Bethesda, Md. - West Virginia's Justin Jenkins broke an 8-8 tie with a two-run, ninth inning home run to dead centerfield to give the Mountaineers a 10-8 win over Georgetown in BIG EAST baseball action on Sunday. The Hoyas took two of three from West Virginia but fall to 23-27, 9-12 in the league.

GU junior catcher Brandon Davis (Poway, Calif./The Bishop's School) drove in three runs with a bases clearing double in the sixth inning and Timmy Jones (Ledgewood, N.J./Morristown) drove in two runs for the Hoyas. Junior outfielder Derek deGrijs (Nashville, Tenn./Goodpasture) collected two hits and scored two runs.

Georgetown freshman starter Darren Sizemore (Hamilton, Ohio/Ross) scattered seven hits over 5.2 innings but did not get a decision in a gutsy performance.

West Virginia (30-17, 10-11 BE) took a 1-0 advantage in the second inning. Michael Burger and Adam White drew consecutive walks with one out. Tyler Kuhn ripped a solid single to rightfield to load the bases before Doug Nelms lofted a sacrifice fly to right for the game's first run.

In the visitor's third, the Mountaineers plated two runs for a 3-0 lead. Kyle Matuszek singled with one out. Bowling then laced a line drive to the right side through the vacated second base hole on a hit-and-run which scored Matuszek. Bowling was credited with a double. After a GU fielding error and a fielder's choice, White recorded a bunt single to plate Bowling.

Georgetown sent ten batters to the plate in the fifth and took a 6-3 lead. Freshman DH Sean Baumann (Tampa, Fla./Freedom) notched his first collegiate hit with a single to rightfield to lead off the inning. deGrijs then grounded a ball to right side that the WVU second baseman was able to knock down. The throw to first was wide and trickeled into the GU dugout putting runners on second and third with no outs. Matthew Maranges (Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep) drove a RBI single to rightfield. Jones then earned a RBI with a sacrifice fly. Junior outfielder Mark McLaughlin (Walnut Creek, Calif./De La Salle) followed with a walk. Stupka relieved WVU starter Durst and Stupka walked the first batter he faced, Ryan Craft (Jupiter, Fla./The Benjamin School). Senior Drew Dargen (Edmund, Okla./Edmund North) followed with a long sacrifice fly near the right field corner to score Maranges. After Matthew Bouchard (E. Greenwich, R.I./Bishop Hendricken) drew a base on balls, Saffell entered the game and was immediately greeted with a bases loaded, bases clearing double to right centerfield by Davis.

WVU tied the game at 6-6 with three runs in the Carpenter drew a bases loaded walk before Michael Burger singled home two runs in with a single to right.

Georgetown regained the lead 8-6 in their half of the sixth. Back-to-back RBI doubles by Jones and McLaughlin gave GU a two-run cushion but the Mountaineers erased the lead and tied the game at 8-8 with single runs in the seventh and the eight.

The Hoyas had a chance to go ahead in the bottom of the eighth. With runners on first and second with two outs, Dargen hammered a line drive to right centerfield that WVU centerfielder Adam White snagged with a full extension dive into the gap.

In the deciding ninth, Nelms led off with a single just inside the third base bag. Jenkins then ripped the game-winning homer to dead-center, for this tenth round tripper of the year.

Sophomore lefty Eric Saffell worked through 4.1 innings of relief for WVU to improve to 6-1 on the season.

Georgetown will be back in action on Friday, May 12 when GU hosts Rutgers in another BIG EAST three-game weekend series with playoff implications. First pitch is set for 7 p.m.