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ALBANY–The College of Saint Rose celebrated its Senior Day with a 7-2 victory against visiting
Northeast-10 Conference rival Pace University this afternoon.
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The Golden Knights (6-27/5-15 NE10) put themselves in control by scoring three times in the fourth that made it a 5-1 ballgame. They then added another in the fifth and one more in the seventh.
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Senior left-hander
Joe Pokrentowski scattered six hits and fanned nine over the distance to grab the victory. Meanwhile, junior left fielder
Michael Shine and freshman right fielder
Anthony Scheller both went 3-for-4.
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Also, sophomore left fielder
Kenny Fils-Aime and senior catcher
Joe DeLuca each drove in a pair of runs.
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"Joe Pokrentowski pitched another great game and it was nice to have the seniors go out with a win on Senior Day", said head coach
Wayne Jones.
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Saint Rose jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on a two out base hit by Fils-Aime. Senior shortstop
Tyler Ungerland belted an RBI single and then DeLuca brought across another pair with a two out, base hit to left in the fourth.
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In the fifth, senior third baseman
Alex Chandler scored on an error. Fils-Aime doubled to center and then came around on a Shine base hit to close out the scoring in the seventh.
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Meanwhile, senior left fielder Domenick Luongo had two RBI for the Setters (25-15/14-8 NE10).
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Prior to today's game, Ungerland, DeLuca, Chandler, and Pokrentowski; along with pitchers
Michael Pastore,
Austin Von Herbulis, and
Carmine Vricciariello were recognized in a brief ceremony as part of Senior Day festivities.
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Looking ahead, the Golden Knights have league dates at American International and Southern Connecticut State this Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, and then return home Saturday for their regular-season finale with a 12:00 pm doubleheader versus St. Joseph (VT). Meanwhile, the Setters have a home conference meeting with Adelphi on Tuesday.
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