LE MOYNE SWEEPS PACE, 9-3 AND 13-6
SYRACUSE, NY - The Pace University softball team were swept by
Le Moyne College, 9-3 and 13-6 in a Northeast-10 Conference
doubleheader at Niland Athletic Complex in Syracuse, NY. Pace drops
to 8-10 overall and 3-3 in the Northeast-10 while Le Moyne improves
to 12-8 overall and 4-0 in conference play.
In the first game, Carolyn Krause (Staten Island,
NY/Tottenville) was 1-for-3 with one RBI, driving home
Julia Hunt (Mahopac,NY/Mahopac) with the Setters
first run of the game in the 3rd inning. In the
4th, DJ Ketchel (Staten Island, NY/Moore
Catholic) led off with a single and Michelle
Brigham (Unionville, NY/Minisink Valley) followed with her
fifth career homerun. Sheila Mercado (Greeley,
CO/Greeley West) also had a hit for the Setters.
On the mound, Hunt was tagged for nine runs - five earned - over
four innings while giving up 10 hits. Freshman Kim Troiano
(Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) pitched the final two innings in
relief, holding Le Moyne to one hit and no runs.
In the second game, Pace led 3-1 after two innings following an RBI
single by Mercado in the 1st that scored Krause.
In the 2nd, Ketchel drove home Krause to give Pace a 2-1
lead and freshman Christina Pane (Stony Point, NY/Cardinal
Spellman) scored on a wild pitch. Pace would score
again in the 4th when Krause would score her third run
of the game on a wild pitch.
Leading 4-1, Pace starter Kiryl Shada (Pleasant Prairie,
WI/Tremper) gave up a three run homerun to Le Moyne's
Kortney Meadows. The Setters should have been out of the
inning but Caitlin O'Neill reached on a field error by Pace's
shortstop before Shada retired the next two batters.
Pace retook the lead in the top of the 5th when
Jessica Bryant's (Brownstown, IN/Brownstown)
ground out to the second baseman allowed classmate Patti
Hurley (Assonet, MA/Apponequet) to score the go-ahead
run. Krause followed with a single to center field, scoring
Shada to give Pace a 6-4 lead.
The bottom of the inning proved disastrous for the Setters as Shada
allowed five runs before giving way to Troiano. Troiano was
tagged for four runs with two outs in the fifth before pitching a
scoreless 6th inning. Le Moyne's 13-6 lead after
six would stand as Pace was held scoreless in their final
at-bats.
Krause was 4-for-5 in the game with three runs scored and one
RBI. For the day she was 5-for-8 with two RBI and three runs
scored. Ketchell and Hurley each collected two hits apiece in
the second game. Shada goes to 2-2 on the season after allowing
nine runs - six earned - on six hits while striking out three and
walking seven over 4 2/3.
Pace returns to action when they host the College of Saint Rose on
Sunday, April 9th in a Northeast-10 Conference
doubleheader slated for 2:00 p.m.