Fairfax, Va. (March 31, 2009)--The Mount St. Mary's baseball team saw its four-game win streak snapped by a red-hot George Mason team, 5-3, on Tuesday afternoon. Matt Staso (Ellicott City, Md./Mount St. Joseph) went 2-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base to pace the Mount (8-10) in the game.

George Mason, which has won 16 of its past 18 games and is a perfect 11-0 at home this year, scored a run in the bottom of the first off Mount starter Brett Moore (Clifton, Va./Paul VI). Spencer Wiggins and Chris Henderson each singled in the frame with Wiggins scoring on a Justin Bour sacrifice fly.

The Mount answered with a run in the top of the four inning to even the score. Staso singled to right field with one out and moved to second on a wild pitch. After a walk to Kyle Kane (Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) and a fly out, Staso stole third and then scored on a Joe Kavanagh (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) base hit.

The Patriots (20-5) answered in the bottom half of the inning on a solo home run by Brent Weiss. The Mount, however, countered with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth to grab a 3-2 lead.

In the sixth, Kane singled up the middle to lead things off. Shane Eyler (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) then grounded to short, but the throw to second was off the mark, putting runners at second and third for the Mount with no outs. After a strikeout, the Mount evened the score on Josh Winter's (Timonium, Md./Boys' Latin) sacrifice fly. Alex Andrews (Vienna, Va./James Madison) then laced a single to right-center field to plate Eyler with the go-ahead run.

Tony Quaranta (New Freedom, Pa./Loyola Blakefield (Md.)) singled to move Andrews to third with Quaranta moving to second on the throw. Scott Krieger, however, made a sliding catch in left field to rob Tommy Flynn (Reston, Va./South Lakes) of a hit and save two runs.

The Patriots then tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on a suicide squeeze bunt from Wiggins to make the score 3-3. George Mason then scored twice in the seventh to earn the victory. Ryan Soares doubled with one out and moved to third on a wild pitch. He then scored the go-ahead run on a slow roller to shortstop. The Patriots added an insurance run on a Weiss single to right field.

Quaranta finished the day 2-for-3 at the plate while eight of the Mount's nine starters recorded hits in the contest. Moore allowed one run and two hits in two innings of work in the start. Max Brittenham (2 IP, 1K) and Brady Feigl (2.1 IP, 2K) each allowed one run in relief. Kent Worthington (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) allowed two runs in 1.2 innings to take the loss.

Wiggins led George Mason with three hits while Henderson, Soares and Weiss each had two hits in the win.

The Mount returns to action on Friday, April 3, when Northeast Conference rival Quinnipiac visits for a 3:00 p.m. game. It is the NEC opener for both teams and the first game of a four-game series.