).

The Lady Chargers added two more runs in the fourth inning as the team recorded back-to-back home runs.  Left fielder Delaney Childers (Johnstown, Ohio) led off the inning with her sixth home run of the season over the right field fence.  Ragazzo followed with a home run to center field, her ninth of the year, to extend the lead to 3-2.

The Rams scored runs in the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game at 3-3.  Dominican scored the decisive run in the sixth inning as Ashley Corrao* (Staten Island, N.Y.) led off the inning with her ninth double of the year and advanced to third on a Ram error.  An infield single off the bat of Paige Berzak (Cypress, Calif.) brought home Corrao and gave DC the 4-3 win.

Ragazzo recorded two hits in the game and picked up the win in two innings of relief, allowing one run on four hits.

Game Two:  The Lady Chargers never trailed in game two as they scored runs in the first three innings to take a 10-2 lead and had a game total 17 hits.

DC added runs in the final three innings for the final 14-5 win.

Senior Kathryn Coles* (Farmville, Va.) went 3-4 with three runs scored and one RBI.

Five different Lady Chargers recorded doubles in the game, while six others had two hits each.  Berzak had a team leading three RBIs.

Childers improved to 13-8 with the complete game victory, allowing five runs (three earned) on nine hits and six strikeouts.

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.