Softball Clinches Playoff Berth

Natalia Alvarez Pagan, Sports Editor|April 25, 2014

Junior business management major and setter softball shortstop Jeane Drury had 2 RBis in the Setters’ game 2 win.

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Junior business management major and setter softball shortstop Jeane Drury had 2 RBis in the Setters’ game 2 win.

Pace’s softball team clinched a playoff spot in the NE-10 postseason. The team currently holds third place in the Southwest Division with a 9-5 division record (12-8 against NE-10, 15-19 overall).

The playoff berth comes after the Setters split a series with the Molloy Lions in a non-conference matchup on Friday, April 18th.

“I knew we had a great team from the beginning of our fall season” third baseman Rachel McMahon said. “We really surprised a lot of people, and we have the potential to surprise a lot more.”

Although Pace dropped the first game to Molloy, as the Lions powered their way to a 3-1 victory, the Setters came back to take game two with a 4-3 win.

The Setters have four crucial match-ups left with two division rivals; Southern Connecticut and Le Moyne College.

“We definitely deserve to be in the playoffs,” McMahon said.

Pace’s softball team will face Connecticut at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 and Le Moyne on Friday April 25th and Saturday, April 26th all on the Briarcliff Field.