FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - The Bard College baseball team scored five runs on five hits over the first two innings, but 17th-ranked Mary Washington settled down, chipped away at the lead, and eventually held off the Raptors, 7-5, in an errorless game played on Monday afternoon.

The game began fabulously for Bard (5-5). David Schlosser walked, JP Fisher doubled and Adam Carafotes launched his first home run of the season, so it was 3-0 before an out had been recorded. Alec Montecalvo followed with a single, and that chased senior starter Wes Gholson (Richmond, VA). The Eagles (16-7) got out of the first with no further damage.

UMW got one back in the bottom of the first on a leadoff double by Thomas Weaver (Salem, VA), a sacrifice and an RBI groundout.

But Bard created trouble again in the top of the second. With one out, Schlosser reached on an infield single and Fisher walked. A double steal put them at second and third with Carafotes at the plate. He struck out but reached on a wild pitch, which allowed Schlosser to score. After another pitching change, Montecalvo hit a fielder's choice grounder and Fisher scored, so it was 5-1 going into the bottom of the second.

The Eagles got another run back in the bottom of the second on a single, a sacrifice and a single. It was 5-2 going to the third, and neither team scored in the third.

The game changed in the fourth inning. UMW went to reliever Jonathan Truba (Ashburn, VA), and the freshman lefty held Bard without a hit for the next four innings, striking out four and walking nobody. He set all 12 Bard batters down in order.

The Eagles scored three times in the bottom of the fourth to chase Bard starter Zach Hayes and tie it up, and it stayed 5-5 until the bottom of the sixth. UMW scored twice in the frame, once on an RBI double by Stephen Johnston (Woodbridge, VA), and another on a two-out single by senior Mitch Moynihan (Virginia Beach, VA), so it was 7-5.

Bard's only hit after the second inning came in the top of the ninth, when Nick Kifyak hit a one-out double. But the rally never materialized. The Eagles outhit Bard 12-6 and stole seven bases.

Truba (1-0) got the win, and Erik Jorgensen (Springfield, VA) picked up the save. Johnston went 3-for-4 with three RBI for UMW.

Jeff Goldrosen (0-1) took the loss in relief. Nobody had more than one hit for Bard, but Carafotes drove in three with that first-inning HR.

Bard's Spring Break trip continues on Wednesday, when the Raptors play at Stevenson University in Maryland. You can follow that game via Live Stats right here at 3:30 p.m.