Emmitsburg, Md. (March 28, 2007)--Marist scored four straight goals to open the third quarter to break open a close game en route to a 9-5 win over Mount St. Mary's in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference matchup at Waldron Family Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Mount goalkeeper Joe Zolezzi made 13 saves in the loss.

Leading 3-2 at the half, Marist (1-6, 1-1 MAAC) scored the first four goals of the third quarter to take a commanding 7-2 advantage. Pat Van Hall's extra-man goal 18 seconds into the quarter started the run. Paul Santavicca and Pete O'Hara then scored 55 seconds apart for a 6-2 Marist lead 3:46 into the quarter. Matt Teichmann's goal at the 9:08 mark capped the run. The Mount's Dave Orban scored an extra-man goal with 3:30 left in the quarter to cut Marist's lead to 7-3 heading into the fourth quarter.

Teichmann's fourth goal of the game 54 seconds into the fourth quarter gave the Red Foxes a five-goal advantage, but the Mount's Michael Sciulli countered with his first collegiate goal at the 8:47 mark. Marist defender Bill Kolar ended the Mount's come-back hopes with an unassisted goal 26 seconds later before Joe Bello's goal rounded out the scoring for the Mount.

Teichman scored with 24 seconds left in the first quarter to stake Marist to a 1-0 lead. Keith Delelj opened the scoring in the second quarter for Marist before Eric Seiftert got the Mount on the board at the 11:34 mark of the second quarter. Teichmann added another goal that was answered by the Mount's Ben Mundorf to make the score 3-2 at the half.

Teichmann scored four goals to lead Marist to the victory while goalkeeper Ryan Penner made 11 saves. Five different Mount players scored in the game.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday, April 7, when they travel to Siena for a 1:00 p.m. game.