PLEASANTVILLE, New York Pace University defeated the American International College men's lacrosse team 20-1 in Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday, April 24.

FAST FACTS:
FINAL SCORE: Pace 20, AIC 1
RECORDS: Pace improves to 5-6 overall and 5-5 in the NE10 while AIC falls to 0-9 both overall and in conference play
LOCATION: Pace Stadium, Pleasantville, New York

KEY STATS:
Pace:
Alan Singleton: Five goals, one assist
Jake Veres: Three goals, three assists
Tim Cairo: Two goals, one assist
Anthony Caputo: Two goals, one assist
Louis Ragusa: Win (5-6)

AIC:
Jason Vickery: One goal
Vincent Orlandi: One assist
Eddie Beattie: Three caused turnovers, four ground balls
Sal Amaral: Three caused turnovers, four ground balls
Ryan Day: Loss (0-9), six saves

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Pace's offense posted eight first-period goals and followed with seven in the second for a 15-0 halftime lead.
• The Setters added three in the third and two in the fourth.
• AIC's tally came on an extra-man opportunity as redshirt sophomore Vincent Orlandi set up classmate Jason Vickery for a shot at 12:50 to close the scoring.

HIGH-FIVE FOR BEATTIE:

• With his three caused turnovers on the afternoon, graduate student Eddie Beattie picked up his 25th caused turnover of the season and 92nd of his career.
• The 25 for the year is one of seven seasons in program history of 25 or more; his career high of 26 was in 2019 and is second-most in a campaign.
• The 92 for his career is far and away the most in AIC history and is fifth all-time in NE10 history, passing Kevin DeBenedetto of Saint Anselm, who had 91 from 2007-10.

NEXT UP:

• AIC enters the Northeast-10 Championship Tournament as the 11 seed and will face the Southern New Hampshire University squad in the First Round on Wednesday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m.