BOX SCORE

PLEASANTVILLE, NY- Justin Page (Eagan, MN/Eagan) netted four goals to lead the Pace lacrosse team to a 10-6 win over the Penmen of Southern New Hampshire University in the Setters' conference opener. Pace move over the .500 mark at 3-2 overall and open 1-0 in the Northeast-10, while the Penmen drop to 0-2 and 0-1 in conference play.

Mike Ball (Salem, NH) finished with four goals for Southern New Hampshire while Chris Dindler (Stephany, Australia) added a goal.  Marc Novaco (Chelmsford, MA) and Keith Merluzzo (Billerica, MA) had SNHU's other tallies.  Spencer Rennick (Peabody, MA) totaled three assists.

Page got the Setters on the board, netting a man-up goal three minutes into the game for the lone goal of the first quarter. Jake Sheppard (Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Northcote) scored the Setters second goal early in the second quarter off an assist by T.J. Urban (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon). Dindler cut the Pace lead in half with 7:16 left in the quarter but the Setters would finish the half strong on a man-up goal by James Hammel (North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex) and one later one by Page to give Pace a 4-1 halftime lead.

The scoring picked up in the second half as the teams would combine for tally 12 goals over the final two periods. Sheppard and Ball would trade goals in the part of the third quarter. Page's third goal at the 9:26 mark of the third quarter gave Pace a seemingly commanding 6-2 lead. Southern New Hampshire would not go quietly and rallied with three unanswered goals to cut the lead to 6-5. Ball would net a pair, while Novaco would cap the run with tally at the 9:58 mark of the final quarter. Hammel and Ball would each record a goal, keeping the score at one at 7-6 with 6:08 left in the game.

Joseph Clark (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) would give the Setters a little breathing room scoring a goal off a Ryan Gregory (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) assist with 4:16 remaining in the game. Pace would then put the game away, converting on back-to-back power play opportunities as Sheppard and Page took advantage of the man-up penalty to take 10-6 lead. The Penmen converted a late man-up opportunity for the final margin as the Setters would run the clock out.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Wednesday night when it travels to Molloy College for a 7:00 match.