Pomona, N.Y. - Despite a valiant rally attempt in the ninth inning, the St. Thomas Aquinas College Baseball team dropped its fifth straight contest on Wednesday afternoon, falling to Dominican University, 7-4, at Clover Stadium.

STAC slips to 18-22 on the season, while Dominican improves to 12-31 on the year.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Dominican pushed across three first inning runs, as a Ty Gilligan 2 RBI double to center field, scored both Davin Keddell-Tuckey and Tyler Richman to make it 2-0. 
• It was then followed by Phil Whitney's 's RBI groundout to first base, which allowed Gilligan to come to the plate to give the Chargers a 3-0 advantage.
• A Spartans miscue in the second inning by their second baseman, allowed Davin Keddell-Tuckey to reach first, with Joseph Coppola making his way home to give Dominican a 4-0 lead.
• St. Thomas Aquinas got onto the scoreboard in the third, when Nick O'Connor's sacrifice fly to left field, scored David Potenza to cut the deficit to 4-1.
• Andrew Guerra's RBI single up the middle in the fifth inning brought home Andrew Jemison to make it a 4-2 game.
• In the bottom of the frame, Stefano Libio's 2 RBI single to left field, combined with a fielding error by the STAC left fielder, sent both Tyler Richman and Ty Gilligan to the plate to put the Chargers up 6-2.
• Peter Kiefer brought in Dominican's final run of the contest in the seventh on a double to right-centerfield, with Phil Whitney scoring to make it 7-2.
• STAC attempted to once again put together a rally in the ninth inning. Following a pair of defensive changes in the outfield for Dominican, Andrew Jemison and Nick O'Connor led things off with back-to-back singles, putting Spartans on first and third base with no one out.
• Andrew Guerra then helped bring Jemison home with an RBI sac-fly to centerfield to give STAC its third run of the game and make it 7-3.
• A Kyle Lagrutta pop out to second base gave the host Chargers two outs, with Gregory DiGiaro stepping to the plate.
• DiGiaro continued the game with an RBI triple to right-centerfield, as Nick O'Connor made his way to the plate to make it a 7-4 game.
• However, a groundout to the shortstop by Sean Lynch would end the game and give Dominican both the non-conference win and a sweep of the crosstown regular season series.

STAC PERFORMANCES:

• Andrew Jemison went 4-for-5, with a double and two runs scored on the afternoon.
• Gregory DiGiaro (2-for-4, Double, Triple, RBI, Walk) and Christopher Conti (2-for-3, Double, Walk) provided an extra base hits for the Spartans.
• STAC also received hits from Nick O'Connor (2-for-3, RBI, Run), Andrew Guerra (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) and David Potenza (1-for-4, Run).
• Will Kindl got the start for the maroon and gold on Wednesday and was charged with the loss (0-2), pitching four and a third innings, and allowing six runs on nine hits, while walking one and striking out two Chargers batters.
• Relievers Robert Williams and Jack Wilde were each tasked with keeping STAC in the game, and did just that. The duo combined to allow six hits and a run over the final three and two-thirds innings, while walking two and fanning one. 

FACTS & FIGURES:

• The Spartans posted 4 runs on 12 hits, with 3 errors, while Dominican earned 7 runs on 15 hits, with no errors.
• STAC pitchers struck out 3 Chargers batters, while issuing 3 walks on the day.
• St. Thomas Aquinas stranded 11 runners on base. Meanwhile Dominican left 11 in the contest.

UP NEXT:

STAC opens a four-game ECC series with the College of Staten Island at Clover Stadium on Friday, April 28.

*Note* Due to the weather forecast in the NY Metropolitan Area this coming weekend, Friday's single contest has now become a doubleheader. The Spartans and Dolphins will play two, nine-inning games with first pitch scheduled for 11:30 a.m.

Senior Day festivities will also take place on Friday, with pregame ceremonies getting underway at approximately 10:40 a.m.