SPARKILL, N.Y. – Krista Dietz once again filled the role of hero once again with an overtime winning goal to prevail over St. Thomas Aquinas College, 4-3 Tuesday afternoon.

Pace improves to 5-4 overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Setters will travel to Worcester for its next match, facing off with Assumption on Saturday.

STAC managed to score first, Nicola Van Vuuren got in front of the net and her teammate, Sofia Corominas Cuen, found her and she got a shot by Celeste Pagliaroli to take an early 1-0 lead.

Pace responded later in the quarter. Following a restart due to a kicked ball, Noëlle Meij created some space and got close to the cage and passed it off to Dietz, who passed it right back to Meji who got it in between the STAC goalies' legs to even the score at 1-1.

STAC threatened a couple times early in the second quarter, and it paid off with a goal by Adriana Alfisi off a feed from Nicola Van Vuuren. A penalty stroke later in the quarter grew the lead to 3-1.

That lead carried into the half, but it would slowly be cut, Julia Eshleman got a pass from Tavia Flecksteiner to get the lead back down to one seven minutes into the second half, 3-2.

Eshleman delivered the equalizer less than a minute into the fourth quarter, off an assist from Anne Kopec. The assist is Kopec's first collegiate point.

Dietz sent the Setters home with the win after connecting with non-other than Meij with 14 seconds left in the first overtime period.

Pace dominated the game, taking 18 penalty corners compared to just one for the Spartans while outshooting STAC 23-10, 18-8 on goal.