Softball

SOFTBALL FALLS TO SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

BRIARCLIFF, NY- The Pace softball team lost its twelfth straight game, dropping a double dip to Southern Connecticut, 11-2 (5) in the opener and 11-4 in the second game. The Setters fall to 7-15 overall and 0-8 in the NE-10, while the Owls improve to 17-8 and 6-2 in conference play.

In the opener, both teams used the long ball to push across runs in the first inning as the Owls' Emily Atkinson (Novato, CA) hit a two-run homer, while the Setters' Dana Jo Ketchel (Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic) blasted a solo shot to cut the Owl lead in half.

In the third, Southern Connecticut took advantage of a Setter error to score three times in the inning. Pace responded in the half of their frame as Christina Pane (Stony Point, NY/Cardinal Spellman) reached on an infield single, stole second and scored on a base hit by Ketchel.

The Owls scored four times in the fourth with the key hit coming from Atkinson, who had a three-run double and scored on the play on a throwing error. Southern pushed across a pair of runs in the fifth to force the mercy rule.

On the hill for Pace, Kelly Kinyon (Levittown, PA/Harry S. Truman) went the distance, allowing 11 hits and 11 runs (eight earned), while fanning two to drop her record to 0-3.

In the nightcap, Pace struck first in the opening inning, capitalizing on two Owl errors to score a pair of runs. Southern Connecticut came right back in the top of the second, taking advantage of three errors by the Setters, sending 11 batters to the plate, scoring seven unearned runs to take a 7-2 lead. Pace scored again in the third on back-to-back two-out doubles by Ketchel and Kinyon. Pane produced another run for Pace in the sixth as she drew a leadoff walk, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a two-out single by Tricia Allutto (Matawan, NJ/Matawan Regional). The Owls kept pace with the Setters scoring a pair of runs in the fourth and two more in the seven to win 11-4.

For Pace, Kiryl Shada (Pleasant Prairie, WI/Tremper) tossed her 10^th complete game of the season, allowing 13 hits and 11 runs (two earned), while striking out five to drop her record to 4-7 on the season.

The Setters return to action when they host Northeast-10 Conference opponent American International College on Wednesday, April 11 with first pitch scheduled for 3:00 pm on Pace's Briarcliff campus.