BASEBALL PICKS UP FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON

March 6, 2020

BASEBALL PICKS UP FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON

Cary, N.C. (3/6/20) The Dominican College baseball team earned their first win of the 2020 season after besting the University of New Haven, 5-4, this afternoon in a non-conference game played at the USA National Training Complex.

Dominican University New York 1-6

University of New Haven 3-2

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Dominican University New York

University of New Haven

Cary, N.C. (3/6/20) The Dominican College baseball team earned their first win of the 2020 season after besting the University of New Haven, 5-4, this afternoon in a non-conference game played at the USA National Training Complex.

With the win, Dominican improves to 1-6 on the season.

DC scored in the top of the first inning when senior shortstop Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.) hit an run-scoring single for the early 1-0 lead. The Chargers added two more runs in the third on the solo home run off the bat of junior Ryan Ruziecki (Lincroft, N.J.) and later Colon delivered another RBI single to increase thel lead to 3-0.

New Haven got on the board in their half of the third frame, but Dominican added two more runs in the fifth on the two-run single off the bat of Steven Santana (Bronx, N.Y.) to increase the advantage to 5-2.

A run in the bottom of the fifth and ninth stanzas for New Haven made the score 5-4 for the eventual final.

Colon finished the game with three hits and two RBI.

Ruziecki, Brian Sanders (La Ceiba, Honduras) and Santana collected two hits a-piece.

Junior Jaden Diaz-Lambert (Erial, N.J.) improved to 1-1 on the season in six innings of work, allowing three runs on seven hits and six strikeouts. Brandon Mology (Wall Township, N.J.) recorded his first save of the season.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: Jaden Diaz-Lambert (1-1)

Loss: Izaiya Mestre (0-1)

Batting

Dominican University New York

2B: Brian Sanders; David Hill

3B: none

HR: Ryan Ruziecki

University of New Haven

2B: Robert Taylor

3B: Tyler Wells

HR: Josh Lester

Full stats

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 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.