Mount St. Mary's rallied but came up short, falling to Old Dominion, 9-8, on Tuesday afternoon. The Mount scored three times in the ninth and had the bases loaded with one out, but Old Dominion was able to escape the jam with a game-ending double-play.

Trailing 9-5 heading into the top of the ninth inning, the Mount rallied. Zach Helman doubled to open the frame and moved to third on a Jacob Darr base hit. Kyle Kane then laced a double to right-center field to plate both runners and cut the deficit to 9-7.

Old Dominion's Adam Wisniewski entered in relief and got a strikeout, but Josh Winter followed with a single to put runners on first and third with one out. Andrew Caron followed with a base-hit up the middle to cut the deficit to 9-8. Sam Nott was then hit by a pitch, loading the bases with one out. Wisniewski, however, got Michael Foster to hit into a 4-6-3 double-play to end the game.

Darr paced the Mount with four hits and two runs scored in the game while Kane was 2-for-4 with three RBI. Helman added a 2-for-5 day with three runs scored in the loss while leadoff hitter Tommy Flynn added a pair of hits.

Nathan Hartman was 4-for-5 to pace Old Dominion in the win while Chris Baker had a pair of hits.

The Mount (1-3) took the early lead when Flynn and Darr singled in the top of the first with Flynn scoring on a Kane groundout.

Old Dominion (5-4) took the lead with three runs (one earned) in the bottom of the second, but the Mount scored twice in the fourth to tie the score at 3-3. Winter had an RBI fielder's choice and Tom Healy a sacrifice fly in the frame.

Shane Eyler's sacrifice fly in the fifth gave the Mount a one-run lead, but Hartman had an RBI triple and Cameron Scott a run-producing double in the bottom of the inning to give ODU the lead back.

The Mount tied the game with a run in the top of the sixth, but Old Dominion scored once in the sixth, twice in the seventh, and once in the eighth to take a 9-5 lead.

Mount starter Buddy Fields allowed three runs (one earned) in 3.2 innings of work. Fields struck out six, but walked five in the game. Costa Kapothanasis took the loss, allowing six runs in 3.2 innings of relief. Karl Lamont added two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.

The teams will conclude the two-game series tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.

Game Notes...Mount St. Mary's head coach Scott Thomson was inducted into Old Dominion's Hall of Fame earlier this season. Thomson was a Sun Belt Conference All-Rookie selection as a freshman at ODU with 31 RBI. In his junior season, he was selected pre-season All-American by BASEBALL AMERICA. That season he led the nation in triples with eight, hit .399 and was named first team All-Sun Belt. Later that season, ODU reached the Sun Belt finals and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA's at the University of Texas. Thomson hit a lead-off homer against Cal State Fullerton. As a senior, Thomson again led the Monarchs to the Sun Belt finals and was named Virginia Collegiate Player of the Year. Thomson has been the head coach at Mount St. Mary's for 12 years. In 2007, he was the NEC Coach of the Year.