EMMITSBURG, Md. (April 17, 2021) – A handful of first-year Mount St. Mary's baseball players, with significant help from a few veterans, put together 14 runs on 18 hits against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. The offensive display was more than enough to help the Mount defeat FDU, 14-3.

Major production came from the 6-7-8 portion of the lineup. Connor Dulin chipped in two hits, including a bases-clearing double that sparked a six run inning. Freshman Efrain Correa, Jr. added three hits and drove in three runs in a homecoming of sorts for the Elizabeth, N.J. native. AJ Holcomb went 2-fo-3 with two runs scored and two more driven in.

Leadoff hitter Brady Drawbaugh set the tone with a 3-for-6 day and Thomas Savastio added a 3-for-4, crossing home plate four times.

Pitching did not allow FDU to put a crooked number on the scoreboard, led by starter Luke Pryor. The sophomore contributed four innings with only one earned run. Relievers Max Moore and Michael Yetter supplied scoreless efforts, and Moore received the win.

Correa got the Mount's first runs in the wire-to-wire victory, striking a double in the second inning to score Dulin and Savastio. Another freshman, Shane Wockley, brought home Savastio again with an RBI single.

The contest swung decidedly in the visitors' favor in the fifth. FDU was one strike away from escaping a bases loaded jam and maintaining the 3-1 deficit when Dulin slapped his double. Five more Mountaineers came to the plate before it was over, with Correa's second run-producing hit and Drawbaugh's left side single driving the score up to 9-1.

Another five runs came in the ninth, highlighted by a two-run triple from Ryan Fisher.

The victory eliminates an 11 game losing streak for the Mount, and forces a rubber match with FDU where the Mount can tie the Knights for seventh place in the Northeast Conference. The series finale starts at 1 p.m. Sunday (Apr. 18) at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex in Teaneck.