Emmitsburg, Md. (March 25, 2011)--Mount St. Mary's lost both games of a doubleheader to Quinnipiac on Friday afternoon at Straw Family Stadium on campus. Quinnipiac took the opening game, 7-4, before posting a 4-1 win in the nightcap.

The Bobcats (9-6, 5-1 NEC) took a 5-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning of the opening game. After scoring an unearned run in the top of the first, Quinnipiac scored four times in the fourth. Gabe Guerino walked with the bases loaded and Mickey Amanti had an RBI single to give the Bobcats a 3-0 lead. Ben Farina then followed with a two-run single to left field to stretch the margin to five and chase Mount starter Vincent Molesky.

Reliever Dan Horner was able to avoid further damage in the inning, retiring both batters he faced in the inning.

The Mount (7-10, 2-4 NEC) fought back with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. With one out, Andrew Caron walked and Mark Quaranta hit a line drive homer to right field to cut the deficit to 5-2. Kyle Kane singled and Zach Helman ripped a double to right-center field to cut the deficit to 5-3. Helman moved to thrid on a wild pitch and then scored on Josh Winter's sacrifice fly.

Quinnipiac added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth on a Farina RBI infield single and Joe Poletsky's RBI groundout. From there, reliever Andrew Rinaldi shut down the Mount, pitching three scoreless innings to earn the save.

In the second game, Quinnipiac broke a scoreless tie with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth inning. Mike Bartlett's run-scoring single to right-center field plated Chris Migani with the game's first run. Kyle Nisson added a sacrifice fly later in the frame.

The Mount responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning. Tommy Flynn singled, Nick Walker was hit by a pitch, and Quaranta singled to center field to load the bases with no outs off Quinnipiac pitcher Derek Lamacchia. Caron grounded into a field's choice to score Flynn to cut the deficit to 2-1. Lamacchia, however got Sam Nott to hit into an inning-ending double-play to thwart the rally.

The Bobcats added single runs in the fifth and the seventh to seal the win. Lamacchia struck out four while allowing one run with four strikeouts in the complete-game victory.

Michael Locondro had a strong start for the Mount in the loss, allowing three runs (two earned) while allowing six hits in 5.2 innings. Colin Stuver pitched 0.1 innings of scoreless relief while Nick Riley gave up a run in one inning of work.

The Mount offense managed just 10 hits combined in the two games. Flynn was 2-for-6 with two stolen bases in the two games while Quaranta was 2-for-7 with two RBI.

The teams conclude the four-game series with a noon doubleheader at E.T. Straw Family Stadium on campus. The first game will be seven innings with the second a nine-inning contest.

Game Notes: The doubleheader was the Mount's home opener this season...The Mountaineers opened the year by playing the first 15 games on the road...Brandon Scott had three stolen bases on the day...Quinnipiac holds a 22-18 lead in the all-time series.