SOFTBALL SWEEPS SAINT AUGUSTINE'S
RALEIGH, NC - The Pace University softball team kicked off the 2007 season with a bang sweeping the Falcons of Saint Augustine's College in a non-conference doubleheader, 14-1 and 15-4. The Setters are 2-0 on the season, while the Falcons drop to 4-6 overall.
In game one, Pace stuck early and often scoring nine runs in the first two innings. Kiryl Shada (Pleasant Prairie, WI/Tremper) led the Setters at the plate and on the mound. Shada went 1-for-3 with 5 RBI's and 2 runs scored, highlighted by a grand slam in the top of the second. Seniors Julia Hunt (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) and Carolyn Krause (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) each contributed with a pair of RBI's. Pace scored at least one run in every inning and took advantage of seven Falcon errors in the game.
Shada (1-0) was also solid on the mound, allowing one run on two hits, giving up two walks, while striking out six batters in four innings pitched. Kim Troaino (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) completed the two-hitter, pitching a scoreless fifth inning, fanning two Falcons.
St. Augustine's lone run of the game came in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Terea Albury.
Game two was much of the same as Pace scored all 15 runs in the first two innings, including a 13-run second inning. The Setters once again took advantage of St. Augustine's shaky defense as the Falcons committed six errors in the game. Kelly Kinyon (Levittown, PA/Harry S. Truman) led the Pace offense going 2-for-2 with 3 RBI's and 2 runs scored, highlighted by a two-run homerun. D.J. Ketchel (Staten Island, NY/ Moore Catholic) added a pair of RBI's going 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Hunt (1-0) pitched four innings, allowing four runs on two hits and five walks, while striking out five batters. Kinyon pitched a scoreless fifth, allowing one hit, while striking out two.
St. Augustine also scored all their runs in the first two innings. Janay White, Antoi Bailey and Albury all finished with an RBI for the Falcons.
Pace will be in action again tomorrow, Tuesday, March
20th, as they continue their Spring Break trip when
travel to Mount Olive, NC to take on the Trojans of Mount Olive
College. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
