THREE-RUN SIXTH INNING GIVES PACE ITS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN

FLEMINGTON, NJ- The Pace University baseball team used a three-run rally in the sixth inning to beat out the Spartans of Saint Thomas Aquinas College 3-1. The Setters improve their record to 3-6 overall with their third straight win, while the Spartans fall to 2-4 in their season.

The bats on both sides were silent until the bottom of the sixth inning when Mike Torello (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) led the Setters off with a double.  

Chris Roemer (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) hit a double of his own to drive in the game's first run. Brandon Martineson (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) would follow in Roemer's footsteps with another double to make the score 2-0.

After Martineson advanced to third on a fly ball, Patrick Chaputian (Sea Cliff, NY/North Shore) (Sea Cliff, NY/North Shore) would drive Martineson home after grounding out to the pitcher to give Pace a 3-0 advantage.

In the seventh, the Spartans would respond by driving in their first and only run, but the Setters would take home the victory after Frank Luongo (West Harrison, NY/Harrison) (West Harrison, NY/Harrison) shut down the Spartans 1-2-3 in the ninth inning, striking out two, to earn his second save of the season.

Richard Sullivan (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) started the game for the Setters, pitching four innings while giving up three hits, three walks, and striking out three.

Reliever Brian Sundberg (Westbury, NY/WT Clarke) (Westbury, NY/WT Clarke) earned the win for the Setters going 2.1 innings in relief giving up the Spartans' only run on three hits, two walks, and striking out three. Sundberg is now 1-0 on the season.

The Setters return to action on Saturday March, 13 when they play in a doubleheader against Wilmington College in Wilmington, DE starting at noon.