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Photo of team huddle. Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
March 7, 2026

SOFTBALL CLOSES OUT PLAY AT THE SPRING GAMES

Box Score

Bartow, Fla. (3/7/26)  The Dominican University New York softball team closed out play today at THE Spring Games with losses to Lynn University and McKendree University.

The Lady Chargers fell to Lynn, 20-3, and lost to McKendree, 8-0 to finish the trip with an 0-12 record.

Game One:  Dominican opened the game with a run in the top of the first as first basemen Kindel Johnson hit an RBI double for the early 1-0 advantage.  The Fighting Knight offense exploded for 11 runs in the bottom stanza to jump out to an 11-1 lead.  Lynn added two runs in the second to extend their lead to 13-1.  DUNY scored two runs on a sacrifice fly ball off the bat of Layla Albarran and a run-scoring single up-the-middle to make the score 13-3.  

A four-run fourth inning for the Fighting Knights led them to the 20-3 win.

Johnson finished the game with two hits in the loss.

Starter Melanie Fiumara took the loss.

Game Two:  The Bearcats scored runs in the second, third and fourth innings to guide them to an 8-0 win.

Johnson and Albarran had hits for the Lady Chargers.

Dominican returns to action on March 18th when they take the short road trip to St. Thomas Aquinas 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.