PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – For the first time in 2020, all four of the Setters' winter teams will be in home action this weekend. The Pace basketball squads will welcome Saint Anselm for a Saturday doubleheader, while the swimming and diving teams host their Senior Day at 2:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. No. 22 Saint Anselm | Pleasantville, N.Y. | Saturday, 1:30 p.m. | Live Stats | Video
The Setters (11-4, 4-2 NE10) continue a tough stretch within the NE10 with a matchup against 22nd-ranked Saint Anselm. Pace had a three-game winning streak snapped earlier this week after falling to Le Moyne College by a score of 55-47.
Jackie DelliSanti (Commack, N.Y./Commack) and Lauren Schetter (Beacon, N.Y./Beacon High School) once again led the way during the mid-week, totaling 31 of Pace's 47 points. DelliSanti's stat line featured 17 points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks while Schetter put forth 14 points, five rebounds, two assists, and a block.
DelliSanti and Schetter currently both rank within the top-five of the NE10 in scoring this season, combining for over 35 points per contest. They also serve as Pace's top rebounders—each piling up more than seven boards an outing.
On the other side, Saint Anselm (9-3, 5-1 NE10) has been piloted by the NE10's top-scorer and top-rebounder, Shannon Ryan. Ryan is averaging 24.0 points and 14.8 rebounds per game.
*Pace Swimming & Diving vs. Saint Rose | Pleasantville, N.Y. | Saturday, 2:30 p.m. | Video
The Setters are back in action for the first time in the New Year when they host the Golden Knights on Saturday afternoon.
Pace has had a litany of top performances through the first half of the season, posting numerous marks inside the NE10's top times list. Junior Filip Turecky (State College, Pa./State College Area) has clocked in a team-high four top-10 efforts in the 50-free (22.24), 50-back (25.42), 100-back (54.34), and the 200-back (1:59.95).
Also on the men's side is Josh Lozano, who has the 6th-best mark in the 1000-free (10:19.28) and the 8th-fastest time in the 200-fly (2:01.13) so far this season.
For the women, it has been the duo of Jana Ciric (Nis, Serbia/Gimnazija "Svetozar Markovic") and Annabel Keppel-Palmer (Kent, England/Maidstone Grammar School) leading the way. Ciric has posted the 8th-lowest mark in both the 100- (53.55) and 200-free (1:56.74) events so far this season. She is the defending NE10 champion in the 200-free, while she finished second in the 100.
Keppel-Palmer has logged a trio of top-10 marks thus far, sitting ninth in the 50-back (29.10), eighth in the 200-back (2:12.04) and seventh in the 400-IM (4:47.08). She is the two-time defending NE10 champion in the 200-back.
*Saturday marks the Setters' Senior Day inside the Goldstein Fitness Center. Pace will honors its Class of 2020 with a ceremony prior to the beginning of the meet.
Men's Basketball vs. Saint Anselm | Pleasantville, N.Y. | Saturday, 3:30 p.m. | Live Stats | Video
The Setters (11-4, 3-3 NE10) will be looking to bounce back from a mid-week loss when they host Saint Anselm in Game Two of a Saturday doubleheader.
Senior Peyton Wejnert (Point Pleasant, N.J./Southern Regional) led the way for the Blue and Gold versus Le Moyne on Wednesday, tallying his eighth 20-point effort of the season, and fourth double-double. The NE10's leading scorer (22.4 ppg) finished the game with 25 points, 10 rebounds and a pair of blocks.
Wejnert, who is now slotted 10th on Pace's all-time scoring list, was joined in the Setters' 1,000-point club by Brandon Jacobs (Cambria Heights, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran) on Wednesday. With his second field goal of the game, Jacobs became just the 36th player in program history to surpass 1,000 career points.
Jacobs also dished out five assists in the ballgame as he continues to lead the NE10 in that category at 7.9 per game. Ray Montilus (Union, N.J./Pope John XXII) also leads the NE10 in a statistical category, swiping 3.0 steals per outing. Â
Saint Anselm (8-5, 4-2 NE10) comes into the weekend with five players averaging in double figures, led by Chris Paul and Tyler Arbuckle, who are each pouring in more than 16 points per contest. Paul is also averaging more than seven rebounds, two assists and one steal per contest.
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