WEST HAVEN, Conn. - Continuing a stretch of eight consecutive road games against the NE10, the Pace University baseball team was defeated at New Haven on Wednesday afternoon, 7-1. The loss shifts the Setters' overall record to 19-10 season, including a mark of 8-6 inside the conference.

The Chargers stuck first in the second inning off a George Pappas sacrifice fly. Alex Busby (Landing, NJ/Roxbury / County College of Morris) would hold New Haven in check through the first three innings before finding trouble in the fourth. A bases-loaded walk and a two-run double by Matt Chamberlain put the Chargers ahead 4-0.

The Setters were held without a hit until the fifth inning, when Alex Pia (Guilford, CT/Xavier) collected a two-out single. Back-to-back follow-up singles off the bats of Michael Salmonese (Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick) and Noah Clement (Voorhees, NJ/Roman Catholic High School) brought Pia home to cut the New Haven lead to 4-1.

Pace would be held to just one hit over the final four innings, a Clement single in the eighth. The Chargers meanwhile tacked on three more runs in the seventh to pull away.

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The Setters will continue their current road stretch this weekend with a three-game series at the College of Saint Rose.