TOWSON, Md. - The Towson baseball team earned its first-ever sweep of George Mason since joining the CAA as they topped the Patriots, 8-4, on Sunday afternoon at Schuerholz Park.

Joining the CAA in 2004, the Tigers and Patriots have faced each other in nine conference series including this weekend's matchup. With the sweep, Towson now leads the conference meetings, 5-4, including winning the last three.

With the loss the Patriots fell to 11-9 overall and 2-4 in CAA play, while the Tigers improved to 9-9 overall and 4-2 in the conference.

Mason looked poised to snap a three-game losing streak as it took a 2-0 lead with single runs in the top of the second and fourth innings.

With one out in the second inning, Mason junior shortstop Duncan Satherlie was awarded first base after he was hit by a pitch. After advancing to second, Satherlie crossed home plate on a hard-hit RBI single by redshirt sophomore first baseman Anthony Montefusco to give the Patriots a 1-0 lead.

Senior outfielder Dan Schafferman added to the Mason lead in the top of the fourth, drilling a first pitch curveball to left field for his fourth home run of the season to push the Mason advantage to 2-0.

Towson grabbed the lead in the home half of the fourth inning, bringing in four unearned runs to go up 4-2.  With the bases loaded and two outs outfielder Peter Bowles recorded a sacrifice fly to left, scoring one run and leaving runners on first and second. A balk by Mason starter A.J. Johnson allowed both base runners to advance, and then a wild pitch by Johnson allowed a runner to score from third and tie the game at 2-2. The final Tiger runs of the inning came off of a bases-clearing two-RBI single up the middle from Zach Fisher.

The Patriots again fell victim to two-out run production from the Tigers as first baseman Brendan Butler hit a two-RBI home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, extending the Towson lead to 6-2.

Chipping away at the Towson lead, the Patriots tallied a lone run in the top of the sixth inning to pull to within three, 6-3. Senior third baseman Brig Tison was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, Schafferman singled up the middle and senior designated hitter Zack Helgeson walked to load the bases for Satherlie who hit a sac fly to center field, scoring Tison from third base. However, the Mason threat was ended as outfielder Josh Leemhuis grounded into a double play.

Mason again threatened in the top of the seventh, as Montefusco and freshman catcher Ray Toto both singled to lead off the inning and put runners on the corners. Sophomore shortstop Jordan Hill then grounded into a double play but Montefusco scored from third, cutting the Tiger advantage to two runs, 6-4.

Responding to the Mason threat, Towson tallied two more runs in the bottom of the seventh to go up, 8-4 and secure the series sweep.

Montefusco paced the Patriots at the plate, going 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored. Schafferman finished the day 2-for-4 with an RBI and one run scored.

Johnson(1-4) took the loss after working 4.0 innings with five hits four unearned runs, one walk and three strikeouts. Jake Kalish threw 2.1 innings of relief, giving up three hits, four earned runs and one walk. Chris O'Grady closed the game, lasting 1.2 innings and allowing just one hit with four strikeouts.

Butler powered the Towson offense with a 2-for-3, three RBI performance.

Gonnella (1-1) earned the win, throwing 5.0 innings and scattering four hits with three earned runs.

The Patriots return to action on Tuesday, hosting Georgetown in non-conference action at Spuhler Field.