PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Wrapping up their four-game conference series against AIC, the Pace University baseball team split a home doubleheader against the Yellow Jackets on Wednesday.

Game Two – Pace 8, AIC 4
The Setters' afternoon split was sparked by a four-run second inning in Game Two. Pace would then tack on two more in both the third and seventh frames.

An Andrew Primm (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa) RBI single tied that game up at 1-1 in the second, before a bases-loaded triple off the bat of Harrison Treble (Oyster Bay, N.Y./Oyster Bay) provided Pace with a 4-1 edge.

The Setters padded their lead the following inning courtesy of RBI doubles by Nate Carminucci (Somers, N.Y./North Salem High School) and Andrew Oakland (Holbrook, NY/Sachem HS East). Greg Tsouprakos (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) and Matt Bass (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) scored the runs after recording hits of their own in the inning.

Bass chipped in a sac fly in the seventh while Primm registered another RBI base hit to put Pace up 8-2.

Carminucci and Matt Almonte (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) each posted three hits in the second game of the day as Pace totaled 14 knocks as a team.

Junior Michael Roll (Ramsey, N.J./Bergen Catholic High School) picked up the win on the mound to improve his record to 4-1 this season. The right-hander allowed just one run on two hits across four innings of work.

Graduate student Frankie Giuliano (Bronx, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) earned the save following three innings of solid action in relief. The lefty struck out the side in the eighth.

Game One – AIC 10, Pace 2 (Seven-Inning Game)
The Yellow Jackets hopped out to an early 4-0 lead after just two innings in the first contest, before opening the game up with three more runs in the fifth.

Almonte, Greg Tsouprakos (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) and Johnny Guarantano (Nottingham, Md./RJ Reynolds High School) each put forth multiple hits for Pace in the opener.

The trio accounted for six of the Setters' eight total knocks, while RBI doubles from Almonte and Tsouprakos supplied their two runs.

On the mound, Thomas Ippolito (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) pitched well in relief. The left-hander posted 2.2 scoreless innings after entering the game with the bases loaded and one out in the second.

Up Next
The Setters are back home on Saturday for Senior Day. Pace will host Stonehill College in a 1 p.m. non-conference doubleheader.