FORD'S LATE TOUCHDOWN LIFTS SETTERS PAST ASSUMPTION 21-14
SETTERS TO BATTLE FOR FIRST PLACE NEXT SATURDAY AGAINST AIC

PLEASANTVILLE, NY- Nathaniel Ford (Queens, NY/Jamaica) (Queens, NY/Jamaica) capped off an eight-play, 57 yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run to lift the Setters past the Greyhounds of Assumption College in a Northeast-10 Conference game. The Setters remain in a two-way tie for second place with Southern Connecticut, improving their record to 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the NE-10, while the Greyhounds drop to 1-5 and 1-3 in conference play.

Assumption would fumble on the opening kickoff, giving the Setters prime field position to start the game. Ray Gregg (Stony Point, NY/North Rockland) (Stony Point, NY/North Rockland) would put Pace on the board, hitting Ford out of the back field and Ford would take it in for a 33-yard touchdown pass play and an early 7-0 Setter advantage. The defenses would take over as the teams combined for seven first half punts.

The Setters would extend their halftime lead on the opening drive of the second half, as Gregg led a 5-play, 56-yard series, capped off by a 27-yard touchdown strike from Gregg to Pat Olchovy (Islip, NY/Islip).

Assumption would capitalize on a fumbled snap by the Setters, recovering the ball at the Pace one-yard-line. After a loss of four yards on the first play, quarterback Josh Ratacik would scramble into the end zone to slice the Setter lead to 14-7 at the end of the third quarter.

Pace would take the ensuing drive down to the Greyhound 18-yard-line where Assumption's Scott Bernard would block a 35-yard field goal try by Ali Mourtada (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro) (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro). The Greyhounds would drive 59-yards, on seven plays as Ratacik would connect with Joey Fabiano on a 13-yard pass play to knot the game a 14 apiece.

The teams would trade punts and the Setter offense would take over at their own 43-yard-line with 4:05 left in the game. Gregg would once again rally the Setter offense and engineering yet another fourth quarter winning drive. Gregg would hit Eric Ortega (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's) for a key third down pass play on third down and later in the drive connected with Andrew Kulak (Wolcott, CT/Wolcott) (Wolcott, CT/Wolcott) would a clutch 35-yard play in the air, setting up the Setters at the Assumption seven-yard-line. Three straight runs by Ford, the final a two-yard run, put the Setters back in the lead at 21-14 with 1:40 left in the game.

The Greyhounds would not go quietly as Ratacik led a drive down the field eventually getting to the Pace 16-yard-line before with two seconds left. Ratacik final pass would be incomplete and the Setters would snap their two-game skid and earn an important conference victory.

Gregg finished 14-for-27 in the air for 206 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while Ford hit triple digits on the ground, posting 106 rushing yards on 22 carries and the game-winning TD. Ford 100-yard game was the Setters first since Reuben Sullins ran for 114 in 2005. Olchovy led the Setter receivers with four receptions for 51 yards.

Defensively, Greg Brain (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley) led the Setters with 10 tackles, while Michael LaMonica (Beachwood, NJ/Toms River South) tallied seven along with a half sack.

The Setters return to action next Saturday, October 18 when they battle for first place against Northeast-10 Conference foe American International College in Springfield, MA set for a 1:00 pm kickoff.