SETTERS FALL TO DOWLING, 11-4

PLEASANTVILLE, NY - The Pace University  men's lacrosse team dropped a non-conference game to Dowling College, 11-4, on the Pleasantville campus of Pace University. Pace drops to 3-6 overall, while Dowling improves its record to 8-1 on the season.

Dowling controlled the game from the outset, scoring five unanswered goals in the first half. Chris Dupignac tallied two goals and one assist, while CJ Leary added a pair of goals. Nick Cotter also scored for the Lions in the first half. Pace tallied a late goal as Ryan Gregory (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) netted a score off an assist by Rob Cornetta (Huntington Station, NY/Half Hollow Hills W) with 15 seconds left in the half to put the Setters down 5-1 at halftime.

Dowling pulled away from the Setters in the second half as Dupinac scored his third goal of the day, while assisting on another. Leary added two more goals, while Cotter totaled one goal and one assist for the half. For Pace, Andrew O'Boyle (Floral Park, NY/Floral Park) (Floral Park, NY/Floral Park) scored the lone Setter goal in the third period off an assist from Ken Lysik (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton). In the final period, TJ Urban (Kinnelon, NY/Kinnelon) assisted on a goal by Justin Page (Eagan, MN/Eagan) (Eagan, MN/Eagan) with 13:57 left in the game. Lysik capped the scoring on the afternoon, tallying an unassisted goal with 3:23 remaining in the game.

In net for Pace, Thomas Duca (Waltham, MA/Waltham) (Waltham, MA/Waltham) started and played the entire first half, allowing five goals, while stopping 11 shots. Tim Matheis (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) came on in relief in the second half, surrendering six goals, while recording 11 saves. For Dowling, Nick Tracey allowed three Setter goals, while saving 13 in just over 53 minutes of action. Leyland Davis closed out the final six minutes of the game, allowing a goal by Lysik.

The Setters embark on a three game road swing over the next week to face Northeast-10 Conference opponents. The first of these games comes on Saturday, April 15 to play Franklin Pierce College at 1:00 pm