TOWSON, Md.  – The Towson University softball team faced George Mason in a non-conference game on Tuesday. Isabella Canesi's fifth homerun of the year wasn't enough as the Tigers lost to the Patriots 10-1 in five innings.
 
Key Stats:

• Isabella Canesi hit her fifth homerun of the season.
• Addison Miller had a multi-hit game.
• Jessa Pieters pitched 3.2 innings out of the bullpen allowing two hits and one run with two strikeouts.
• Amanda Medina receives the loss for Towson after allowing seven hits and eight earned runs over 1.1 innings.
• Alyssa Rangel earns the win for George Mason after starting and pitching 4.0 innings allowing four hits and one run.

 
How it Happened:

• The Patriots struck early as a walk and four singles in the top of the 1^st allowed George Mason to plate four runs before the Tigers first at-bats.
• Two-out walks from Grace Franczyk and Addie Ferguson failed to start a bottom of the 1^st rally for the Tigers.
• The Patriots picked up two more runs from another single before a two-run triple and an RBI sacrifice fly made it a five-run 2^nd inning for George Mason who led 9-0 after two innings.
• Jessa Pieters pitching in relief sent the Patriots down in order in the 3^rd.
• George Mason added another run in the 4^th to make it 10-0.
• Isabella Canesi led off the bottom of the 4^th with her fifth homerun of the year to put Towson on the board. Addison Miller hit her second single of the day later in the inning, but the Tiger's couldn't find any more runs.
• After another scoreless inning from Pieters, the Tiger's went down in order in the bottom of the 5^th to seal a 10-1 loss to the Patriots.

 
Up Next:
The Tigers will hit the road and head south to visit UNCW for a Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) weekend series. Game one on Friday starts at 6 p.m.