SETTERS EARN SPLIT AGAINST BENTLEY UNIVERSITY

WALTHAM, MA - The Pace University baseball team split a pair of NE-10 Conference games in a doubleheader against the Falcons of Bentley University. The Setters dropped the first game 8-0, and won the second game by a score of 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at DeFelice Field.

Pace will move to 16-22-1 on the season, and 10-12 in the NE-10 Conference. The split will put Bentley at 21-17 for the year, and 12-7 in conference play.

The first game of the day saw the Falcons take a quick lead in the game as they jump on Pace starter Zach Dayton (North Falmouth, MA/Falmouth) (North Falmouth, MA/Falmouth) (1-3) early. Bentley strung together five hits and three runs in the first two innings off Dayton to take a 3-0 lead.

Bentley went on to extend their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Falcons scored three more runs on three hits to make the score 7-0 after five.

This was also the inning where Dayton's day was finished as well as he went four innings giving up six runs (four earned) on nine hits. He walked four, and struck out three on the day.   

The one highlight offensively for Pace in the game was Vinny Dammann (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) as he had three of the eight Setter hits in the game.

The second game of the doubleheader featured solid pitching and timely hitting for Pace to help salvage a split for the day.

Pace got on the board first in the top of the third inning scoring two runs to take a 2-0 lead. Steven Sterlacci (Bohemia, NY/Connetquot) (Bohemia, NY/Connetquot) reached to start off the inning on a throwing error by the Bentley second basemen that got him all the way to third base. JJ Conrad (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley) (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley) followed with a walk to put runners on the corners with no outs. Kyle Turnier (Waterford, CT/Waterford) (Waterford, CT/Waterford) drove in the first Pace run of the day with a RBI single to left field. With runners on first and second base Andre Liscinsky (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) loaded the bases with a single to left field. The bases were still loaded with one out now in the inning, and Joe Cotone (Yorktown Hts., NY/Lakeland) Yorktown Heights, NY/Lakeland) drew a RBI walk to make the score 2-0 in favor of Pace.

The Setters added two more runs to their lead to make it 4-0 in the top of the sixth inning. Pace got their runs on a sacrifice fly by Conrad, and an RBI single by Liscinsky.

This would be all Pace starting pitcher Giuseppe Granitto (Bronx, NY/Concordia) (1-5) would need as he put in a brilliant performance to get his first win in a Pace uniform. Granitto went eight innings giving up two runs on four hits. He struck out three, and walked two in the winning effort.   

Pace will be back in action tomorrow as they come home to host this same Falcon ball club. The game is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m.