DeMEO LEADS THE WAY FOR PACE IN A SOLID 8-0 WIN OVER
CALDWELL COLLEGE

PLEASANTVILLE, NY- The Pace University baseball team capped off their three game home-stand this week with a dominating 8-0 victory over the Cougars of Caldwell College at Finnerty Field on Thursday evening.

The win will give the Setters a 2-0-1 mark on their three game home-stand, and it moves them to 4-4-1 for the season. This was Caldwell's first game of their season so the Cougars will fall to 0-1 with the loss.

The star of the game was starting pitcher Nicholas DeMeo (Farmingville, NY/Sachem East) (Farmingville, NY/Sachem East) (1-1). DeMeo pitched six and a third brilliant shutout innings of four hit ball for the win. DeMeo struck out four, walked three in his masterful outing.

The Setter offense came out in full force as well today pounding out 12 hits, and scoring eight runs in the win. The offense started up in the bottom of the third as Denis Almonti (Jefferson Valley, NY/Lakeland) led off the inning with a single to right. JJ Conrad (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley) (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley) then stepped up with Almonti now on third base with no outs. Conrad delivered a clutch single to right field to drive in the first Pace run of the day making the score 1-0. With Conrad standing on first, with still no outs in the inning, Andre Liscinsky (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) doubled to left center to keep the hits coming for the Setters. Conrad scored all the way around from first base on the base knock to make the score 2-0 Pace.

Liscinsky was back at it again in the bottom of the fifth inning as he singled to left field with one out. With two outs now in the inning Liscinsky stole second base to get himself into scoring position with  Joe Cotone (Yorktown Hts., NY/Lakeland) Yorktown Heights, NY/Lakeland) at the plate. Cotone then doubled on the very next pitch to drive in Liscinksy to push the Setter lead to 3-0 after five.

Steven D'Angelo (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains) (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains) came in to relieve DeMeo with one out in the sixth, and picked up right where DeMeo left off. D'Angelo pitched two and two thirds shutout innings giving up only one hit, and striking out five.  

The Setters went on to add on more runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth to push the score to 8-0 after eight innings. The star of the game offensively for Pace was Almonti who had three hits, two RBI's, two runs scored, and two steals.  

Pace will be back in action tomorrow as the Setters will travel down to Florida to play Barry University for a four game series. The game is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.