ROCKVILLE, Md. – Freshman Andrew Williams took a no-hitter into the eighth inning while the offense hit for the home run cycle in the Georgetown University baseball team's 13-1 win over Mount St. Mary's on Friday evening at Shirley Povich Field. The Hoyas jumped to 11-6, its best start since 2012, while the Mountaineers fell to 3-10.

"The game started and ended with Williams. An unbelievable performance as a freshman on a Friday night to toss seven innings of no-hit ball. We had a great grand slam by Christian Ficca in his first game back and Michael Eze's first college home run with a couple more sprinkled in there. Overall, we played as good as we could have and I'm very proud of what we did. What a great win on a Friday night." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson on tonight's win

HOYA HIGHLIGHTS

• Williams went seven-plus innings against the Mount, allowing just one run on one hit and striking out seven on 99 pitches. The Hoya freshman posted the longest outing by a starter this season, surpassing the 6.2 innings of work set by Sunday's projected starter Nolan McCarthy.
• Ficca tied Andrew Ciufo's season-high mark of five RBIs, going 1-for-2 with a grand slam and two runs scored in his first start of the year.
• Ciufo led Georgetown with three hits while scoring on two occasions.
• Eze registered his first career home run, going 1-for-2 at the dish with two runs scored and a pair of RBIs.
• Ethan Stern extended his hitting streak to 13 games and reached base safely for the 16th-consecutive contest with his 1-for-4 showing, adding a three-run homer to his final line.
• Cam Meyer smacked a solo shot, walked twice and scored two times.
• Connor Udell nearly threw an immaculate inning, throwing seven straight strikes in the ninth before closing the door in the ninth, 13-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a blank opening frame, the Hoyas jumped out to a 3-0 lead behind a two-run homer from Eze and a solo shot off of Meyer's bat in the second inning.
• The Hoyas continued to swing away in the bottom of the third, finishing off the home run cycle with a grand slam by Ficca and a three-run shot from Stern to take a 10-0 edge.
• In the fourth, Tony Barreca knocked Ciufo in from third on a sacrifice fly and bumped the lead to 11-0.
• Georgetown struck again in the fifth when Eze stole second and advanced two bases to score on a Mountaineer miscue (12-0).
• Ficca drove in the final Hoya run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth, bringing Marren around to score for a 13-0 edge.
• Williams retired the side in order in four of his seven frames of work, including his final full inning in the seventh that ended with a strikeout.
• The Mount ended the no-hitter and the shutout in the eighth, scoring its lone run on a single to left.
• Connor Udell nearly threw an immaculate ninth inning, firing seven straight strikes before securing the 13-1 win.

OF NOTE

• The Hoyas have matched their best start since the 2017 campaign with an 11-6 mark through the first 17 games. 

UP NEXT
Georgetown will return to action on Sunday, March 20 when it heads to Emmitsburg, Maryland for a doubleheader against Mount St. Mary's beginning at 11 a.m.