TYSONS, Va. – The University of Dayton baseball team fell in its opening contest of the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship to No. 2 seed George Mason, 9-5, on Tuesday evening at Capital One Park.
 
The Flyers hit three home runs in the game to account for all five runs. Sophomore Michael DiMartini led the way with a 2-for-4 showing at the plate, hitting his 14th home run of the season as well as a double. Junior Dyrenson Wouters and sophomore Ryan MacDougall both smacked two-run shots.
 
Dayton was caught playing catch-up from the beginning, as George Mason jumped ahead scoring four runs in the first inning.

Wouters and DiMartini hit their home runs in the fifth to make the game a one-score affair at 4-3 heading to the latter part of the contest. The Patriots struck back with three runs of their own in the home half of the seventh to make it a 7-3 game.

MacDougall deposited his ninth home run of the season to cut the lead back to two at 7-5, but George Mason once again pulled ahead with a pair of runs in the home half of the frame to bring the score to its final.
 
By The Numbers
95 – strikeouts on the season for senior Chris Peguero after his six-strikeout performance on Tuesday, good for third-most in program history
77 – Home runs on the season for Dayton after its three-homer day, tying the program record set by the 2009 and 2023 teams
14 – home runs on the campaign for Michael DiMartini, the most in a single season since Marcos Pujols in 2023
43 – RBI on the season for Ryan MacDougall
5 – home runs on the season for Dyrenson Wouters, tying his collegiate career total coming into the season
 
ON DECK
The Flyers are scheduled to return to action on Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. They will play either No. 5 Saint Joseph's or No. 6 seed Fordham at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va.