SETTERS SHUT OUT AS OWLS CRUISE TO 28-0 WIN

PLEASANTVILLE, NY - The Pace University football team lost to Southern Connecticut State University, 28-0, in a Northeast-10 Conference match-up at Pace Field on the Pleasantville campus of Pace University.  Southern Connecticut improves to 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the Northeast-10 Conference while Pace falls to 3-4 overall and 2-4 in conference play.

Both teams struggled to score early on as the game's first points were not scored until there was just over a minute to play in the half.  After a 24 yard punt return by SCSU's Marlon Thornton to Pace's 33-yard line, the Setters were tagged with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that put Southern Connecticut on Pace's 18 yard line with just under six minutes to play.  On second and goal from four yards out, Thornton would fumble the ball into Pace's endzone. After Jonathon Jones (Dover, NH/Bridgton Academy) (Derry, NH/Brigton Academy) recovered the fumble, Pace started their drive from their own 20 yard line.

After a pair of completions by freshman quarterback Daniel Moyer (Highstown, NJ/Notre Dame) (Highstown, NJ/Notre Dame), Moyer would pick up another 12 yards to move Pace to their own 46-yard line.  After an incomplete pass by Moyer, the freshman quarterback was picked off by the Owls' Rossi Patterson at the Southern Connecticut 41 yard line. Patterson would return the interception 59 yards to give SCSU a 6-0 lead heading into halftime. 

It took only four plays into the second half for Southern Connecticut to find the end zone again.  Steve Armstrong would hook up with Chris Bergeski for a 54-yard touchdown to give Southern Connecticut a 14-0 lead.   

Following a blocked punt by the Owls' Ron Turner that was recovered by Patterson, Armstrong would score on a two-yard draw with just under three minutes to play in the third quarter to put SCSU on top, 20-8.  Patterson would pick off Moyer for the second time at the eight minute mark, setting up a 19-yard touchdown run by Brandon Toles to give SCSU a 28-0 lead.

For the game, Patterson totaled a game-high nine tackles, including one for a loss. He also had two interceptions and one pass break-up on the day.  Toles finished with 21 carries for 113 yards while Armstrong was 8-for-22 for 129 yards and two interceptions. 

For Pace, Moyer finished the day at 15-for-29 for 162 yards and three interceptions.  Moyer was sacked five times in the game.  Chris Anzano (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) picked off his 8^th pass of the season, breaking the previous single-season record held of seven set by Shaun Johnson in 2000.  It was also the 21^st of the season for Pace, passing the all-time high of 20 held by the 1982 Setters squad. Defensively, Jones would finish with three tackles as well as one fumble recovery and one interception for Pace. 

The Setters return to action on Saturday, October 21, 2006 when they travel to Springfield, Mass. to take on American International College in a Northeast-10 Conference match-up scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff.