Seton Hill traveled to Pleasantville, NY for a matchup with #11 Pace on Saturday afternoon in an important North Region battle.
Pace used a 4-0 run in the fourth quarter as they defeated the Griffins 12-10. SHU is now 5-2 overall while Pace improves to 7-1 on the season.
The Griffins got off to a fast start as they scored three times in the first three minutes of the first quarter.
Dexter Hannigan,
Nate Herbster and
Andrew Mathieu scored as SHU led 3-0 with 12:49 left in the first quarter. Pace scored two of the next three goals with a
Riley Grudi goals sandwiched in between. The Griffins led 4-2 after one quarter of play.
Less than a minute into the second quarter,
Carter Li scored as the Griffins took a 5-2 lead. Pace answered back with four straight to take a 6-5 lead with 3:23 left in the quarter.
Gavin Erickson scored with 15 seconds left to tie the score at six at the half.
Kaden Granberg scored with 6:48 left in the third as the Griffins took a 7-6 lead. Pace scored the final two goals of the quarter as they took an 8-7 lead over the Griffins after three quarters.
Hannigan opened the scoring in the fourth quarter as SHU tied the score at eight less than a minute into the fourth quarter. Pace scored the next four as they took a 12-8 lead with 2:49 to play in the contest. Erickson and Green scored as the Griffins cut the lead to 12-10 with 1:06 left.
Erickson and Hannigan scored a pair and added an assist. Green finished with a goal and two assists.
Will Cody made 14 saves.
SHU will continue G-MAC play on Monday afternoon at Wheeling.