WEST HAVEN, CT – In their first conference road game, the Pace University field hockey team was defeated by New Haven, 4-3, on Tuesday night.
 
The Setters drop to 0-2 in the conference while the Chargers improve to 2-0.
 
After a scoreless first quarter, Pace struck first in the second stanza when sophomore Krista Dietz (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) found freshman Tavia Flecksteiner (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) for a goal. It marked Dietz' third assist and Flecksteiner's second goal this season.
 
New Haven was quick to respond, tying the game four minutes later when a Kelli Jacobson goal off a Kat Trammel assist sent the game into the half all tied up.
 
Trammel would then score a goal 72 seconds into the second half, followed by an Abby Nixon tally less than two minutes later, giving the Chargers a 3-1 lead in the blink of an eye.
 
Zharria John, who assisted on the Trammel goal, would get a goal of her own as well in the fourth quarter, blowing the game wide open in the process.
 
Despite the loss, Pace showed no signs of giving up as the Setters would score two goals in the final four minutes. Sophomore Noelle Meij (Huizen, Netherlands/Laar & Berg Secondary School) cut the lead to 4-2 in the 56th minute with her team-leading third goal of the season, followed by freshman Molly Paterson's (Whitstable, Kent, England/Kent College Canterbury) first career goal with just 49 seconds remaining.

Pace next travels to take on Southern New Hampshire (1-0 NE10, 2-3 overall) on Friday night.
 
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