When and Where: May 2, 2023 – Pleasantville, N.Y. (Pace Softball Field)
Result:Â #8 Southern New Hampshire University 3, #5 Pace University 2 (8 inn.)
Records:Â SNHU (20-21), Â Pace (26-23)
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Sophomore
Jordyn Resetar (Hanover, Pa.) doubled to tie the score in the sixth, and doubled home the game-winner in the eighth as SNHU Softball advanced to the NE10 Quarterfinals with an extra-winning 3-2 win at fifth-seed Pace Tuesday afternoon in Pleasantville, N.Y.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Resetar – 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI
- Junior Alyssa DiMauro (Chester, N.H.) – 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI
- Sophomore Gwyn Hammond (Los Angeles, Calif.) – 4.0 IP – 3 H – 1 ER – 2 K
- Junior Leine McKechnie (Passadumkeag, Maine) – Win, 4.0 IP – 2 H – 1 ER – 3 K
KEY MOMENTS
- The game was scoreless until Pace broke through in the bottom of the fifth inning.
- The final batter Hammond faced, Willa Poplawski doubled. The next batter, Brianna Shea, homered off McKechnie to put Pace up 2-0.
- Senior Bryn Garczynski (Norwood, Mass.) tripled to start the sixth and DiMauro doubled her home to make it 2-1.
- Resetar then followed with a double to the gap in left center to tie the game.
- Pace threatened with two aboard in the bottom of the seventh, but McKechnie struck out Jenny Gordon to end the threat.
- In the top of the eighth, DiMauro singled, advancing to second on a strikeout. Resetar doubled her home to put the Penmen up 3-2.
- McKechnie set the side down in order in the bottom of the eighth, which included back-to-back hard contact line outs to junior Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine).
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- The Penmen outhit the Setters 8-5, and did not make an error.
- Senior Abi Gray (Litchfield, N.H.) also had an double in the game, giving SNHU five extra-base hits for the game.
- The Penmen did not draw a walk – and Pace only walked once.
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NOTESÂ
- The Penmen, playing in a 12th consecutive NE10 Championship, have met Pace five times in the tournament, and own a 3-2 mark against the Setters.
- SNHU leads the all-time series with Pace 22-18.
- Southern New Hampshire has won at least one tournament game in eight of the last nine tournaments.
- The Penmen had been 0-3 in extra-inning games during the regular season.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen advance to the Northeast-10 Championship Quarterfinals and will play #4 seed Saint Anselm College on Thursday.
- #1 Seed Adelphi is serving as the host in Garden City, N.Y. and will play the winner of SNHU and Saint Anselm. Tickets for the NE10 Championships are available through  aupanthers.com/tickets
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