WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team dropped game two of the series against UMBC on Saturday afternoon, 4-3. With the loss, GU slides to 9-18 on the season while UMBC improves to 8-12. 
 
ON THE RECORD
"I like how we battled today. I thought our guys did a good job competing. We had a great start from Andrew Williams again which was great to see. He gave us a chance there through five and I thought, overall, they were able to keep us off balance. We will regroup and come back out tomorrow for game three." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson 
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS 

• Andrew Williams tossed five innings allowing four hits and one run while punching out four. 
• Ashtin Gilio was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run scored. 
• Owen Carapellotti went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a walk.
• Connor Price was 1-for-4.
• Tristan Head went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk. 
• Blake Schaaf was 2-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI, a double and a walk. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Gilio hit a leadoff double to start the first and a sac bunt advanced him to third putting a runner 90-feet from home with one out. Carapellotti stepped up to the dish and dropped a single over the shortstop's head scoring Gilio to give GU an early 1-0 advantage. 
• UMBC was able to tie it up on an RBI single in the top of the second. 
• In the third, Schaaf hit a leadoff single before making it all the way home on a sac bunt and error by the UMBC defense. Georgetown took the 2-1 lead into the fourth frame. 
• The fourth was scoreless for both sides as both pitchers continued to duel it out on the bump. 
• Head hit a leadoff single to start the bottom of the fifth. A sac bunt advanced him to second putting a runner in scoring position with one out. Schaaf hit a single to center that brought Head home, extending the Hoya lead to two. 
• After a scoreless sixth, GU was able to put two runners on but was unable to bring either home, taking the 3-1 lead into the eighth frame. 
• UMBC was able to scratch two across in the eighth, tying the game at 3-3. 
• Neither side was able to take the lead in the ninth, as the score remained 3-3 heading into the tenth frame. 
• In the top of the tenth, UMBC hit a solo shot to take the 4-3 lead. GU was unable to mount a comeback in the bottom of the tenth dropping the contest 4-3. 

 
OF NOTE

• Williams tallied four strikeouts while allowing just one run in 5.0 innings of action. 
• Schaaf tallied his eighth multi-hit game of the season. 
• GU earned five walks. 

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow for game three of the series with UMBC. First pitch at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia is slated for 1 p.m. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.