BIG SECOND HALF LIFTS PACE PAST FRANKLIN PIECE 14-5

RINDGE, NH- The Pace men's lacrosse team defeated the Ravens of Franklin Pierce 14-5 in Northeast-10 Conference action. The Setters improve to 7-5 overall and 4-3 in the NE-10, while Ravens drop to 2-9 and 1-6 in conference play.

The teams traded goals over most of the opening period with James Hammel (N. Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) (North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) scoring the first goal and closed out the quarter, netting a man-up score to give the Setters a 4-3 lead. Each team scored a goal in the second quarter and Pace would take a 5-4 lead into the break.

The Ravens didn't take long to net the equalizer as Russell Hodson tied the score at five less then three minutes into the second half. It would be the final Raven goal as Setter netminder Timothy Matheis (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) shut out the Raven offense the rest of the way, while the Setters scored nine unanswered goals to coast at a 14-5 win.

For the Setters, Ryan Gregory (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) finished with five points (3G-2A), while Hammel and Justin Page (Eagan, MN/Eagan) (Eagan, MN/Eagan) each tallied four points (3G-1A). In net, Matheis recorded nine saves in sixty minutes of action.

Pace returns to action when on Wednesday, April 23 when they travel to Colchester, VT to take on Saint Michael's College in Northeast-10 action scheduled for a 4:00 pm start.