LACROSSE HOLDS OFF BENTLEY 9-7

PLEASANTVILLE, NY- The Pace lacrosse team defeated the Falcons of Bentley College, 9-7 in a Northeast-10 Conference thriller on Pace's Pleasantville campus. The Setters improve to 7-4 overall and 4-4 in the NE-10, while the Falcons drop to 3-7 and 2-5 in conference play.

The teams exchanged goals over the entire first half as Bentley got things started at the 8:15 mark of the opening period, on a score by Stephen Moulton. James Hammel (North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) knotted the score with a man-up tally with 5:43 left in the first period. The Falcons Andy Curtis and the Setters' Robert Cornetta (Huntington Station, NY/Half Hollow Hills West) (Huntington Station, NY/Half Hollow Hills West) each scored to keep the game tied at two. Chris Woods for Bentley scored with 3:17 left in the half, while Hammel scored less than as minute later to once again tie the score, taking the tie into the break.

Pace pitched a shutout in the third period, while taking the lead in the process as Jake Sheppard (Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/East Victoria) (Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/East Victoria) gave the Setters the lead for good at the 7:49 mark, while Cornetta netted his second score of the day less than two minutes later. Ryan Gregory (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) assisted on both goals.

The final period saw a flurry of scoring as each team scored four goals. Hammel added to his four-goal afternoon netting two more goals in the fourth period, while Gregory scored on a man-up opportunity. Frank Argento (Lawrence, NY/Lawrence) (Lawrence, NY/Lawrence) netted the Setters final goal with 2:37 left in the game for a three-goal advantage. Bentley threatened, scoring with less than 10 seconds to go but could not get any closer, giving the Setters a 9-7 victory.

In net, Timothy Matheis (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) played the entire game, recording 14 saves, while allowing 7 goals, earning his seventh win of the season. For the Falcons, Andy Collette also went the distance, tallying 12 saves, while allowing nine goals.

The Setters return to action on Wednesday, April 25 when they travel to Rockville Centre, NY to take on Molloy College in a non-conference game starting at 4:00 pm.