New Britain, Conn. (April 9, 2011)-Mount St. Mary's lost both ends of a Northeast Conference doubleheader at Central Connecticut State on Saturday afternoon. The Mount lost the opener, 4-0, and fell 7-4 in the nightcap.

In the opener, Dave Krasnowiecki held the Mount to three hits in tossing the complete-game shutout. Jake Matuszak tripled to lead off the bottom of the first and scored on a groundout to give CCSU (12-12-1, 8-7 NEC) at 1-0 lead.

A Pat Epps sacrifice fly in the fifth made it 2-0 and the Blue Devils sealed the win with two runs in the sixth.

Michael Foster, Zach Helman and Brandon Scott had the hits for the Mount. Vincent Molesky allowed four earned runs in 5.2 innings to take the loss.

In the second game, the Blue Devils scored five times in the first and two more in the second to take a 7-0 lead and held on for the 7-4 victory.

In the first, CCSU had runners on the corners with two outs before rallying for five runs. All five runs came with two outs in the inning. Sean Miller-Jones and J.P. Sportman each had RBI singles to give the Blue Devils the lead. Both scored on a three-run home run from Tyler McIntyre.

After CCSU scored two more in the bottom of the second, the Mount started cutting into the deficit. Mark Quaranta's RBI single in the fourth got the Mountaineers (12-15, 6-9 NEC) on the scoreboard. Andrew Caron had an RBI groundout and Kyle Kane added an RBI single in the fifth to cut the gap to 7-3.

In the sixth, Josh Winter doubled and scored on a Scott single, but the Mount was unable to complete the rally.

Kane went 2-for-4 in the second game while Dan Horner pitched 3.1 innings of scoreless relief.

The series concludes tomorrow with a 1:00 p.m. nine-inning game.