PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Led by a sensational afternoon of pitching, the Pace University's softball team earned a doubleheader sweep of AIC on Sunday. The two road wins improve the Setters' record to 13-8 overall this season, including a mark of 3-5 in the NE10. 
 
Game One – Pace 4, AIC 1
Freshman Gisselle Garcia (Lemon Grove, Calif. /Mater Dei Catholic) was nothing short of spectacular in another complete-game win—her fifth in a row. 
 
Garcia racked up a remarkable 17 strikeouts in seven innings, while allowing just a single run on two hits. The right-hander struck out the side in three separate innings while upping her season total to 92 across 79 innings pitched. 
 
Garcia is now 5-0 in her last five appearances with 48 strikeouts and a 0.80 ERA in 35.0 innings of work.
 
The Setters' run support came courtesy of a big fourth inning. Junior Carolina Iturriaga (North Hills, Calif./Grover Cleveland) started the rally with a lead-off double before scoring the game's first run on an RBI single from Alexandra Tejeda (Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Bar). 
 
Tejeda would then trot home on a two-run home run by freshman Brianna Shea (Oceanside, Calif./El Camino )—her first long ball of the season. 
 
Jade Alvarado (West Covina, Calif./South Hills) knocked in Pace's final run with an RBI single to bring home Gwen Pederson (Sylmar, Calif./Granada Hills Charter).
 
Game Two – Pace 9, AIC 1 (Six Innings)
Sophomore Anna Acevedo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall Academy) followed Garcia's gem with a great outing of her own. The Brooklyn native allowed just one run on three hits in six innings of action. 
 
Acevedo finished with seven strikeouts while improving her record to 3-1 this season. 
 
Most of the Setters' offense in the finale came via a six-run fifth inning. Shea and Alvarado each knocked in a pair in the frame, while Jenny Gordon (Colonia, N.J./John F. Kennedy Memorial) and Sammi Swenson (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown East) also registered RBI singles in the fifth. 
 
Pace's final tally was the result of an RBI double from Zoie Iverson (Oregon City, Ore./Alliance Charter Academy/ Oregon City High School) in the sixth inning that scored Shea from first base. 
 
Up Next
The Setters will be on the road again on Tuesday when they travel to Southern Connecticut State.