PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – The four Pace University spring squads will all be in conference action on the Pleasantville campus this weekend, with the baseball and softball teams each playing two doubleheaders, in between which the men's and women's lacrosse teams both welcome Southern New Hampshire to Pace Stadium.
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Baseball vs. Adelphi University (Saturday 11 a.m. & Sunday 12 p.m.)Â Live VideoÂ
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The two best records in the southwest division of the NE10 will square off four times this weekend when Pace (11-7, 3-1 NE10) hosts Adelphi (13-4, 4-0 NE10) on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
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The Setters defeated Molloy College, 9-4, on Wednesday.
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The Setters boast three 20+-hit players on the season in junior lead-off man
Matthew Rinaldi (Scarsdale, N.Y./Eastchester), and graduate students
Luke Jacobi (Edison, N.J./JP Stevens) and
Matt Almonte (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle). All three players scored two runs against Molloy.
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Graduate student
Mitchell McCabe (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford/ Bridgton Academy) also scored two runs, to go along with three hits and a home run for the second straight game.
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The four-headed monster of Rinaldi, Jacobi, Almonte and McCabe lead the team in hits, RBIs, runs scored, and home runs. Â
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Freshman pitcher
Grant Biederman (Huntington Station, N.Y./Walt Whitman) picked up his first career win on the mound for Pace, throwing three scoreless innings out of the pen.
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Adelphi bring an eight-game winning streak with them to Finnerty Field
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Softball vs. Stonehill College (Saturday 11 a.m.)Â Live VideoÂ
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Softball vs. Bentley University (Sunday 12 p.m.)Â Live VideoÂ
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Winners of four straight non-conference games, the Pace softball team returns to NE10 play against Stonehill and Bentley in a pair of home doubleheaders this weekend.
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The Setters defeated Mercy twice on Wednesday, and Queens College twice on Thursday to improve to 9-7 on the season.
Freshman
Gisselle Garcia (Lemon Grove, Calif. /Mater Dei Catholic) picked up a win in each series, allowing just one run and five hits in 16 innings of work.
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Sophomore
Alexandra Tejeda (Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Bar) picked up five hits over the two sweeps, bringing her to a team-high 17 on the season. The Californian also leads the team in RBIs (13), with freshman
Alexa Borino (Lyndhurst, N.J./Lyndhurst) tops in runs scored with 11.
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Women's Lacrosse vs. Southern New Hampshire University (Saturday 4 p.m.)Â Live VideoÂ
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The No. 14 Pace women's lacrosse team hosts Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday afternoon, with both teams coming into the game with matching 2-2 records in the NE10 and looking to get above .500 in conference play.
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The Setters lost to No. 3 Adelphi, 11-4, on Wednesday.
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After the first two quarters ended 4-4, the Panthers outscoring Pace 7-0 across the final 30 minutes of play.Â
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Angelina Porcello (Eastchester, NY/Eastchester) scored two goals, while
Sydney Juvelier (Centereach, N.Y./Centereach) and
Nikki Mottes (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) each scored once.Â
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Porcello and Juvelier along with
Aleya Corretjer (Thiells, N.Y./North Rockland) and
Kayla Conway (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh) have each found the back of the net at least 19 times this season.
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Men's Lacrosse vs. Southern New Hampshire University (Saturday 7 p.m.)Â Live VideoÂ
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Coming off their first loss of the season, the No. 9 Pace men's lacrosse team looks to get back to their winning ways when Southern New Hampshire pays a visit to Pace Stadium on Saturday night.
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The Setters were defeated by No. 2 Le Moyne, 14-6, on the road on Tuesday. It was the first time Pace was held under 13 goals all season.
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Jake Veres (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville),
Kyle Casey (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown),
Anthony Caputo (Westbury, N.Y./W.T Clarke),
Rafael Rodriguez, Jr. (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East), and
Maxwell Streety (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) were the six goal-scorers for the Blue and Gold.
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Casey also dished out an assist. The Yorktown Heights-native ranks first in the conference in points (36), second in goals (22) and third in assists (14).
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Reigning NE10 Player of the Week
Tim Cairo (Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River) along with Veres rank seventh in goals with 18 each.
Senior goalkeeper
Louis Ragusa (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) saved a season-high 12 shots-on-goal against the Dolphins and leads the NE10 in save percentage (62.0%) while ranking second in goals against average (6.7).
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The Penmen were also most recently defeated by Le Moyne, 21-8, last Saturday.
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