Felician Athletics - 3/26/07 BASEBALL - Felician Drops League Opener To Dominican, 10-3

LYNDHURST, N.J. – The Dominican (N.Y.) College baseball team scored three runs in each of the first two innings en route to a 10-3 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over host Felician College on Monday afternoon at Breslin Field. The game was first CACC contest for both schools as well as Felician’s home opener.

A two-out, two-run double by Sean Brown (Massapequan, NY/St. Anthony’s) off of Felician starter Scott Van Es (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus) (0-4) capped Dominican’s first-inning rally. The Chargers, ranked eighth regionally, then received a two-run triple from Mike Maisonette (Garnerville, NY/North Rockland) and a run-scoring single by Jose Madé (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton) in the top of the second.

Felician (9-12, 0-1) scored twice in the fourth inning, but left runners on second and third bases. After the Golden Falcons pulled to within 6-3 in the seventh inning, Dominican put the game away with four runs off of the Felician bullpen in the top of the eighth.

The Chargers’ Joseph Catanese (Huntington, NY/St. Anthony’s) (1-2) was credited with the victory after working 2 2/3 innings of one-run relief with five strikeouts. Richard Melendez (Miami, FL/South Miami) (2 RBI) and Ray Rose (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway) were each 3 for 5 with a double for the Golden Falcons. Made and Maisonette also had three hits apiece.