FAIRFIELD, Conn. (March 27, 2026) – Mount St. Mary's baseball rounded out their first day in Connecticut with a 6-4 win over Sacred Heart on Friday afternoon. With the win, the Mountaineers level back to .500 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a record of 5-5.
 
Sacred Heart's Donahue led the game off with a home run in the bottom of the first inning to get the Pioneers on the board early. But the Mountaineers rebounded in their half of the third as Christian Bauman doubled, scoring Evan Meier while being batted in later in the first by Alex Mendes for a 2-1 lead. Sacred Heart tied the game up once more in the bottom of the third to make it a 2-2 ball game.
 
The Mount bats returned an inning later as Same Meyer scored off a Carson Clark single to retake the lead. Later in the Mount fourth, Christian Bauman hit out a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Nate Wiles from third to take a 4-2 lead. Another Mount run came across home plate in the top of the seventh, as Mendes batted Bauman in to make it a three-run ballgame.
 
The Pioneers rebounded in the bottom of the seventh, sending two more runs home before another Bauman single to centerfield scored Wiles again for the final run of the game, rounding out the win.
 
On the mound in game one, Serigne Sarre earned his second win of the year, tossing six innings of two run baseball while racking up 10 strikeouts against the Pioneers. Max McCrary entered the game for two thirds of an inning before JB Manarchuck took the mound for the Mount, striking out three in 2.1 innings from the bullpen, earning his fifth save of the year.  
 
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The Mountaineers resume their series against Sacred Heart tomorrow, March 28, with first pitch in Fairfield scheduled for 1:00 p.m.