WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DROPS TO DOMINICAN IN HOLIDAY CLASSIC OPENER

PLEASANTVILLE, NY - The Pace women's basketball team dropped lost the opener of the Pace Holiday Classic 65-58 to the Chargers of Dominican College at the Goldstein Fitness Center. The Setters fall to 2-8 overall, while the Chargers improve to 7-2 on the season.

Dominican controlled most of the opening half, taking a 13-9 lead seven minutes into the game. The Chargers would eventually extend their advantage using a 17-5 run to taking their biggest lead of the half at 35-16 with 2:47 left in the opening period. The Setters would close out the half with a 5-0 run backed by a free throw by Stephanie Klingele (Staten Island, NY/St. John Villa) (Staten Island, NY/St. John Villa), a pair of from the line from Stephanie Rossmy (Staten Island, NY/St. John Villa) and a Klingele lay-up at the buzzer to trail Dominican at the half 35-21. Pace struggled with their shooting in the half, posting a 23.5% (8-for-34), while the Chargers shot 12-for-27 (44.4%) from the field.

The Chargers maintained a double-digit lead well into the half despite the Setters shooting 54.2% from the field in the final period, while Dominican was held to 36.7% shooting. Klingele's trifecta with 5:29 left in the game made it a 10-point game but Dominican pushed their lead back to 15. Pace got a close as seven points in the half with under 10 seconds remaining in the game but would not get any closer as Dominican pulled out the win 65-58.

For Pace, Klingele led the way, totaling a game-high 20 points, shooting 6-for-14 from the field and 3-for-5 from long range, while chipping in six rebounds. Rossmy recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, backed by 6-for-12 shooting from the field.

For Dominican, Adele Laskowski scored a team-high 15 points, while adding four boards and four assists. Shalissa Burgess posted a double-double totaling 13 points and 12 rebounds. Althea Chambers rounded out the double-figure scorers for the Chargers, tallying 10 points, while grabbing nine rebounds.

Pace wraps up its Holiday Classic as the Setters will host Franklin Pierce University on Saturday, December 29 in a non-conference game scheduled for a 2 pm tip-off.