SOFTBALL SPLITS TWIN BILL WITH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
SPRINGFIELD, MA - Christina Pane (Stony Point, NY/Cardinal Spellman) went 3-for-7 in the doubleheader with a triple and one RBI to lead the Setters to a doubleheader split against American International in Northeast-10 Conference softball action. The Setters move their record to 14-12 overall and 3-7 in the NE-10, while the Yellow Jackets are now13-16 and 4-10 in conference play.
Pace fell in the opener 5-2 as the Setters were limited to five hits in the game with Pane and Kelly Kinyon (Levittown, PA/Harry S Truman) each had a pair of hits in the game. On the mound, Kiryl Shada (Pleasant Prairie, WI/Tremper) (6-6) tossed a complete game allowing five runs on seven hits, while striking out three.
The Setters rallied in game two as the pitching tandem of Alicia Parlon (Norton, MA/Norton) and Christina Rescigno (Elmsford, NY/Good Counsel Academy) limited the Yellow Jacket offense to three hits. Pace used a three-run fourth inning to jump into the lead as Amanda Dague's (Spring YX/Klein Collins) two-run double was the key hit in the rally.
Parlon tossed 3 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and one run, while Rescigno came on in relief going the final 3 2/3, giving up one hit and struck out one to pick up the win.
The Setters return to action when they host Saint Anselm on
Saturday, April in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader scheduled
for a 1:00 pm start on Pace's Briarcliff campus.