Emmitsburg, Md. (April 27, 2008)--Senior Ryan Murray (Enola, Pa./East Pennsboro) homered and drove home three runs while sophomore right hander Mike Matta (Woodbridge, Va./Potomac) tossed a complete game to lead Mount St. Mary's to a 3-2 win over Wagner at Straw Family Stadium on campus on Sunday afternoon.

The win gives the Mount (12-25, 8-7 NEC) a split of the four-game series and keeps the team in fourth place in the Northeast Conference standings with three weeks left in the season.

Murray opened the scoring in the bottom of the second when he blasted a solo home run over the right-center field fence to give the Mount a 1-0 advantage. It was Murray's sixth home run of the year.

The Mount added to the lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third. Matt Eiden (Silver Spring, Md./St. John's) singled with one out and moved to second on a Drew Counselman (Sykesville, Md./Liberty) walk. Senior first baseman Josh Vittek (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) followed with a base hit to load the bases. The hit was the 198th in Vittek's career at the Mount, matching the school's all-time record set by Eric Smith last year. With the bases loaded, Murray laced a single to left to plate Eiden and Counselman to give the Mount a 3-0 advantage.

Wagner (18-21, 9-7) answered with a run in the top of the fourth. Damian Csakai singled, stole second, and scored on a Kevin Payne base hit. The Seahawks added another score in the eighth when Csakai doubled and scored on another Payne base hit.

In the ninth, Kevin McDonnell drew a two-out walk, but Matta retired Chris Drecshel on the next at bat to close out the victory. Matta struck out three and scattered 10 hits to earn the victory and improve to 4-1 on the season. Jack Rice allowed three runs in three innings to take the loss for Wagner. Andy Wells tossed five innings of scoreless relief for the Seahawks.

The Mount returns to action on Tuesday night with a 7:00 p.m. game at No. 21 Virginia.