New Britain, Conn. (April 10, 2011)--Mount St. Mary's lost at Central Connecticut State, 11-3, on Sunday afternoon in the final game of a four-game series. With the loss, the Mount drops to 12-16 overall and 6-10 in the Northeast Conference.

The Mount struck for the game's first run in the top of the first on a Kyle Kane sacrifice fly. Tommy Flynn opened the inning with a two-base hit and moved to third on Brandon Scott's single. After an Andrew Caron walk loaded the bases with no outs, Kane drove a ball to center field to drive in Flynn for the 1-0 lead. CCSU avoided further damage by getting an inning-ending double-play.

Flynn doubled and scored on a Caron single through the right side to make it 2-0 in the top of the third, but the Blue Devils (14-12-1, 9-7 NEC) evened the score in the fourth on a JP Sportman triple and a Tyler McIntyre two-base hit.

Zach Helman's RBI single in the sixth gave the Mount a 3-2 advantage, but the Blue Devils scored three times in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good, 5-3. Sportman had a two-run single and McIntrye an RBI triple in the frame.

The Blue Devils sealed the win with five runs in the seventh and one more in the eighth for the 11-3 victory.

Flynn went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles for the Mount while Michael Foster was 2-for-4 in the loss. Starter Brett Moore (1-3) allowed five runs in 5.1 innings to take the loss.

Sportman was 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBI while Mitch Wells was 4-for-4 with three runs scored for the Blue Devils.

The Mount returns to action with a 6:05 p.m. game at Penn State on Tuesday, April 12.