Baseball

SETTERS TAKE TWO FROM BLOOMSBURG TO COMPLETE SWEEP


BLOOMSBURG, PA- The Pace University baseball team won both ends of a doubleheader to complete a three-game sweep of Bloomsburg College.  Pace improves to 13-5 overall while Bloomsburg drops to 3-16 on the season.  Pace took the first game, 8-0, before winning the nightcap, 7-4.

In the first game, Brian Hollrah (Glenwood, MD/Glenely) doubled with one out in the 2^nd inning and scored on a single by Adam Harwood (Los Angeles, CA/ Brentwood) to put the Setters out front, 1-0.  The Setters would take a 2-0 lead after Joe Barracato (Westbury, NY/ Clarke) singled to score Harwood.

Pace tacked on another run in the 5^th inning after Chris Brown (West Kingston, RI/ South Kingstown) reached on an error by the shortstop to lead off the inning.  Barracato then followed with a single, moving Brown to third base.  Brown would score on a sacrifice fly by JC Pullum (White Plains, NY/ Valhalla) to give Pace a 3-0 lead after five.  Hollrah would score again in the 6^th inning on a passed ball to put Pace up 4-0.

In the top of the 7^th, Matt Arburr’s (Bristol, CT/ Bristol Eastern) double scored Andre Liscinsky (Trumbull, CT/ Trumbull) and Pullum.  Jack Cawley (Bronx, NY/ Iona Prep) would score on an error by the third baseman and Arburr would score on an error by the shortstop.

On the mound, David Qualben (Brooklyn, NY/ Xavier) improved to 3-1 with a two-hit complete game.  Qualben walked two while striking out eight.  Overall, Liscinsky was 2-for-4 with a run scored while Harwood was 3-for-4 with two RBI.  Hollrah finished the day with two doubles and two runs scored.

In the second game of the doubledip, Pace trailed for the first time in the series, 1-0, after three innings. In the top of the 4^th, Cawley led off with a single to left field.  Arburr would reach on a fielder’s choice as Cawley was put out at second.  Mike Pahira (Holmdel, NJ/ Holmdel) then reached third after an error by the third baseman, which scored Arburr to tie the game, 1-1.  Matt Bisbano (Mt. Kisco, NY/ Fox Lane) would drive Pahira home to give Pace a 2-1 lead. 

In the 5^th, Ray Caronia (Paramus, NY/ Paramus) and Liscinsky each reached base, followed by a RBI double by Harwood.  Liscinsky would score on a passed ball, which also moved Harwood to third.  Cawley then followed with a sacrifice fly to right field that would score Harwood and give Pace a 5-1 lead, heading into the bottom of the fifth.

Bloomsburg managed to cut the Setter lead to 5-3 after five and then pulled with a run at 5-4 after the 6^th.  In the 7^th, Harwood led off the inning with a single to right field.  After Cawley reached on an error by the pitcher, Arburr followed with a two-run double, scoring Harwood and Cawley. 

On the mound for Pace, freshman Nick DeMeo (Farmingville, NY/ Sachem East) took the no decision after allowing two hits over the first two innings.  Douglas Wenz (Trumbull, CT/ Trumbull) picked up his first collegiate victory after pitching a hitless 4^th inning.  Earl Oakes (Bristol, CT/ Bristol Eastern) pitched the final two innings to pick up his 5^th save of the season. 

Pace returns to action when they travel to Worcester, Mass. on Tuesday, March 28^th to take on the Greyhounds of Assumption College in the Setters’ Northeast-10 Conference opener, set for 3:00 p.m.