SOFTBALL GOES UNDEFEATED ON DAY ONE OF HAMPTON TOURNAMENT
HAMPTON, VA- The Pace softball team posted a pair of victories on the opening day of the Hampton Tournament, defeating Barton in the opener 7-3, while dominating Queensborough Community College 25-0 in the second game of the day. Christina Pane (Stony Point, NY/Cardinal Spellman) went 3-for-4 with three runs scored against Barton, while Patricia Hurley (Assonet, MA/Apponequet) had three RBIs in the game, blasting a first inning two-run homerun. The Setters improve to 3-0 on the season.
Barton got on the board scoring a run in their half of the first inning. The Setters answered in the bottom of the inning on back-to-back homeruns. Pane led off with a single and scored on Hurley's blast, while Larissa Porcelli (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) following Hurley's shot with a solo homerun to make the score 3-1 in favor of Pace. Pace would tack two more in the second as Amanda Dague (Houston, TX/Klein Collins) reached on a fielder's choice and moved to second on Pane's single. Freshman Lauren Bell (New Windsor, NY/Newburgh Free) continued her hot hitting this season as she ripped a two-run single up the middle.
The Setters would add a pair of insurance runs in the sixth as they held on for a 7-3 victory. On the mound, Kiryl Shada (Pleasant Prairie, WI/Tremper) (2-0) tossed a complete game, allowing three runs on seven hits, while striking out five.
Pace dominated the second game against Queensborugh College as the Setters pounded out 18 hits, using a 15-run second inning to cruise to a five-inning 25-0 victory. Bell went 5-for-5 in the game with five RBIs, whule Hurley and Kerri McLean (Woodhaven, NY/Archbishop Molloy) each went 3-for-4.
The Setters return to action on Saturday, March 21 for day two of the Hampton University Tournament.
