Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Dominican University softball team moved to 6-2 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) with a doubleheader victory over the Alverno College Inferno at the Ballpark in Rosemont on Sunday afternoon.  Dominique Schneider (Lockport, Ill.) picked up the 6-2 win in game one while Haley Locher (Lisle, Ill.) tossed a five-inning complete game in a 9-1 win for the Stars.
 
The Stars will enjoy a couple of days off before returning to the diamond on Wednesday afternoon when they host their River Forest rivals, the Concordia University Chicago Cougars, for a 4:00 p.m. doubleheader at the Stars' home field in Forest Park, Ill.
 
Game One:  Dominican 6, Alverno 2
 
Alyssa Domico (Naperville, Ill.) and Kaitlin Barajas roped back-to-back RBI doubles in the bottom of the first to put the Stars on top 2-0 after one inning and Dominican never looked back.
 
Alverno got one run back in the top of the third before Domico and Barajas got back to work in the Dominican half of the third.  After a two-out single by Schneider, Domico roped an RBI single and then scored on an RBI single by Barajas.
 
After Schneider set the Inferno down in order in the fourth, the Dominican bats continued to support the freshman right-hander.  Kimberley Giannini (River Grove, Ill.) singled to center to score Allie Evans (Greenwood, Ind.) and came around to score on an RBI single by Ashley Rea (Lockport, Ill.) to put the Stars on top 6-1.
 
Alverno managed one more run in the top of the seventh as Emily Ortner legged out an inside-the-park home run when Rea and Armani Procter (Chicago, Ill.) collided in right-center.  Sarah Slouber (Willow Springs, Ill.), who came on in the circle to start the seventh, slammed the door, getting Kristin Holub to bounce out to Barajas at third for the final out.
 
Schneider moved to 5-2 on the year, surrendering just one run on five hits and two walks over six innings while striking out four.
 
Domico and Barajas went a combined 6-for-6 at the plate, with four RBI while Rea picked up three hits to push her team-best average to .474.
 
Game Two:  Dominican 9, Alverno 1 (5 Inn.)
 
The Stars scored early and often in game two, scoring a suicide squeeze by Domico in the bottom of the first to score Rea who legged out an infield single to start the Stars' half of the first.
 
Dominican then pushed across four in the bottom of the second and the bottom of the third to a 9-0 lead.  Giannini just missed her team-leading fourth home run of the season and third of the weekend as she roped an RBI double off the top of the wall in straight-away center.
 
Alverno eventually pushed across a run on Locher in the top of the fourth, taking advantage of a Dominican error.
 
Locher was stingy in her 11^th start of the season, allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings.
 
Sara Hausl (St. Charles, lll.) and Allie Evans (Greenwood, Ind.) picked up two hits apiece while Schneider drove in a pair of runs.