Emmitsburg, Md. (May 11, 2007)--Quinnipiac powered past Mount St. Mary's, 14-6, in a Northeast Conference matchup at Straw Family Stadium on campus on Friday afternoon. The Bobcats (22-14-1, 15-6 NEC) used an 18-hit attack to snap the Mount's seven-game win streak. The Mount (30-18, 16-5 NEC) saw its lead in the Northeast Conference cut to one game with the loss.

The Bobcats appeared to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a home run by Randy Gress, however, after the umpires conferred, they called the ball foul. Mount starter Dustin Pease then retired Gress on a grounder to short to end the inning.

Mount St. Mary's took the lead in the bottom of the first when Josh Vittek cracked a solo home run to right. It was Vittek's 10th long ball of the year, moving him into a tie for first in the conference with teammate Ryan Murray and Quinnipiac teammates Jeff Mainetti and Gress.

The Mount lead was short-lived, however, as Quinnipiac scored four runs in the second and seven more in the third to take a commanding 11-1 lead. Wilson Matos blasted a three-run homer in the second to give the Bobcats a 3-1 advantage while Ryan Rizzo added an RBI single in the inning.

Quinnipiac broke the game open with a seven-run fourth. Key hits in the inning included a three-run homer from Rizzo and a two-run double by Bryn Doyle.

The Mount answered with a pair of solo home runs in the bottom of the fourth. Matt Trusch connected for his second home run of the year and Ivor Hodgson added his sixth of the season later in the inning. After Quinnipiac scored an unearned run in the top of the fifth, the Mount's Stephan Fay rapped a two-run double to cut the deficit to 12-5.

The Mount added another run in the seventh on a solo home run by Eric Smith, his sixth of the season, but Quinnipiac sealed the win with a pair of runs in the ninth. Gress had an RBI double in the ninth and the final run scored on a Mount error.

Smith went 5-for-5 with two runs scored to pace the Mount offense in the game. Smith has 189 career hits at the Mount, three shy of breaking the school's all-time hit record. Hodgson, Trusch and Matt Eiden added two hits each in the loss.

Quinnipiac lead-off hitter John Delaney went 4-for-6 with three runs scored while Matos was 4-for-5 with three RBI. Rizzo added four RBI while Gress finished 2-for-4 with a pair of runs and three RBI in the victory.

The teams continue the four-game series tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at noon at E.T. Straw Family Stadium on campus.