WILSON, Nc, -  The Clarion University baseball team was defeated by a final score of 7-1 against Fairmont State Sunday afternoon at Fleming Stadium.  The loss moves the Golden Eagles to 2-3 on the season.  The Blue and Gold will return to action tomorrow afternoon for a double-header against Fairmont and Kutztown University.  

Clarion struck the first blow Sunday afternoon against FSU when Joe Lopez singled to left and eventually scored off of a John Finke SAC fly two batters later to give CU a 1-0 lead.  Although they would threaten to add to their lead for the remainder of the game, the first run would end up becoming Clarion's only one. 

Lopez and Tyler Falk both managed singles in the top of the third, however they would end up stranded as an unassisted put-out by Fairmont third-basemen Dorian Hetzel killed Clarion's rally before it could get going.  The fifth inning proved to follow a similar storyline, as Falk hit a screaming line drive down the right-field line directly at Fairmont right fielder Ben Meyers that ended the inning and prevented Mitch Holmberg from scoring from third. 

On the flip side, FSU did most of their damage in the bottom of the fourth, taking advantage of a pair of Clarion errors in the field that put men on the bases before first-basemen Fraser Brown smoked a three-run homer over the right field wall that put the game out of reach for the Blue and Gold.