Pleasantville, N.Y. (March 22)-The Saint Anselm College baseball team fell to the Pace University Setters 3-2, by allowing three ninth inning runs, on Sunday afternoon at Finnerty Field. With the loss the Hawks fall to 5-10 overall and 2-1 in conference, while Pace moves to 6-11 and 1-2 in NE-10 action.

Saint Anselm scored first in the top of the seventh when senior shortstop Ben Gunn (Vineyard  Haven, Mass.) would score on a Pace error to make it 1-0 Hawks. The very next batter, freshman first baseman Benjamin Waldrip (Medford, Mass.), ripped a RBI single up the middle to score second baseman Jeff Criscuolo (Durham, Conn.) for the 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, a failed pick-off attempt gave Pace their first run of the game to make it 2-1. Kenny Wright (Middle Island, NY) hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score at 2-2. Then, freshman Tyler Hart (Poughquag, NY) hit a ball over the centerfielders head to knock in Pace's third run of the game, and give the Setters a 3-2 walk-off win.

Saint Anselm freshman starter John Healy (Cranston, R.I.) went eight innings allowing only one earned run, eight hits and striking out six in the loss. Pace reliever Michael Tamburino (Baldwin, N.Y.) picked up his first career win throwing a perfect top of the ninth inning.

The Hawks return to action tomorrow, March 23rd, as they will travel to Adelphi for a 3 p.m. start time.