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Schwartz swinging
3
North Park NPU 11-7
7
Winner Dominican (Ill.) DOMINICA 8-9
North Park NPU
11-7
3
Final
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Dominican (Ill.) DOMINICA
8-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Park NPU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 9 1
Dominican (Ill.) DOMINICA 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 7 8 0

W: Phillips, Ty (1-0) L: Ayeski, Kevin (3-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Stars Get First Win at Home

Schaumburg, Ill. - The Dominican University baseball team played a non-conference game against North Park University. Where the Stars are looking to bounce back from yesterdays loses.  

Game 1 Results:
Dominican: 7
North Park:3

How it Happened:
-Dominican started in the right direction by getting 3 runs in the first inning. 
-Freshman Quinton Schwartz hit his first collegiate homerun that brought home 3 runs for the Stars. 
-The score would remain 3-0 until the top of the 6th inning when the Vikings got on the board. Scoring a run on 3 hits. 
-DU would answer back quickly putting up a big number in the bottom half of the 6th. 
-Senior Anthony Nalbono got the scoring going with an RBI single to right field. Junior CJ Kalekas had a big two out hit to center field, that drove in 2 runs. Sophomore Zach Helein brought in the last run of the inning on an RBI single to left field. 
-North Park would not go away though scoring 2 runs in the top of the 8th on a hit. 
-Senior Joey Haslam shut the door in the 9th, not allowing a runner. 

Shining Stars:
-Freshman Ty Phillips got his first collegiate start and delivered in a big way. Phillips pitched 6 innings only allowing one run, and picked up 2 strikeouts. Phillips got his first win on the year. 
-Freshman Quinton Schwartz collected his first collegiate homerun on a 3 run shot in the first. 
-Junior CJ Kalekas went 2 for 5 with 2 RBI's 
-Sophomore Niko Krecu 1 for 2 with 2 runs scored, and 2 hit by pitches. Krecu's hit was a double. 

Leading the Way:
Hits: Kalekas (2) 
2B: Krecu (1)
HR: Schwartz (1)
RBI: Schwartz (3)
HBP: Partridge, and Krecu (2)
IP: Phillips (6)
Ks: Phillips (2)

The Dominican University Baseball team will get back to conference play Wednesday afternoon. When the Stars will travel down the street to face-off against the Cougars of Concordia University of Chicago. First pitch of the double header will be at 1:00 p.m.


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