PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – On Wednesday afternoon, Pace baseball welcomed Dominican University of New York to Peter X. Finnerty Field for a single-game match-up. In the contest, the Setters fell behind early to the Chargers, leading to an 8-3 loss.

With Northeast-10 (NE10) conference play just around the corner, the Setters hold a 5-6 overall record in 2025.

Here's What Happened

• After Dominican brought home the first run of the game in the opening inning, Pace answered back, capitalizing on a wild pitch to even up the score, 1-1.
• The next five runs would favor the away team as the Chargers took a 7-1 advantage into the seventh inning. In the bottom half of the inning, the Blue and Gold showed life at the plate, loading the basepaths with two outs.
• Andrew Heppner delivered by driving a line drive to left field, bringing home two runs to make the score 7-3. Following a walk, the bases loaded up again, but the opportunity was shut down with a Charger strikeout, and heading into the eighth, the Setters deficit shrunk to four runs, 7-3.
• Dominican tallied a run in the next inning, and in their two next chances at the plate, the Setters only earned one baserunner, leading to a 7-3 defeat on their home turf.

Box Score Insights

• The top of the order led the offense with Benjamin Tullo (1-for-4, 2 runs), Anthony Labita (1-for-2, 3 walks), and Heppner (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) posting strong days at the plate.
• On the mound, Eric Santaella (1.0 IP, 1K), Justin Dressler (1.0 IP), Tyler Rodriguez (1.0 IP, 1K), and Anthony Apollaro (1.0 IP, 2K) allowed no earned runs in the final four innings.

Up Next (Adelphi University)
The Blue and Gold open up Northeast-10 Conference play this weekend with a three-game series against the Panthers of Adelphi University. The Setters begin the three-game set on Friday at 3:00 p.m. on the road in Gerden City, N.Y.