SHADA TOSSES ONE-HITTER IN
THE OPENER AS SETTERS SPLIT WITH AIC
SPRINGFIELD, MA- Kiryl Shada (Pleasant Prairie, WI/Tremper) (Pleasant Prairie,
WI/Tremper) tossed a one-hitter in the Setters 2-0 game
one win over American International, but the Yellow Jackets would
rally in the nightcap, taking game one 7-6 in 10 innings. The
Setters move to 20-19 overall and 14-8 in the NE-10, while the
Yellow Jackets are now 21-19 and 13-11 in conference play.
Shada was lights-out in the opener, fanning eight in the one-hit
2-0 shutout over the Yellow Jackets. Christina Pane (Stony Point, NY/Cardinal Spellman) (Stony
Point, NY/Cardinal Spellman) had a RBI single in the
second, while the Setters would score the other run on a Yellow
Jacket error.
In the nightcap, the Setters took an early 1-0 lead in the top
of the first. American International answered in their half of the
first, scoring four times with the key hit coming on a bases loaded
base clearing double. The Setters would respond in the top of the
second, crossing the plate three times as Pane had a clutch
game-tying two-run single to knot the game at four.
American International would score a pair of runs in the third
to take a 6-4 lead. Pace would chip away as Tiffany Ott (Broad Channel, NY/Archbishop Molloy)
(Broad Channel, NY/Archbishop Molloy) had a run scoring
single in the fourth, while Amanda Dague (Houston, TX/Klein Collins) (Houston, TX/Klein
Collins) tied the game at six with an RBI single in the
fifth. The game stayed scoreless until the tenth.
On the hill, Alicia Parlon (Norton, MA/Norton) (Norton, MA/Norton)
went the first two innings, allowing six runs on six hits, while
striking out two. Samantha Poulsen (Bethpage, NY/Plainedge) (Bethpage,
NY/Plainedge) tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings, fanning
three. Shada (12-10) tossed the final 4 2/3 innings, allowing one
unearned run, while striking out four.
Pace is back in action on Saturday, April 25 when the Setters
will host the Warriors of Merrimack College for a Northeast-10
Conference doubleheader at Pace's Briarcliff campus at 12:00 pm.
