CHESTERTOWN, MD – Washington College senior pitcher Shane Mattingly (Ellicott City, MD/Centennial) and freshman pitcher Matt Christopher (Kennett Square, PA/Unionville) combined on a no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader versus City College of New York as the Shoremen topped the Beavers by a 6-0 score on Sunday afternoon at Athey Baseball Park in non-conference baseball action.  WC completed the sweep with a 10-4 win in game two.  The Shoremen are now 3-1, while the Beavers drop to 0-8.

Mattingly tossed the first six innings of the no-hitter as he struck out 10 CCNY batters and struck out the side in the top of the first and third innings.  Mattingly, who got the win and is 1-0 on the year, retired the first 13 batters before hitting CCNY's Van Molloy with one out in the top of the fifth and he was the only runner to reach base for the visitors.  Christopher tossed a 1-2-3 top of the seventh to complete the no hitter.  Senior Ryan Normoyle (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) caught the final out as he snared the pop up from CCNY's Danny Perez.  The no-hitter was the first by Washington since Steve Raynor tossed a perfect game against Swarthmore in a 3-0 win in 1970.

In the first game, the Shoremen took the lead for good in the bottom of the second when senior John Rolewicz (Bear, DE/Salesianum) scored on an RBI groundout by sophomore Ian Remington (Guilford, CT/Guilford) to put WC up 1-0.  In the last of the third, sophomore Sean Connole (Mt. Airy, MD/St. John's Catholic) came around to score on a two-out single through the right side by Normoyle to put Washington up 2-0.

In the last of the fourth, freshman Kyle Mikula (Stafford, VA/Colonial Forge) slammed a two-out, two-run double to centerfield that chased home Christopher and Remington to make it 4-0.  The Shoremen added a single run in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings to provide the final margin.

For the Shoremen, junior Tyler Cotterell (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) went 3-for-3 with an RBI in the win.  Mikula drove in two runs, while Remington and Rolewicz scored twice.  Normoyle added two hits for the hosts as Washington had nine as a team in the opener.

CCNY pitcher Darius Tavarez took the loss and drops to 0-3 despite tossing his first complete game of the season.  He allowed six earned runs and nine hits, while walking three and striking out one.

In game two, Kennedy Tavarez put the Beavers up 1-0 in the top of the second when he socked a solo home run to right field with two away.

The lead would hold up until Washington put a seven spot in the last of the second to take a 7-1 lead.  Junior CY Daniel Wu (Kowloon, Hong Kong/International Secondary School) drove in senior Dwight Wilcox (Annapolis, MD/St. Mary's) and Remington on a two-run single through the left side to put the Shoremen up for good at 2-1.  The next batter, freshman Scott Matthews (Goshen, NY/Don Bosco Prep (NJ) chased home freshman Dennis Thomas (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley) on a single to center to make it 3-1.  Wu would score on a failed pickoff attempt of Matthews to increase the lead to 4-1.  Matthews came around to score on a single by Connole that made it 5-1.  Sophomore Nick Marinelli (Ellicott City, MD/Marriotts Ridge) scored on a two-bagger down the right field line by Rolewicz and Normoyle would score when the throw from right field got away and that capped the scoring for the frame.

The Beavers scored twice in the fourth to cut it to 7-3 on a two-run single by Molloy, but the Shoremen scored twice in their half of the fourth to re-establish the six-run lead at 9-3 on RBI hits by Marinelli and Rolewicz.

Thomas scored in the bottom of the fifth on a wild pitch to make it 10-3 in the last of the fifth and Paul Rojas scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh to provide the final margin for game two.

Connole went a perfect 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI for WC in the nightcap.  Marinelli, Rolewicz and Wilcox each had two hits, Marinelli and Thomas both scored twice, while Rolewicz drove in two.  The hosts had 14 hits in the win.  On the mound, freshman pitcher Michael Long (Ellicott City, MD/Centennial) got his first collegiate win and is now 1-0.  He went five innings and allowed three runs and three hits, while striking out three.

For the Beavers in the second contest, Kennedy Tavarez scored twice, while Molloy knocked in two runs.  CCNY had three hits in game two.  On the mound, Andrew Mulvey took the loss and drops to 0-3.  He allowed nine runs, eight earned in three-plus innings and surrendered 12 hits.  He walked one and struck out one.