WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team defeated the UMBC Retrievers 12-2 on Sunday afternoon in seven innings. With the win, Georgetown improves to 10-18 on the season while UMBC slides to 8-13. 
 
ON THE RECORD
"I am just really proud of our group today. Proud of how we came out against a really good team. I thought Derek Yoo gave us an unbelievable start to get us going and scoring those runs like we did early in the first few innings was big for us. I thought in those back-to-back solo home runs from Jeremy Sheffield and Owen Carapellotti were great. It was awesome to see Jeremy get his first career home run and Owen doing what he's done his whole career was great to see. I thought overall, we played good defense. Four double plays, we made the routine plays, and we pitched great. You know, we didn't walk many guys, and Jake Anderson was great for us as well as Axel Johnson. Nadell Booker was solid coming in to finish it up. I am really proud of our group and it's always hard to win and we value that. Now we are looking forward to next week and BIG EAST play starting." - Head Coach Edwin Thompson 
 
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS 

• Ashtin Gilio went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a double. 
• Travis Ilitch was 1-for-1 with an RBI. 
• Jeremy Sheffield went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, an RBI, a home run and three walks. 
• Owen Carapellotti was 1-for-5 with a run scored and a home run. 
• Connor Price went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a triple. 
• Kavi Caster was 1-for-3 with two runs scored, an RBI and a double. 
• Blake Schaaf went 1-for-1 with three runs scored, three RBIs, one double and three walks. 
• Jaden Sheffield was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. 
• Dylan Larkins went 1-for-4 with three RBIs. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

• In the first, GU was able to load the bases with two outs. Schaaf stepped up to the dish and laced a bases clearing double to right center field giving the Hoyas an early 3-0 advantage. In the ensuing at bat, Head hammered a single up the middle scoring Schaaf. GU took the four-run lead into the second. 
• After a scoreless second, UMBC was able to put a runner on third with two outs in the third. Yoo was able to grab his third strikeout of the day to end the top of the frame leaving a runner stranded for the Retrievers. The Hoya offense continued to produce as Price hit a leadoff triple and Caster followed it up with an RBI double. GU would then load the bases and scratch across two more runs taking the 7-0 lead into the fourth. 
• UMBC was able to tally its first run of the day in the top of the fourth. The Retrievers went on to load the bases with one out and tallied another on a bases loaded walk. GU was able to get out of the jam, limiting UMBC to just two runs in the frame. 
• In the bottom half of the fourth, Sheffield and Carapellotti hit back-to-back solo shots extending the Hoya lead to 9-2. 
• The fifth was scoreless for both sides. In the sixth, GU loaded the bases with two outs. Larkins came up to the dish and hit an RBI single to left, scoring two for GU. The Blue & Gray's two out rally continued with a single from Ilitch that brought a runner home. Georgetown took the 12-2 lead into the seventh frame. 
• GU was able to shut the door on the UMBC offense in the top of the seventh securing the 12-2 victory in a seven-inning run rule. 

 
OF NOTE

• Jeremy Sheffield hit his first career home run.
• Carapellotti hit his sixth homer of the season, a mark that leads the squad. 
• Yoo picked up his second win of the season on the mound. 

 
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action next weekend April 4-6 as GU opens BIG EAST play on the road at Villanova. Game one of the series is slated for Friday, April 4 with first pitch coming at 3 p.m. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on GUHoyas.com.