The George Mason baseball team was unable to win its series with Old Dominion on Sunday afternoon as the Patriots lost the rubber match to the Monarchs, falling 10-3 in Norfolk, Va. Despite the loss, Brig Tison was able to extend his hitting streak to 21-straight, moving him into a tie for the third-longest in school history.

Tison was 1 for 4 while Jeremy Haas was 2 for 4. Old Dominion was led by Brent Frazier, who was 4 for 4 with two RBI, and Kenny Stoneback, who was 2 for 3 with three RBI. Phil McCarthy picked up a complete-game victory for ODU allowing eight hits and one walk in nine innings of work.

Mason jumped out to an early lead as the Patriots loaded the bases in the third on three straight hits by Jordan Hill , Tison and Dan Schafferman . Blaise Fernandez had a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0 and Shane Davis added an RBI fielder's choice to put the Patriots up 2-0.

Old Dominion answered in the fourth when Shawn Sizemore led off with a single, Edgar Hernandez walked with two outs and Brandon Stahl singled to load the bases. Stoneback doubled to clear the bases and give the Monarchs a 3-2 lead. Stoneback came home on a Fernandez error at third on a Brandon Shelton grounder and Shelton scored for a 5-2 lead on a Frazier single to center.

Four more runs came home in the sixth inning when ODU put the game away. The Monarchs got a lead-off single by Stahl and Stoneback followed with a sacrifice bunt. Shelton walked and Frazier followed with a bunt single to load the bases. Chris Baker had a two-run single and with two outs, Joe Burney scored two runs on a single up the middle to make it 9-2. Old Dominion's final run came home in the seventh when Stoneback reached on a single, advanced to third on an error, and Frazier singled him home. Mason added a run in the ninth when Zack Helgeson led off with a double and scored on a Haas double.

 The Patriots will return to action on Tuesday when they host Georgetown at 3 p.m. at Spuhler Field.