BASEBALL DOWNS HAWKS WITH DOUBLE DIP SWEEP

PLEASANTVILLE, NY - The Pace baseball team grounded the Hawks of Saint Anselm in a twin bill, sweeping the doubleheader, 5-1, in the opener and 3-2 in the nightcap. The Setters even their overall record at 13-13 and 6-1 in the NE-10, while the Hawks fall to 4-12 overall and 4-5 in conference play.

Ted Mullen (Madison, CT/Chaote Rosemary Hall) (Madison, CT/ Choate Rosemary Hall) got the Setters rolling in the second inning of the opener, when he drew a leadoff walk and then stole second. Mullen scored on a single by Adam Harwood (Los Angeles, CA/Brentwood) (Los Angeles, CA/Brentwood).

The Hawks scored their lone run in the fifth as Wayne McKay drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a ground out and scored on a single by Mike Craig. The Setters responded in the half of the inning as Chris Brown (West Kingston, RI/South Kingston) lead off with a single. Joe Barracato (Westbury, NY/Clarke) (Westbury, NY/Clarke) reached first on a fielding error by the pitching moving Brown to second. Both runners moved up a base on a ground out and Brown later scored on a sacrifice fly by Jack Cawley (Bronx, NY/Iona Prep) (Bronx, NY/Iona Prep). Cawley would drive in three more runs in the first game, blasting at two-run homer in the seventh and hitting another sacrifice fly in the eighth.

On the hill, senior hurler Angelo Fusaro (Stamford, CT/Westhill) (Stamford, CT/Westhill) went the distance, tossing a four-hitter, allowing one run, while fanning six to improve his record to 3-2. For Saint Anselm, Mike Fantini (0-2) went seven innings, allowing four run (two earned) and eight hits, while striking out six. Eric Simm pitched the eighth inning, allowing one earned run and two hits.

The Setters took the nightcap as well, as Matt Arburr (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) led off the second with a single, stole second and moved to third on a ground out. Arburr scored on a sacrifice fly by Harwood. Brown kept the inning alive with a two-out single, stole second and scored on a single by Chris Spatkowski (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern).

The Hawks pushed across a run in the fifth but the Setters came right back in their half of the inning as Spatkowski led off with a bunt single. Barracato singled, moving Spatkowski to third. Following a lineout double play to erase Barracato from the bases, Cawley came through again with a run scoring single to score Spatkowski. Saint Anselm added an unearned run in the ninth but the Setters held on for the 3-2 win to complete the double-dip sweep.

For Pace, Justin Kanellis (Lansing, NY/Lansing Central) (Lansing, NY/Lansing Central) tossed seven innings, allowing one run, scattering four hits, while striking out four, to pick up his first win of the season to improve his record to 1-3. Michael Sheehy (Pelham, NY/Pelham Memorial) came on in relief for the final two innings, allowing no hits and an unearned run in the ninth, to pick up his first save of the season.

The Setters return to action when they host Northeast-10 Conference foe Southern New Hampshire University for a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 3 at 1:00 pm at Finnerty Field on Pace's Pleasantville campus.