SETTERS FALL TO PENMEN 71-59

MANCHESTER, NH- The Setters dropped their second straight Northeast-10 Conference game as they fell to the Penmen of Southern New Hampshire 71-59. The Setters drop to 10-6 and 7-5 in conference play, while the Penmen improve to 11-7 and 6-7 in the NE-10.

In a see-saw early action, Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) put the Setters up two at 12-10 with a pair of free throws. Southern New Hampshire would rally to take a five point lead. A triple by Taylor Losey (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) slice the game back to two points at 17-15 with 11:31 left in the first half. The Penmen would push the back to as much as nine and took a 36-29 lead into the break.

The second half started off promising for the Setters as baskets by Lisa Welsome (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's)  (Staten Island, NY/St. Peter's)and Shields got Pace to within three at 36-33 with just under 17 minutes remaining in the game. The Penmen would rally with a 19-8 run to push the 55-41 midway through the final period. The Setters would get as close as nine the rest of the way, but the Penmen held on for the 12-point win.

For Pace, Shields recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Brittany Huggins (Windsor, CT/Windsor) (Windsor, CT/Windsor) came off the bench to total 15 points.

The Setters return to action on Sunday, January 25 when they will travel to North Andover, MA to take on Merrimack College in a Northeast-10 Conference game scheduled for a 1:00 pm tip-off.