La PLUME, Pa.—Keystone College's goal of going undefeated in the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) ended today with an 11-6 loss to Gwynedd Mercy University in the first of a two-game series at Christy Mathewson Field.
 
And the Griffins did it in convincing fashion, smashing three home runs and five doubles to snap the Giants' 11-game winning streak.  Gwynedd Mercy also received a solid pitching performance from junior Bryan Kaelin, who came on in relief of starter Nick DeRitis and held the Giants to three runs in four and 1/3 innings of work to pick up the victory and help the Griffins improve to 16-11 overall and 10-3 in the CSAC.
 
The loss dropped the Giants to 26-8 overall and 14-1 in league play.  The two teams will play the final game of the series Wednesday afternoon in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania.
 
It was a tight game until Gwynedd Mercy exploded for six runs in the top of the seven inning that included back-to-back home runs by junior David Tatoian and senior Shaughan Wright and a two-run double by junior Sachael Sciaretta.    In the fifth inning, junior Ryan Keen hit a solo shot to ignite a two-run rally after Keystone tied it up at 3-3 with two runs in bottom of the fourth.
 
Junior Tommy Nardini paced the Griffins' 12-hit attack with three hits, including a double, and Wright and Tatoian combined for four hits and five RBIs.    Sciarretta and junior Nick Mulvey each drove in two runs for Gwynedd Mercy, which jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a two-run double by Wright and a run-scoring single by Mulvey in the third inning.
 
Junior Mohammed Hussein (Queens, NY/William C. Bryant) continued his hot-hitting way today, finishing with three hits, including his second home run of the season and a pair of doubles to raise his total to 15.  The Giants also received three hits from sophomore Alejandro Monteverde (Catasauqua, Pa./Catasauqua) and two from junior Ronald Medina (Bronx, NY/Dewitt Clinton). 
 
Keystone news & notes

• With three hits in four at-bats today, Hussein raised his team-leading batting average to .466
• Giants also received a hit apiece from juniors Dakota McFadden (Rocky Point, NC/Heide Trask) and Chris Panzarella (Hazle Township, Pa./Hazleton Area) and sophomore Adam Kelly (Beach Lake, Pa./Honesdale)
• Today's loss was the first for Keystone since dropping a 5-3 decision at Moravian on April 11
• Giants are now 10-2 at home and 10-2 on the road this year
• Monteverde is now batting .385 on the season after smashing three hits today

McFadden drove in his team-leading 40^th RBI in the third inning