(Courtesy of Dominican College Sports Information)
Orangeburg, NY- The Dominican College softball team opened up Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play with a double-header victory over the visiting Lions of Georgian Court University Sunday afternoon in games played at the DC Softball Field. Dominican won game one, 3-1 and took the nightcap, 7-1 to improve to 8-8 overall and 2-0 in the CACC.
Game One: GCU took a 1-0 lead in the first and held that lead until the bottom of the fifth inning when Dominican struck for three runs. Julie Plante (Swansea, MA) led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a fielding error. Junior Delaney Childers (Johnstown, OH) doubled home Plante and later center fielder Ashley Martinez (Bloomfield, NJ) delivered a huge two-run single to center field to give the Lady Chargers a 3-1 lead and eventual victory.
Childers picked up the complete game win (6-4), allowing one run on five hits and seven strikeouts. #Brooke Hull (6-5) suffered the defeat (6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K).
Hull went 2-for-3 and drove in the Lions' lone run of the contest. 2B Rachel Ruch also collected a pair of hits (2-for-3, SB).
Game Two: Left fielder Victoria LaPorte (Washingtonville, NY) hit an RBI single to right field to put Dominican ahead 1-0 in the second. The Lions tied the game in the top of the third inning, but the Lady Chargers answered back with a run in the bottom stanza on a sacrifice by Shelby Wassmann (Loudoun, VA) to take a 2-1 lead.
In the fifth inning, Childers led off the inning with a solo home run over the right center field fence and catcher Ashley Corrao (Staten Island, NY) hit an RBI single to left field to increase the Lady Charger lead to 4-1.
Dominican added three runs in the sixth as Corrao singled to tally her second and third RBIs of the game and third basemen Kathryn Coles (Farmville, VA) hit a single to left field to score the seventh Dominican run of the game.
Pitcher Katrina Pistilli (Staten Island, NY) improved to 2-4 overall in the complete game victory, allowing one run (none earned) on four hits and seven strikeouts.
Illiana Teran (4-3) was saddled with the loss, permitting seven runs (6 ER) on 13 hits, four walks, and two strikeouts.
Ruch contributed her second two-hit effort of the day, going 2-for-3 with a run scored at the dish.
GCU (10-8, 0-2 CACC) returns to action Tuesday afternoon with another CACC twin-bill, this time at the University of the Sciences. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 PM.
