Emmitsburg, Md. (March 26, 2011)--The Mount St. Mary's baseball team lost both ends of a doubleheader to visiting Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon at E.T. Straw Family Stadium on campus. The Bobcats held on for a 3-2 win in the first game before recording a 7-2 victory in the nightcap. Quinnipiac swept all four games of the Northeast Conference series.

In the opening game, the Mount (7-12, 2-6 NEC) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first behind the base-running of Tommy Flynn. Flynn singled up the middle to lead off the frame. With the hit-and-run on, Flynn moved to third on Nick Walker's groundout to short. Flynn came home to score when Quinnipiac first baseman Gabe Guerino's throw to third was off the mark.

The Bobcats (11-6, 7-1 NEC) evened the score in the top of the fourth when Joe Poletsky and Mike Bartlett had back-to-back singles to put two runners on with one out. Kyle Nisson followed with an RBI double to left center field off Mount starter Max Brittenham, who avoided further damage in the inning by retiring the final two batters on a groundout and a strikeout.

Quinnipiac took the lead with two runs in the top of the sixth. Chris Migani walked and moved to second on a Poletsky sacrifice bunt. After Brittenham struck out Bartlett, Nisson was intentionally walked to put runners on first and second with two outs. Zak Palmer followed with an RBI single to right-center field to plate the go-ahead run. Quinnipiac got an insurance run on a Mount error to stretch the lead to 3-1.

The Mount rallied in the bottom of the seventh as the first four batters all singled. Mark Quaranta started the rally with an infield hit before Andrew Caron singled through the right side. Shane Eyler's infield hit loaded the bases for Zach Helman, who came through with a base hit to center to score Quaranta to cut the deficit to 3-2.

The Bobcats summoned reliever Andrew Rinaldi with the bases load and no outs, and he was able to get the first out on Kyle Kane's line drive back to the pitcher. He then induced a Michael Foster double-play groundout to short to end the game.

Helman went 3-for-3 at the plate for the Mout in the loss while Brittenham tossed a complete game, allowing three runs (two earned) with six strikeouts in seven innings.

In the second game, Quinnipiac scored once in the second and three times in the third to take a 4-0 advantage. Bartlett had an RBI single in the second while Migani added an RBI single in the third. The final two Bobcat runs in the third came on a Mount error.

Mickey Amanti chipped in a two-run single in the sixth while Bartlett added a sacrifice fly in the seventh to give Quinnipiac a 7-0 advantage. The Mount scored twice in the bottom of the eighth on Caron's two-run double down the right-field line to make the score 7-2.

Caron went 4-for-4 with two RBI in the second game and was 5-for-6 at the plate in the two games. Helman finished the day 4-for-6 on the day for the Mountaineers. Karl Lamont started the second game, allowing four runs (two earned) in five innings of work.

Anthony Cinelli pitched seven scoreless innings to earn the win for the Bobcats in game two.

The Mount returns to action on Tuesday, March 29, when UMBC visits Straw Family Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. game.