Emmitsburg, Md. (March 27, 2007)--Navy defeated Mount St. Mary's, 16-3, in non-conference baseball action at the Mount's Straw Family Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. The Mount's Ryan Murray went 2-for-4 with his Northeast Conference leading fifth home run of the season in the loss.

The Midshipmen (18-9) broke the game open early, jumping to a 7-0 lead after three innings of play. Michael Hoosier's RBI single in the first opened the scoring. Navy then scored four unearned runs in the second for a 5-0 advantage. Renaldo Hollins had an RBI double and Michael Speciale a two-run double in the inning.

Navy stretched its lead to 10-0 before the Mount (8-12) got on the scoreboard. In the bottom of the fifth, Murray singled up the middle to drive in Ivor Hodgson and Mike Gioioso. Murray added a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the eight, giving him five long balls on the season. Murray leads the Northeast Conference in both batting average and home runs.

Navy, which entered the game with four home runs on the season, belted five homers on the day. Thomas Hamilton, Drew Lydon, Kendall Bolt, Jack Ferrick and Jonathan Berkowitz each connected for their first home runs of the season for the Midshipmen.

Hodgson went 3-for-4 with a triple and a run scored in the loss while Murray finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and three RBI. Mount starter Andrew Germuth allowed seven runs, two earned, in 2.2 innings to fall to 3-4 on the season.

Lydon went 3-for-4 to pace Navy while Speciale, Bill Maugeri, Hoosier, Hamilton and Bolt each had two hits in the game. Mark Foris picked up the win with 2.1 innings of relief while Daniel Kovalcik pitched the final three innings for the save.

The Mount returns to action tomorrow with a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader against Maryland-Eastern Shore at Straw Family Stadium.