SETTERS DROP DOUBLEHEADER TO QUEENS

FLEMINGTON, N.J.- Senior Mike Torello (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) collected two hits and a pair of RBIs as the Setters dropped a doubleheader to the Knights of Queens College. The Knights took game one 19-6 and completed the sweep with a 4-1 win in the nightcap. The Setters fall to 0-6 on the season, while the Knights improve to 5-3 overall.

In the opener, JJ Conrad (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley) (Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley) led off the bottom of the first with a triple and scored on a Torello single. The Knights would tie the score at one in the second and added three more in the third in jump ahead 4-1.

Pace would rally with five runs in the second as Torello and Vinny Dammann (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) (Mullica Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) each recorded run scoring singles. Patrick Chaputian (Sea Cliff, NY/North Shore) (Sea Cliff, NY/North Shore) would tie the game at four with a sacrifice fly. Freshman Brandon Martineson (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) (Warwick, NY/Warwick) put the Setters back in the lead with an RBI single. Pace would tack on another run to take a 6-4 lead after three innings.

Queens would answer with four runs in the and two more in the sixth to take a 10-6 lead over the Setters. The Knights would pull away, scoring nine runs in the final three innings as Pace pitchers issued 10 walks in the opener. Chris Camastro (Lagrangeville, NY/Arlington) (Lagrangeville, NY/Arlington) started, going 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits. Edward Byrne (Yonkers, NY/Archbishop Stepinac) (Yonkers, NY/Archbishop Stepanic) (0-1) tossed one inning, allowing three runs on one hit, while striking out two. Steve D'Angelo (Scotch Plains, NJ/Union Catholic) struck out five batters in 2 1/3 innings pitched, while Kyle Henriksen (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) fanned four in his two innings of action. For Queens, Joe Manfre (1-0) tossed five scoreless innings, striking one and allowed one hit.

In the nightcap, Queens got on the board in the opening inning, scoring all four runs, capitalizing on a Setter error. Pace starter Mackenzie King (Blairstown, NJ/North Warren) would settle down to toss 3 1/3 scoreless innings (4 1/3 total for the game), while striking out six. King (0-2) allowed six hits with three coming in the opening inning. Frank Luongo (West Harrison, NY/Harrison) (West Harrison, NY/Harrison) tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit, while striking out two.

The Setters scored their lone run of the game in the third inning as Chris Roemer (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) led off with a single and would go on to steal second. Roemer would advance to third on a Conrad single and scored a on Chaputian groundout. Pace got runners on base in the fourth and fifth innings but would leave the bases loaded in both innings as the Setters would leave nine total runners on base for the game.

The teams wrap up their three-game series on Sunday, March 7 with a single nine-inning game at Diamond Nation in Flemington, NJ.