Seton Hill hosted #4 Pace in a matchup between two of the top seven teams in the country on Saturday afternoon at DSG Field.

The Griffins outscored Pace 10-2 in the second half as they ran away from the #4 ranked Setters in a 16-5 dominating victory.  SHU is now 7-1 on the season while Pace falls to 6-1.  

SHU scored the first four goals of the contest as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead.  The final three goals were scored in less than a minutes time.  Nate Herbster had a pair and Connor Zostant and Riley Grudi added the other two goals.  Pace answered back with a pair as they cut the Griffins lead to 4-2 at the end of the first quarter.  

A pair of defenseman teamed up for the first goal of the second quarter as Charlie Hudson assisted on an Alex Callahan goal.  Herbster scored with 6:41 left in the quarter as SHU built a 6-2 lead but the Setters scored just over a minute later to trim the lead to 6-3.

The teams combined for four goals in just over a minute of action as SHU scored three of them to take a 9-4 lead with just over eleven minutes left in the third quarter.  Zostant, Michael Coleman and Herbster scored the Griffin goals.  Pace cut the lead to 9-5 with 8:45 to play but another Zostant goal and a pair from Braedan Lockyer gave SHU a 12-5 lead after three quarters of action.  

Brunelle highlighted the fourth quarter scoring as he scored three of the four Griffin goals in the quarter.  Herbster added the other goal.

SHU outshot Pace 43-35 with the Griffins holding a 25-14 advantage in shots on goal.  SHU was 14-10 in faceoffs in the contest.  

Brunelle led the offense with 9 points on three goals and six assists.  Herbster finished with five goals.  Zostant scored three times with Lockyer added two goals and two assists.  Will Cody made nine saves in cage.  

The Griffins will return to G-MAC play on Tuesday afternoon when they host Davis & Elkins.