NO. 7 TROJANS UPEND BASEBALL

March 10, 2020

NO. 7 TROJANS UPEND BASEBALL

Mount Olive, N.C. (3/10/20) The No. 7 University of Mount Olive baseball team upended the visiting Dominican College Chargers, 11-3, this afternoon in non-conference action at Scarborough Field.

Dominican University New York 2-9

Mount Olive 18-4

Final

Dominican University New York

Mount Olive

Mount Olive, N.C. (3/10/20) The No. 7 University of Mount Olive baseball team upended the visiting Dominican College Chargers, 11-3, this afternoon in non-conference action at Scarborough Field.

The loss drops the Chargers to 2-9 overall, while UMO improves to 18-4.

Dominican scored three runs in the top of the second when two runs scored on wild pitches and the third on a Trojan throwing error for the early 3-0 advantage.

UMO countered with a four-run bottom of the third inning and added a run in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead. A five run bottom of the seventh inning and a run in the eighth led the Trojans to the 11-3 win.

Senior shortstop Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.) went 2-4 at the dish.

Eric Sandusky (Stony Point, N.Y.) suffered the loss in six innings of work, allowing five runs on 11 hits.

DC will return to Scarborough Field tomorrow to take on the Trojans in another non-conference game.

Team Stats

Pitching

Win: Seth Houston (1-0)

Loss: Eric Sandusky (0-2)

Batting

Dominican University New York

2B: David Hill

3B: none

HR: none

Mount Olive

2B: JT Stone; Joe Mason

3B: Dusty Baker

HR: none

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.