SHADA K'S SEASON-HIGH 10 IN THE OPENER; SETTERS SPLIT WITH QUEENS

FLUSHING, NY- Kiryl Shada (Pleasant Prairie, WI/Tremper) struck out 10 batters in the opener, leading the Setters to an 8-2 victory in the opener. Queens earned the split, taking the nightcap 5-4. The Setters move their record to 8-9, while the Knights are now 15-7 overall.

In the opener, Patricia Hurley (Assonet, MA/Apponequet) ripped a two-run single in the third as part of a Pace three-run inning to give the Setters a 3-0 lead. In the fourth, Missy Dubey (Middlefield, CT/Coginchaug Regional) singled with one out and scored as Michelle Forgione (Islip, NY/Islip) blasted a two-run homerun. The Setters broke the game open in the seventh, as Christina Pane (Stony Point, NY/Cardinal Spellman) and Hurley both reached base on singles. Trish Allutto (Matawan, NJ/Matawan Regional) cleared the bases with a three-run homer to put Pace ahead 8-2.

Hurley went 3-for-4 in the opener, while Allutto, Dubey and Pane each collected two hits as the Setters pounded out 11 hits in game one. On the mound, Shada (5-4) fanned a season-high 10 batters, limiting the Knights to four hits and two runs.

In the nightcap, the Setters got off to a promising start as Allutto and Tiffany Ott (Broad Channel, NY/Archbishop Molloy) each had RBI singles to put Pace up 2-0 after one inning of play. Queens would rally with a pair of runs in the third to tie the game at two and take the lead in the following inning with three runs.

The Setters cut into the Knights lead as Allutto hit a solo homerun in the fifth. Pace would rally again in the seventh as Ott had an RBI single but the Setters would leave a pair of runners on base and fall short by one run 5-4.

For Pace, Ott went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, while Allutto had two hits in four at-bats with a pair of RBIs. On the mound, Samantha Poulsen (Bethpage, NY/Plainedge) tossed four-plus innings, allowing five runs on eight hits. Christina Rescigno (Elmsford, NY/Good Counsel Academy) pitched two scoreless innings, fanning three.

Pace is back in action on Saturday, April 4 when the Setters host UMass Lowell in a Northeast-10 Conference twin bill scheduled for 12:00 pm on Pace's Briarcliff campus.