PACE FALLS TO SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

NEW HAVEN, CT- The Pace University baseball team dropped a tough Northeast-10 Conference battle to the Owls of Southern Connecticut, 11-6, on Tuesday afternoon at The Ballpark at SCSU.

The loss will drop Pace to 9-14 on the season, and 4-5 in the NE-10. The win will improve the Owls to 8-10 on the year, and 3-1 in conference play.

The Setters got on the board first as they put up two early runs in the top of the first inning. Andre Liscinsky (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) led things off with one out as he singled to center. Vinny Dammann (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) stepped up next, and hit a double to deep right field scoring Liscinsky from first to make the score 1-0. With two outs in the inning, and Dammann still on second base, Joe Cotone (Yorktown Heights, NY/Lakeland) came up to the plate. Cotone hit a clutch RBI single to center field that scored Dammann to make the score 2-0.

Pace starter Chris Camastro (Lagrangeville, NY/Arlington) (Lagrangeville, NY/Arlington) gave the lead right back to Southern Connecticut as the Owls scored four runs on four hits in the bottom of the first to make the score 4-2.

The Setters would rally scoring four straight unanswered runs, one in the second and three in the third, to make the score 6-4 in favor of Pace heading into the bottom of the third. Cotone was a big reason for the offensive surge in the early innings as he went three for four in the game with an RBI, and a run scored.

Southern Connecticut then went on to make their rally getting to Camastro again in the bottom of the third for another run. Camastro only went two and two thirds innings allowing five runs on eight hits. The Owls then went on to touch up reliever Richard Sullivan (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) (1-1) for four more runs in the bottom of the fourth to complete their rally. When the dust settled the Owls now had a comfortable 9-6 lead after four innings.

The Owls went on to add a couple more runs in the later innings as they went on to win the game 11-6.

Pace will be back in action tomorrow as they come back home to take on non-conference foe Dominican College. The game is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m.