BASEBALL vs. Georgetown
WHEN: Friday, March 6 (2 p.m.) – Saturday, March 7 (3 p.m.) – Sunday, March 8 (12 p.m.)
WHERE: Friday and Sunday at Sphuler Field (Fairfax, Va.) – Saturday at Capital One Park (Tysons, Va.)
RECORDS: George Mason (5-5), Georgetown (8-5)
ALL-TIME SERIES: George Mason leads, 37-23
LAST MEETING: The teams split two games last season at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. The Hoyas won 15-14 (Feb. 18, 2025) and the Patriots defeated Georgetown 8-6 in 11 innings (March 7, 2025).
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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason baseball team will play its home opener on Friday in the first of a three-game series against Georgetown with the first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. at Spuhler Field.

Game two of the series will shift to Capital One Park on Saturday, March 7 (3 p.m.) and the series finale will move back to Spuhler Field on Sunday (12 p.m.)
 
George Mason and Georgetown split two games last season with both games played at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va.  The Hoyas won 15-14 (Feb. 18, 2025) and the Patriots defeated Georgetown 8-6 in 11 innings (March 7, 2025).

Last time out, Patriots extended their winning streak to five games with an 11-2 victory over James Madison on Tuesday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Va.

Senior right fielder Drew Canody hit a grand slam and scored three runs, sophomore left fielder Lucas Alberti had a pair of two-run singles, freshman second baseman Julius Bagnerise reached base three times and stole five bases, freshman third baseman Jackson Morse scored his first three collegiate three runs and senior shortstop Owen Clyne had three extra-base hits with a triple and two doubles

On the mound against the Dukes, graduate student starter Diego Cardenas (2-1) pitched 5.0 innings with four strikeouts to earn the win and sophomore Jake Drumm worked 4.0 innings with five strikeouts to record his first collegiate save.
 
Clyne has been named to the College Baseball Foundation's Brooks Wallace Award watch list.  The award honors the nation's top shortstop and will be presented later this year.  He leads Patriots in batting average (.375), extra-base hits (5), total bases (24), on-base percentage (.468) and slugging percentage (.600), and is tied for first in hits (15), doubles (4), and runs scored (9) through the first 10 games of the season.  Clyne  has an eight-game hitting streak that includes three multi-hit games.  

George Mason has 13 returners and added 19 newcomers on the roster heading into the season under Shawn Camp, who enters his fourth year as the head coach of the Patriots. 

Last season, the Patriots finished in second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2025, with an overall record of 40-21 and a 20-10 mark in league play.  The Patriots went 20-5 at home, 14-13 on the road and 6-3 in games played at a neutral site.  George Mason advanced to the championship game at the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship played at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va.

The 40 wins were the most for the program since the 2009 season and the 20 conference victories were the most that the Patriots have posted since joining the A-10 and were the most league wins for the program since 2004 when George Mason went 20-4 in the CAA. 

The Patriots broke the NCAA record for runs in an inning by scoring 23 runs in the second inning against Holy Cross on March 4th at Spuhler Field.  The record had stood for since 1984.

The 2025 club set seven team offensive records and five players set single-season marks.  The team set single-season offensive program records for runs scored (524), hits (677), team batting average (.326), on-base percentage (.429), RBIs (458), walks (316), stolen bases (167) and stolen base attempts (210).  The club also posted the fifth-highest total bases (962), tied for fifth in hit by pitch (76) and tied for the 11th-best slugging percentage (.463). 

On the mound in 2025, the Patriots set single-season program records for innings pitched (526.0) and lowest opponent batting average (.257), recorded the second-most strikeouts (465) and second-fewest hits per nine innings (8.83), third-best strikeouts per nine innings (7.96) and the 10th-best strikeout to walks ratio (1.96) in school history. 

Eight George Mason players earned Atlantic 10 end of season accolades last year, with 11 awards given to those eight Patriots in five categories, the most among any school in the conference after the 2025 season.  

SCOUTING GEORGETOWN

Georgetown finished the 2025 season with an overall record of 16-40, including a mark of 3-18 against Big East opponents.  The Hoyas were 12-20 at home and 4-20 on the road last season.

The Hoyas are 8-5 through 13 games of the 2026 campaign with a record of 7-1 at home and 1-4 on the road. 

Last time out, Georgetown had its three-game winning streak snapped with a 10-9 loss to George Washginton on Wednesday in Arlington, Va.  The Hoyas have won eight of the their last 11 games.

ABOUT THE PATRIOTS

George Mason has 13 returners and 19 newcomers on the roster heading into the season under Shawn Camp, who enters his fourth year as the head coach of the Patriots.  He is assisted by Tyler Nelin, Tommy Winterstein, Evan Duhon, Gardner Meeks and Kyle Darmstead.
 
The Patriots have five seniors on the club with pitcher Logan Rumberg (Okotoks, Alberta, Canada), infielders Evan Blanchard (Manassas, Va.) and Owen Clyne (Wichita, Kan.), and outfielders Drew Canody (Tampa, Fla.) and Laken Tignor (Tappahannock, Va.).
The junior class includes pitchers Shaun Okeeffe (Toms River, N.J.) and Owen Stewart (Elmira, N.Y), along with infielder Toby Hueber (Cincinnati, Ohio).
 
Sophomores returning for their second year with the Green and Gold are outfielder Lucas Alberti (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and pitchers Jake Drumm (Burke, Va.), Brant Ertel (Cedar Grove, Ind.) and Michael Madigan (Syracuse, N.Y.)
 
The Patriots added 19 new players, with four freshmen, one sophomore, four juniors and 10 graduate students entering their first year at George Mason.
 
New pitchers joining the Patriots are graduate students Diego Cardenas (South Bend, Ind.), Sam DiLella (Wayne, Pa.), Brandon Hsu (Brookline, N.H.), Carter Kelsey (Westport, Conn.), Jackson Peters (Plano, Texas), Tyson Willis (Snohomish, Wash.) and Thomas Wrehe (Southlake, Texas).
 
New position players include three graduate students, utility player Cooper Smith (Eden Prairie, Minn.), outfielder Luciano Terilli (Dallas, Texas) and catcher Logan Vaughan (Coweta, Okla.).  Junior transfers include catcher/outfielder Vincent Cowdrey (White Lake, Mich.), utility player Matthew Westley (Manassas, Va.) along with pitchers Tanner Kaler (Concord, N.C.) and Parker Thomas (Bowie, Md.).

Redshirt-sophomore catcher Jack McCarthy (Burke, Va.) is set for his first year with the Green and Gold.  Freshmen position players embarking on their rookie year are catcher Austin O'Hara (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), and infielders Julius Bagnerise (Manassas, Va.) and Jackson Morse (Raynham, Mass.), and pitcher Aiden Parker (Virginia Beach, Va.)
 
GEORGE MASON 2026 SCHEDULE
 
The Patriots are scheduled to play a 55-game slate that includes 30 contests against Atlantic 10 Conference rivals, 26 games at Spuhler Field, and eight games against three teams that earned a NCAA Regional appearance last season.

George Mason played nine games in the first month of the 2026 campaign.  The Patriots began the season with a four-game series at No. 23 Oregon (Feb. 13-15) in Eugene, Ore.  The Ducks, who were the 12th seed in the NCAA Eugene Regional last year, swept the series.

George Mason traveled for games against Seton Hall and Ball State at the Swig & Swine Classic in Charleston, S.C. (Feb. 20-21).  The Patriots dropped their first game against Seton Hall, 8-6, then defeated Ball State, 6-1, and Seton Hall 11-4.

The Patriots had their home opener against William & Mary (Feb. 24) postponed. 

George Mason faced Lehigh (Feb. 27-March 1) for a two-game set at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va.  The Patriots defeated the Mountain Hawks 7-4 (Feb. 27) and senior starter Logan Rumberg and redshirt-sophomore reliever Brant Ertel combined on a no-hitter in the Patriots 3-0 win (March 1).

In March, George Mason is scheduled to play 18 games with 10 at home and eight on the road. 

The Patriots defeated James Madison, 11-2, (March 3) in Harrisonburg, Va.
George Mason will play three games against Georgetown (March 6-8) with two of the games at Spuhler Field and one at Capital One Park in Tyson, Va., and a midweek road contest against Longwood in Farmville, Va.

George Mason begins Atlantic 10 play with a three-game series at Spuhler Field against St. Bonaventure (March 13-15).  The Patriots then host Mount St. Mary's (March 18) in a midweek game.

The Patriots play six of their next seven games on the road.  The stretch begins with the first A-10 road series against defending Atlantic 10 Champion Rhode Island (March 20-22), followed by a home midweek game against Longwood (March 24) and concludes with a three-game league series at Saint Louis (March 27-29) in St. Louis, Mo.

The month concludes with the Patriots beginning a four-game homestand when they host USC-Upstate (March 31).  The Spartans won both the Big South regular season and tournament championship last season and played in the NCAA Clemson Regional.

In April, the Patriots are scheduled to play 16 games, with eight at home and eight on the road.

George Mason is back home for a league series against Davidson (April 3-5) before a traveling north for a midweek game at Towson to wrap up the season series with the Tigers (April 8).

The Patriots return home for three games against Richmond (April 10-12) at Spuhler Field. 

George Mason begins a stretch of eight-of-nine on the road with a stop at Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg, Md. (April 15), followed by three games at Saint Joseph's (April 17-19).  After hosting James Madison (April 21), the Patriots pack their bags for a three-game set at Fordham in Bronx, N.Y. (April 24-26) and a midweek game at Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. (April 28) to wrap up the month. 

In May, the Patriots are scheduled to play 10 games with six at home and four on the road.  The month begins when George Washington makes a visit to Fairfax for three games (May 1-3).

The Patriots will then play four games on the road with a stop at William & Mary (May 5) in Williamsburg, Va. and a three-game conference series at Dayton (May 8-10) in Dayton, Ohio.

The Patriots wrap up the regular season at home with three games against La Salle (May 14-16).

The club will play six home-and-home series during the 2025 season, taking on Georgetown, Longwood, James Madison, Mount St. Mary's, Towson and William & Mary both at home and on the road.

George Mason plays 10 league series, five at home and five on the road.  Home series against A-10 foes include three-game weekend sets against St. Bonaventure (March 13-15), Davidson (April 3-5), Richmond (April 10-12) and La Salle (May 14-16).  The Patriots will visit Rhode Island (March 21-22), Saint Louis (March 27-29), Saint Joseph's (April 17-19) and Fordham (April 24-26).

The 2025 Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship will be held May 19-23 at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va.