NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The Iona University baseball team fell to Mount St. Mary's 6-0 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action on Friday afternoon. The Gaels were out hit 8-5 in the opening game of the weekend series at City Park.

GAME SUMMARY

Iona threatened in the bottom of the second as senior James Kemp roped a one-out double to left center. A ground out advanced him to third before sophomore Nickolas Mora drew a five-pitch walk. Mount escaped trouble with a ground out to shortstop to end the inning.
 
Momentum carried over for the Mountaineers with a walk and three singles to load the bases in the third. A two-run single up the middle and RBI single to left followed for the lead. The visitors took a 4-0 lead on a fielding error. Iona evaded further trouble with back-to-back outs to end the frame.
 
The Gaels looked to gain some traction offensively with a pair of singles by freshman Carter Groen and sophomore Anthony Zollo in the fourth, but the Mountaineers escaped the inning on a strikeout.
 
Mount tacked on one run in the sixth on a two-out RBI single and another in the eighth on a sacrifice squeeze to cap the scoring.
 
The Gaels scattered just two hits in the final three innings on a sixth inning base knock from graduate student Jim Pasquale in the sixth and an infield single in the eighth by junior Anthony Febo.

UP NEXT

Both teams continue the weekend series tomorrow with a 1 p.m. start from City Park.