Emmitsburg, Md. (March 27, 2010)--The Mount St. Mary's men's tennis team defeated George Mason, 4-3, at the Mount St. Mary's Tennis Courts on Saturday afternoon.

The Mount took two of three doubles matches to take the doubles point and the early lead in the match. Andrew Marinucci and Mike Salomon defeated Jorge Osuna and Sam Coster, 8-6, at the No. 2 doubles position while Thad Mostowtt and Taylor Place were 8-5 winners over P.T. Mulquin and Imran Nayeem at the No. 3 spot.

In singles play, the Mount's three freshman carried the team to the victory. Salomon was a 7-6, 6-4 victor over Greg Donabedian at the No.2 spot in the lineup. Fellow freshman Taylor Place won 7-6, 6-2 at No. 5 singles while freshman Matthew Blake won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 singles.

Mostowtt and Marinucci each lost hard-fought three-set matches. Mostowtt was defeated 6-0, 6-7, 7-5 by Mulquin at No. 3 singles while Marinucci fell 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 to Coster at No. 4.

The Mount's eight wins this season are the most by a Mount team since the 2006-07 team also won eight matches.

The Mount hosts Howard on Tuesday at the Mount St. Mary's Tennis Courts at 3:00 p.m.