SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Pace University women's soccer team completed its most impressive come-from-behind performance in a season already filled with them and knocked yet another NE10 foe from the realm of the unbeatens, defeating American International College on the road, 3-2, erasing a two-goal deficit in the process.
 
The Setters improve to 2-1 in the Northeast-10 Conference, and 4-2-2 overall, while AIC drops to 2-1 and 4-1-1.
 
The Yellow Jackets came out on the attack as two nicely passed Trystin Burger through balls gave AIC a 2-0 lead 21 minutes into the game. The graduate student's two assists were finished by sophomore Charlotte Bernard first, followed by freshman Alyssa Stetson.
 
The Setters cut into the lead five minutes before the halftime whistle when a flawlessly executed give-and-go between seniors Aryanna Ortiz (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) and Hannah Sugden (Adams, N.Y./Belleville Henderson Central) gave Ortiz room to operate. After getting the ball back from Sugden, Ortiz dribbled the ball forward, allowing Ava Viebrock (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay Senior) time to get open inside the box, where Ortiz gracefully passed it to the freshman with her right foot. Viebrock put the ball away for her NE10-leading fourth goal, and Ortiz' first assist on the season.

In the 57^th minute, AIC's Leya Vohra went high with her cleats connecting with Viebrock. Vohra was assessed a yellow card, setting the stage for one of the most breathtaking goals in Pace women's soccer history.
 
After a sidebar with head coach Mike Winn, sophomore Allison Carr (Plantsville, Conn./Southington) stepped up to take the free kick. With the ball placed on the downfield 25-yard hash, 30 yards away from the goal, Carr heaved a magisterial lefty ball into the sky that dropped just inside the upper corner of the far post past the outstretched arm of the goalkeeper, tying the game in spectacular fashion.
 
Two and a half minutes later the Setters struck again.
 
Playing on her 20^th birthday, junior Amber Probasco (Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown) hit a ball that earned her team a vital corner kick. The resulting play was another exquisitely executed set piece, featuring just four touches among three Setters leading to a goal. Carr passed the corner to an onrushing Cecilia Puentes (Garwood, N.J./Arthur L Johnson). The senior quickly got the ball back to Carr who lifted a cross towards the waiting head of Ortiz who scored the game-winner. It the was the third goal and assist for Ortiz and Carr respectively this season.
 
Freshman Anna Fiore (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn) took over the goalkeeping duties for Pace at the top of the second half and picked up her third win in net, in a game where no goalkeeper on either side registered a save, as all five shot-on-goal opportunities were scored.
 
AIC joins Saint Anselm as the second NE10 team to have their unbeaten record snapped by the Setters in the span of one week.
 
The victory also marks the fifth time in just eight games played that the Blue and Gold have come back from behind to avoid a loss. Pace previously erased a two-goal deficit against Palm Beach Atlantic, and one-goal deficits against Georgian Court, Post, and Jefferson.
 
Up next for the Setters is road contest with New Haven (2-3-2, 0-2 NE10) on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
 
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