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Faber-Cournane Hitting
1
Lakeland LAKELAND 33-9
5
Winner Dominican (Ill.) DOM 37-5
Lakeland LAKELAND
33-9
1
Final
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Dominican (Ill.) DOM
37-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lakeland LAKELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3
Dominican (Ill.) DOM 2 0 2 1 0 0 X 5 7 0

W: Faber-Cournane, Kayla (21-4) L: S. Hall (14-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Stars Advance to NACC Championship

Aurora, Ill. – The #1 seed in the NACC Tournament Dominican University Stars, played the 2nd seeded Lakeland University Muskies for a chance to play in the NACC Championship.

Game 1 Results:
Dominican: 5
Lakeland: 1
 
How it Happened:
-The Stars got rolling early and did not stop. Scoring two runs in the first inning.
-It got going with back-to-back singles by Senior Kayla Faber-Cournane, and Junior Donatela Sommesi. Faber-Cournane would score on a wild pitch by the catcher of Lakeland. Sommesi would scored on a sacrifice fly by Freshman Kailee Diaz Randall.  
-Dominican doubled their lead in the 3rd inning scoring two more runs. Both coming off of the bat of an RBI single by Diaz Randall, that allowed Faber-Cournane and Sommesi to score.
-The very next inning Sophomore Paytin Salfi started it off with a lead-off double and scored on a fielder's choice by Faber-Cournane.
-Faber-Cournane started in the circle for the Stars and was mowing down the Lakeland hitters left and right, with some help from some awesome defense by DU.
-Dominican took a 5-0 lead into the 7th inning, where the Muskies got on the board with a hit, but nothing after that.
 
Shining Stars:
-Freshman Kailee Diaz Randall went 1 for 2 with 2 RBI's
-Senior Kayla Faber-Cournane went 1 for 3 with an RBI and 2 runs scored offensively, and went 7 complete innings only allowing 3 hits.     
-Sophomore Paytin Salfi went 2 for 3 with a run scored, and one of her hits being a double.
-Junior Donatela Sommesi went 1 for 2 with 2 runs scored.
-Junior Emma Woodhouse went 1 for 2.

 
Leading the Way:
Hits: Salfi (2) 
RBI: Diaz Randall (2)
2B:  Salfi (1)
IP: Faber-Cournane (7)
Ks: N/A
 

What's Next:
With this win the Dominican University softball team has earned a spot in the NACC Championship tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 p.m. The Stars await their opponent between Marian University, or Lakeland University.
 
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