HART'S WALKOFF LIFTS SETTERS TO 3-2 COMEBACK WIN OVER SAINT
ANSELM COLLEGE

PLEASANTVILLE, NY- The Pace University baseball team had a solid bounce back win on Sunday afternoon in a 3-2 come from behind victory over the Hawks of Saint Anselm College. The Setters are now 5-1-1 at Finnerty Field this season.

The win improves the Setters to 6-11-1 for the season, and 1-2 in the Northeast-10 Conference. The loss will drop the Hawks to 5-10 on the year, and 2-1 in conference play.

The first six innings of this contest were dominated by solid pitching as both teams found hits hard to come by.

Saint Anselm finally broke the scoreless tie in the top of the seventh getting to starting pitcher Mike Sciaretta (Stamford, CT/Stamford) for two unearned runs. The Hawks only mounted two hits in the inning but it was the Setter defense that let Sciaretta down. Pace made three errors in the inning which led to the two unearned runs. The inning could have been a lot worse had it not been for the brilliant relay of right fielder Richard Sullivan (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk), and first baseman Vinny Dammann (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic). The two teamed up to throw out a runner at the plate to end the inning.

Sciaretta went seven innings giving up seven hits, and two unearned runs. He walked two, while striking out seven in his first start of the season.

The Setters were still down by two, with the score being 2-0, heading into the ninth. Mike Torello (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) led off the bottom of the ninth with a single. Joe Cotone (Yorktown Hts., NY/Lakeland) (Yorktown Heights, NY/Lakeland) followed Torello with another single to put runners on first and second with no outs. Dammann came up next, and placed a perfect bunt down the left field line for an infield single to load the bases for Pace with no outs. The Setters then caught a break as the Saint Anselm starting pitcher John Healy (0-2) made a throwing error on a pick-off attempt. A run scored on the play making it 2-1, and the situation was that runners were on second and third with no outs. After Sullivan was intentionally walked to re-load the bases Kenny Wright (Middle Island, NY/Longwood) (Middle Island, NY/Longwood) hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score at 2-2. The Setters now had the bases loaded again with one out after a Denis Alimonti (Jefferson Valley, NY/Lakeland) (Jefferson Valley, NY/Lakeland) intentional walk. Freshman Tyler Hart (Poughquag, NY/Arlington) (Poughquag, NY/Arlington) then came up to bat for Pace with the game on the line. Hart worked the count to 3-2 until he got his pitch. Hart hammered a ball over the centerfielders head to knock in Pace's third run of the game, and give the Setters a 3-2 walk-off win.

Freshman Michael Tamburino (Baldwin, NY/Holy Trinity) (Baldwin, NY/Holy Trinity) (1-0) got the win pitching a perfect top of the ninth for Pace.    

Pace will be back in action on Tuesday, March 24 as they travel to Springfield, MA to play American International College. The game is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.