WALTHAM, Mass. – The Bentley softball team celebrated four graduating Falcons before taking on No. 25 Pace for a Northeast-10 doubleheader Monday afternoon. Bentley held close with the nationally ranked Setters, but the Falcons came up short by scores of 1-0 and 2-0.

Prior to first pitch, Bentley celebrated Jordan Krause, Kim Saunders, Katie Welch, and graduate student Riley Piromalli.

Piromalli was locked in a pitchers' dual in the first game of the day. She tossed her 12^th complete game of the season, allowing only one run on four hits.

Krause accounted for the Falcons' only hit – a double down the left field line in the sixth inning.

Freshman Maddie Pickett got the start in the circle for the second game. She, too, worked a complete game, yielding only two earned runs while striking out five.

Bentley put two runners in scoring position in the fifth inning. Maddie Baker and Lexi Vail hit consecutive one-out singles, and they both moved up a base on a sac bunt by Carly DiMento. However, both runners were left stranded.

Bentley is on the road Tuesday, April 15, for a conference doubleheader at Southern Connecticut. They are make-up games from April 6.