SETTERS RALLY IN SECOND HALF TO LOCK UP #5 SEED IN NE-10 TOURNAMENT
CLARK NETS SIX GOALS IN 17-10 WIN OVER FRANKLIN PIERCE

RINDGE, N.H.– Joseph Clark (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) totaled six goals, while James Hammel (N. Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) (North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) netted all four in the second half as the Setters rallied from a halftime deficit to win 17-10 over Franklin Pierce in Northeast-10 Conference action. The Setters improve to 7-6 overall and 6-4 in conference play, locking up the #5 seed in the NE-10 Tournament. The Ravens fall to 5-8 and 2-8 in conference play.

Clark got the Setters off to an early lead with a pair of first quarter goals. Franklin Pierce would answer with a pair of late goals to tie the score at two after one quarter of play.

The teams would trade goals as Mike Pacheco (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY/Hastings) (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY/Hastings) and Clark would give Pace a 4-3 late in the second quarter. The Ravens would net a pair of goals in the final minute of play to head into halftime leading 5-4.

Kevin Swierc (Clark, BNY/Arthur L. Johnson) and Hammel opened the second half with a goal each to put the Setters back in front 6-5. The Ravens would rally with three unanswered goals to pull ahead 8-6 with 10:14 left in the third quarter.

Pace would rally with a nine goal run, lasting to the 6:26 mark of the fourth quarter to pull ahead 15-8. Clark would net three goals in the run, while Hammel and John Kolesar (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) each tallied two goals to secure the victory the Pace. The teams traded goals down the stretch as Hammel and Kolesar each netted a goals in the final four minutes of play.

For Pace, Clark finished with six goals, while Hammel netted four scores on the day. Kolesar tallied three goals and two assists, while Swierc totaled a goal and two assists. In net, Sean Kearney (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac/Endicott College) recorded eight saves in just over 55 minutes of action.

#5 seed Pace returns to action on Tuesday, May 4 when the Setters travel to Waltham, MA to face #4 seed Bentley University in the NE-10 Quarterfinals at 7 pm.