PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Three Pace University winter sports teams will take on their Bentley University counterparts on Saturday afternoon, with the men's basketball squad traveling to Waltham, as the men's and women's swimming & diving teams will be hosting in Pleasantville.
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Pace Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving vs. Bentley University (Saturday, 2:30 p.m.) Live Video
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For the first time in over a month, the Pace men's and women's swimming & diving teams will be in action as they host Bentley inside the Goldstein Fitness Center on Senior Day.
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In their last meets on Dec. 11, both teams posted victories over the College of Staten Island.
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The women's team was highlighted by three victories apiece from graduate student
Annabel Keppel-Palmer (Kent, England/Maidstone Grammar School) and freshman
Katherine Kline (Salisbury Mills, N.Y./Washingtonville).
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After jointly winning the 200-medley relay, Keppel-Palmer went on to win the 100-back and 200-IM, while Kline was victorious in the 200- and 100-free.
Senior diver
Amy Calandro (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester)Â also impressed against the Dolphins, winning both the three-meter and one-meter dives.
On the men's side, senior diver
Patrick Dwyer (Tomkins Cove, N.Y./North Rockland) broke his own school record in the one-meter and came in tops in the three-meter as well.
Freshman
Robert Gehman (Reinholds, Pa./Cocalico Senior) also came up big for the Setters with a pair of first-place marks in the 200-free and the 100-breast.
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Pace Men's Basketball at No. 25 Bentley University (Saturday, 2 p.m.) Live Video Live Stats
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The Pace men's basketball team (9-4, 5-1 NE10) faces No. 25 Bentley University (10-2, 5-2 NE10) in Waltham, Mass, on Saturday afternoon, looking to break the Falcons' four-game winning streak.
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The Setters defeated Assumption on Tuesday night by a score of 83-65, propelled by all five starters scoring in double-digits, including doubles-doubles from junior
Bryan Powell (Middletown, N.Y./Canterbury School) (16 points, 11 rebounds) and senior
Marc Dadika (Saddle Brook, N.J./Saint Mary's Rutherford) (14 points, 11 rebounds).
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Pace held the Greyhounds to just 37.1% shooting from the field, including 6-for-20 (30%) from three. Â
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It will be a defense vs. offense showdown inside of Bentley Arena.
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The Setter defense leads the Notheast-10 Conference in points-per-game allowed (58.0), opponents' field-goal percentage (35.6%), and opponents' three-point percentage (24.8%), while the Bentley offense comes into the contest leading the NE10 in all three of those same categories: points-per-game (86.0), field-goal percentage (47.7%), and three-point percentage (41.5%).
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The Setter defense also boasts the best NE10 rebound margin per-game (8.0) while the Falcon offense produces the most assists-per-game (18.3)
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Tip-off is at 2 p.m.
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