BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – The Pace University softball team dropped an 8-3 contest to Adelphi University on Thursday in Northeast-10 Conference Southwest Division action at Pace Field. Adelphi claims the regular-season series with back-to-back wins on Wednesday and Thursday.
PLAYOFF SITUATION
- The Setters finish their division schedule with an 11-7 record.
- Pace can finish no worse than third in the division, which would give the Setters a home game for the NE10 Conference Championship First Round on Tuesday, May 2.
- Pace can still clinch a first-round bye and either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed out of the Southwest Division depending on the outcomes of a pair of three-game series between Adelphi and American International College and between the University of New Haven and Le Moyne College.
SCORING PLAYS
Bottom 1st – Adelphi
- After two walks and a hit-by-pitch, designated player Megan Lewis hit a grand slam over the fence in left-center to give the Panthers a 4-0 lead.
Bottom 3rd – Adelphi
- With two on, right fielder Stephanie Staiano tripled down the right-field line, bringing in both runners to give Adelphi a 6-0 edge.
Top 5th – Pace
- Senior catcher
Nikole Larm (Brewster, NY/Brewster) blasted a solo homer to left-center to get the Setters on the board.
Bottom 5th – Adelphi
- With a runner on first, second baseman Nicole Camera hit a two-run shot to left, giving Adelphi an 8-1 advantage.
Top 6th – Pace
- With one away, freshman left fielder
Stephanie Wang (Arcadia, CA/Arcadia) launched her first career home run, a solo shot down the left-field line to make it an 8-2 game.
- Freshman
Emma Schafer (Mission Viejo, CA/El Toro) then pulled a double down the line in a pinch-hit opportunity, and scored two batters later when senior designated player
Samantha Lima (Brawley, CA/Saddleback College) roped a single into left, bringing Pace within five.
PITCHING DECISIONS
Win: Lindsay Mapes (13-5)
Loss:
Jaclyn Flores (Escondido, CA/San Pasqual High School) (5-8)
SETTER STATS
- Larm batted 2-for-3 with a solo homer.
- Wang finished 1-for-4, also with a solo home run.
- Lima hit 1-for-3 with an RBI.
- Sophomore third baseman
Lindsey Ah Soon (Ena Beach, HI/Kamehameha Kapalama) turned in a 2-for-3 outing.
PANTHER LEADERS
- Lewis went 1-for-2 with a grand slam.
- Staiano hit 1-for-3 with a two-RBI triple.
- Camera batted 1-for-2 with three runs, two RBIs and a two-run homer.
TEAM RECORDS
Pace: 17-19 (11-11 NE10, 11-7 SW)
Adelphi: 29-13-1 (18-6 NE10, 10-5 SW)
UP NEXT:
- The Setters host Saint Thomas Aquinas College tomorrow, April 28, at Pace Field for a regular-season-closing non-conference doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. Pace will celebrate Senior Day prior to Game 1.
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