George Mason University Athletics

Patriots Fall to College of Charleston as Teams Combine for 32 Runs

George Mason Athletics Baseball 2/25/2007 12:00:00 AM

Feb. 25, 2007

Charleston, S.C. - One day after taking a 14-run win, the George Mason baseball team found out what it was like to suffer a 14-run loss as the Patriots fell to College of Charleston, 23-9 on Sunday. Mason scored eight of its nine runs in the final three innings while the Cougars plated someone every inning in which they batted.

Seven of the Cougars' nine starting position players had multiple hits as College of Charleston (7-1) hit four home runs. Mason (2-4) got strong outings from Chris Fournier, Ryan Uphouse and Dan Palumbo as each had multiple hits.

In the seventh, down 17-1, Mason scored four times after having two outs and nobody on. Mitch Levine walked, Uphouse singled and Palumbo singled up the middle to drive home Levine. Brent Weiss followed with an RBI single and he went to second on a fielding error. Fournier followed with a two-run single.

In the eighth, Scott Krieger led off with double, went to third on a Justin Bour single and scored on a Levine ground out. Bour came home on Uphouse's single. In the ninth, Weiss reached on an error, went to second when Fournier walked and scored on a Chris Romanow single. Krieger followed with a flyout that allowed Fournier to advance to third and he scored on a passed ball.

Fournier was 2 for 4 with three RBI, Uphouse was 3 for 4 with two runs and Palumbo was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Ryan Brecko took the loss for Mason allowing three earned runs in two innings. He also gave up three unearned runs on six hits. Dan Gerjets gave up three runs, two earned, in two innings and Jason Koziol gave up three runs, two earned, in one inning. Dan McLean, Dan Jaycox and Jordan Flasher each pitched an inning an they gave up five, four and two earned runs, respectively.

The Patriots will begin the first of 10 three-game Colonial Athletic Association series this weekend when they host William & Mary. The first conference game for both schools will be played on Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Spuhler Field. The series will continue on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.

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