WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 23) - Georgetown avoided a three-game sweep by Rhode Island this past weekend winning the final game on February 21, 7-6, after falling in the first two contests by a 7-3 and 5-4 margin on February 20. The weekend matches improved GU's record to 2-5 on the season while the win on February 21 ended a five-game skid.

The Hoyas fell 7-3 to Rhode Island in the team's doubleheader home opener on February 20. Matt Carullo (Fr., Oakton, Va./Paul VI), Jim Vankoski (Aston, Pa./Strath Haven), and Tony Lee (Fr., Bromall, Pa./Malvern Prep) scored GU's runs in game one of the doubleheader. Matt Arizin (Jr., Philadelphia, Pa./Penn Charter) was the starting pitcher for the Hoyas. He went four strong innings giving up only one run. Dan Pearce of the Rams notched the win.

In game two, a home run in the eighth inning by the Rams' Ryan Looney broke open a 4-4 tie and hoisted Rhode Island to a 5-4 win over Georgetown. GU scored two runs in the first as Carullo, and Josh Corman (Sr., Lexington, Ky./Lafayette) crossed the plate. Corman would score again in the third along with Eric Santana (Jr., Santurce, P.R./Edgewood), but the Hoyas were held scoreless for the remainder of the game. P.J. Martinez (So., Washington, D.C./Landon School) went 5-1/3 innings with four strikeouts for Georgetown. Rhode Island's Jon Scullin went the full eight innings and posted six strikeouts en route to the win.

GU slipped out of its five-game slide with a 7-6 victory over the Rams in 13 innings on February 21. Rhode Island rallied from a 4-2 deficit at the end of the third to tie the game at the top of the eighth. URI took the lead in the top of the 11th, but Carlini scored for Georgetown in the bottom of the inning off an error by the Rams' shortstop to tie the game again at 5-5. Rhode Island's Jason Chamsarian clocked a homerun in the 13th, his second of the game, to give his team a 6-5 edge. In GU's at bat, Carlini put one over the right field wall to knot the game at 6-6. Four batters later, with two outs and the game seemingly out of reach, Kevin Asato (Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii/Kaiser), who came in to pinch hit for Lee, singled in Jay Catalano (Jr., Hunting Valley, Ohio/University School) for the winning run. Vankoski, who came to the mound in relief of Erwin, earned the win after pitching 5-1/3 innings of seven hit ball.

The Hoyas continue their homestand against the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore on February 23 at 3:00 p.m.