PLEASANTVILLE, NY - #7 Pace Women's Lacrosse matched up with #21 University of New Haven at Northwell Stadium Thursday evening.

Nikki Mottes and Mackenzie Carita reached career milestones in the Northeast-10 (NE10) event, with Mottes featuring her 100th career goal while Carita tallied 100 career points. In the event, the Setters were upended in the second half of play and dropped for the first time in conference action this season 9-12.

Here's What Happened:

• Gigi Genovese got the Blue and Gold going to ignite the night with a swift goal to lead the Chargers, 1-0. After the opposers found the back of the net for a clean slate, Mottes would tally her career milestone goal to push the squad back up by one, 2-1. At the end of the first quarter, Carita tallied the career point value for the 3-2 advantage.
• New Haven posted consecutive goals in the second frame to take their first lead of the day, 4-3, and even after the Setters' offensive efforts, the Chargers maintained a one goal advantaged, 5-4. The trio of Marissa Doty, Carita, and Mottes recorded unanswered goals to enter halftime with a 7-5 advantage.
• Coming out of the half, it was the Chargers who had the upper hand when they held Pace to nil in which enabled New Haven to tally three goals for the 8-7 lead with one stanza remaining.
• New Haven kept piling onto their advantage with two goals to start the fourth, 10-7. Mottes found the back of the nets once more off a free position in an attempt to slash the Charger lead, but another point on the opposite end continued to push the Blue and Gold back into a three-goal deficit, 11-8. With both teams caging one more to end the night, the Setters dropped 12-9 to fall to 10-3 overall and 6-1 in the NE10

Box Score Insights:

• Mottes led all scorers with three goals while recording one assist for four points while Carita had two goals. Doty posted two goals with five draw controls.
• Genovese found the back of the net one time, but led the team with four caused turnovers in the night.
• Samantha Tanguay posted a valiant effort in cage with 14 saves.

UP NEXT: SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE (SENIOR DAY)
#7 Pace Women's Lacrosse will return to Northwell Stadium this Saturday, Apr. 12, for the senior day celebrations while they host Saint Michael's College at noon.