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Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
Photo Courtesy of Pete Byrne
November 14, 2025

SECOND HALF COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AS LADY CHARGERS DROP SEASON OPENER TO SETTERS

Box Score

Garden City, N. Y. (11/14/25) The Dominican University New York women's basketball team dropped their season opener to the Setters of Pace University who edged the Lady Chargers by a score of 68-65.

In the first of two games this weekend at the Adelphi University Conference Challenge, the Lady Chargers trailed by as many as 17 points in the second half and saw their comeback fall just short.

Dominican begins the season 0-1 overall while the Setters get their first win of the season. 

The Setters took a double digit lead into halftime and opened the third quarter on an 8-2 run to extend to their largest lead of the game. 

Dominican cut the deficit back to 11 points after putting up a 24-point third quarter. 

The Lady Chargers cut the deficit back to single digits early on in the fourth quarter. DU used a 10-2 run down the stretch of the fourth quarter and cut the Pace lead to 67-65 after back to back steals by freshman Ketura Rutty. 

Dominican outscored the Setters 24-16 in the final frame but their comeback fell short. 

Rutty and senior Cayla Howard finished with a combined 44 points. Rutty led all scorers with 23 points including 10 points in the fourth quarter going 10-15 from the field and picked up four steals.

Howard scored 21 points on 9-16 from the field and went a perfect 9-9 from the free-throw line. Howard led the way in rebounds with seven and picked up four blocks. 

Junior Tamia Nunes scored 10 points while dishing out a team-high six assists and pulled down four boards. 

The Lady Chargers return to action tomorrow afternoon as they take on Adelphi University at 1:00 PM.

 

 

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.