PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Playing a fifth consecutive one-goal game, the Pace University field hockey team earned a 1-0 win over Saint Thomas Aquinas College on Wednesday night. The tight victory pushes the Setters' record to 5-4 this season, including 2-2 in the Northeast-10 Conference.
 
For the second straight contest, it was freshman Sydney Sims (Worcester, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) providing the game-winner. This time she finished off a deflection by Kate Demars (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison) in the 22nd minute of the first half. 
 
Despite only finding the one tally, Pace dominated the action against STAC. The Setters finished with a 6-1 margin in shots-on-goal and a 7-4 advantage in penalty corners. 
 
Freshman Alina Buerger (Königs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany/Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium) posted her second straight shutout, and third overall this season. The German finished with one save in a full 60 minutes of action. 
 
Buerger currently ranks third in the NE10 in goals-against average (1.66) and fourth in total saves (56). 
 
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The Setters will be back home on Saturday when they host eighth-ranked Assumption at 1 p.m.