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Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
December 9, 2025

STRONG SECOND QUARTER LEADS COUGARS OVER LADY CHARGERS

Box Score

Caldwell, N.J. (12/9/25)  The Dominican University New York women's basketball team lost a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game to host, Caldwell University, 82-60, this evening in a game played in the Newman Center.

With the loss the Lady Chargers fall to 2-6 overall and 1-2 in conference play, while the Cougars improve to 6-3 overall and 2-2 in the CACC.

The second quarter proved to be the decisive quarter for the Cougars as they outscored the Lady Chargers 26-9 to jump out to a 45-28 lead at the intermission.

Caldwell also took advantage oon the foul line, shootting 20-25 (80%) for the game, compared to Dominican's 4-7 performance (57.1%).  The hosts held the advantage on the boards, pulling down 36 rebounds to Dominican's 26.

Junior guard Tamia Nunes led the Lady Chargers with a career high 24 points (9-13 from the floor, 5-8 from the three-point arc) and completed the double-double with a game best 12 rebounds in the loss.

Sky Priester tallied 11 points and three assists, while Cayla Howard scored nine points, four assists, two steals and three rebounds.

Dominican returns to action on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Chestnut Hill 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.