PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – The 2022 Pace University Men's Lacrosse season gets underway on Wednesday when the Setters welcome Caldwell University to Pace Stadium. The Setters will play 14 games in 2022, including 10 within the Northeast-10 Conference.

2022 Opener
The Setters will start the season with four non-conference matchups before playing their 10 NE10 games. First up, will be a home contest against Caldwell University on March 2 at 3:30 p.m. from Pace Stadium.

Pace in the Polls
The Pace men's lacrosse team was slotted 12^th in the USILA's National Preseason Coaches' Poll and picked to finish fourth in the NE10's preseason coaches' poll.
 
Last Season
The Blue and Gold are coming off a 2021 season in which the team finished with a 6-7 overall record, and a 5-5 conference mark.
 
Pace played arguably the hardest schedule in all of Division II lacrosse, which included seven games against nationally ranked Division II opponents, six of whom were in the top-10. Pace also faced Division I Boston University in their season opener.
 
Despite the difficult stretch of games, Pace defeated Bentley in the quarterfinals of the NE10 tournament, and advanced to the semifinals for the second straight season, before being eliminated at top-seeded Saint Anselm. 
 
Preseason All-Americans
Three All-Americans will take the field for the Setters in 2022.
 
Junior midfielder Anthony Caputo (Westbury, N.Y./W.T Clarke) and graduate attacker Kyle Casey (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) were named preseason All-Americans by both the USILA and Inside Lacrosse, while senior goalkeeper Louis Ragusa (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) received an All-America Honorable Mention by Inside Lacrosse.

Caputo, the reigning NE10 Rookie of the Year, looks to follow up on an outstanding 2021 season which saw the Long Island native named to the NE10 All-Conference First and All-Rookie teams, as well as earning a second-team USILA All-American nod. Caputo scored or assisted in 12 of Pace's 13 games last season.
 
Casey transferred into the Pace men's lacrosse program this past fall from Division I UAlbany. The Yorktown native tallied 61 points (34G, 27A) in 40 career games with the Great Danes.

Ragusa, the 2019 Rookie of the Year, was selected to the 2021 NE10 All-Conference Third Team after registering 139 total saves (2^nd best in the conference), including double-figure stops in 10 games, and a 9.93 goals-against average.

Team Captains
The Setters recently named Walker Azzaro, Kyle Casey, John Dickson, Zachary Powdermaker, and Matthew Rice as team captains for 2022. 

Coach Mariano
With the 2022 campaign, Pace Men's Lacrosse Head Coach Tom Mariano begins his ninth season at the helm of the squad. Mariano, the 2017 NE10 Co-Coach of the Year, has posted a record of 64-43 (.598) during his time in Pleasantville.



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