WASHINGTON, DC – Monmouth University Baseball (4-8) got seven solid innings from Trey Dombroski (Manasquan, NJ/Wall) and three hits from Johnny Zega (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) in knocking off George Washington University (8-7) Saturday, 3-1.

The Hawks got on the board in the third, with Harry Padden (Pittsgrove, NJ/AP Schalick) reaching on an error ahead of two straight singles, the second of which came off the bat of Zega to score Padden and make it 1-0. Robbie Holmes (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) followed with a ground out to score a run, and Nick Campana () singled to score a third and make it 3-0 Hawks.

Noah Levin singled to score a run in the fourth and make it a 3-1 game, and GW put runners aboard in the following innings but could not convert. In the ninth, the home team loaded the bases but Ryan Bearse (Howell, NJ/Howell) came on with two down and struck out the games final batter to secure the win for MU.

NOTES AND QUOTES

"A nice team win today!  We had some energy, got good pitching and were opportunistic.  
Also, a very solid day on the mound for us. Trey pitched out of two jams to limit GW to only one run. Bearse came in in a big spot to finish it out. Offensively, a few two strike hits and an all important RBI groundout from Holmes gave us some breathing room." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt

-Trey Dombroski earned his first career win with seven innings that didn't see an earned run come across.
-Ryan Bearse picked up his first career save.
-Johnny Zega picked up Monmouth's second three-hit game th season.
-2-5 in the MU order totaled seven of MU's nine hits on the day.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outhit GW 9-8.
-The Colonials made two errors to Monmouth's one.
-Justin Solt threw all nine innings for GW, allowing three runs, none earned on nine hits.
-Trey Dombroski threw seven innings, fanning seven with one unearned run allowed to earn the win.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth takes on George Washington in the series finale tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. on ESPN