LACROSSE FALLS TO ASSUMPTION 8-6

WORCESTER, MA- Kevin Kadlick (Boston, MA/Catholic Memorial) (Boston, MA/Catholic Memorial) and Joe Clark (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) each tallied three points as the Setters dropped a Northeast-10 Conference game to the Greyhounds of Assumption College 8-6. The Setters fall to 3-5 and 2-3 in conference play, while the Greyhounds improve to 5-5 and 2-3 in the NE-10.

Kadlick and Clark got Pace off to a strong start as each tallied a first quarter goal as the teams battled to an 2-2 tie after the opening period. The Greyhounds would outshoot the Setters 13-3 in the second quarter, outscoring Pace 3-0 as Assumption took a 5-2 lead into halftime.

James Hammel (N. Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) (North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) pulled the Setters within two with a goal early in the third quarter. Assumption would answer with a goal with 4:35 left in the period but Jake Sheppard (Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/East Victoria) (Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Northcote) netted a man-down goal with nine seconds left to keep Pace within two goals heading into the final period.

Sheppard brought Pace to within one goal at 6-5 with a score 25 seconds into the fourth quarter. Assumption responded with a goal at the 8:21 mark and another just over a minute later to pull ahead by three at 8-5. Clark would tally a late score for the Setters but it was not enough as Pace would fall by three.

For Pace, Clark (2G, 1A) and Kadlick (1G, 2A) led the way for Pace, while Sheppard tallied a pair of goals. Goaltender Timothy Matheis (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) played 60 minutes, recording 15 saves.

Pace returns to action when they host the Hawks of Saint Anselm College in a Northeast-10 Conference game on Saturday, April 11 at 1 pm at Pace Field on Pace's Pleasantville campus.