AUBURNDALE, Fla. - The Saginaw Valley State University baseball team posted a split with the Assumption College Greyhounds (3-1) on Saturday night (Mar. 6).  The Cardinals (1-3) got a win in the first game, downing Assumption by a score of 11-4 before dropping an 11-10 decision in the nightcap.

SVSU would jump ahead in the top of the second inning, 1-0 on a solo home run by senior Charlie Thomas (Northville, Mich.).  The Cardinals would get another two runs in the third, as senior Josh Peterson (Midland, Mich./Bullock Creek HS) doubled-in both senior Ryan Webber (Clio, Mich./Powers Catholic HS) and sophomore Matt Hunt (Howell, Mich./Concordia University) to make the count 3-0.  The Greyhounds would respond with a pair of runs of their own to cut the lead to 3-2.  Saginaw would strike again in the fifth with a three-run home run by freshman Kyle O'Boyle (Midland, Mich./Bullock Creek HS), which plated Peterson and Webber to make the score 6-2.  Assumption would get another pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth, but five more Cardinal runs in the top of the sixth helped Saginaw close-out the 11-4 victory.

Senior Kevin Dore (Kawkawlin, Mich./Muskegon CC) was 3-for-4 in the opener.  Peterson and senior Chase Coulter (Clio, Mich./Powers Catholic HS) were each 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI.  O'Boyle was also 2-for-3 in the contest, knocking-in four runs.  Junior Garrett Grundman (Croswell, Mich./Graceland University) got the win on the hill, while freshman Justin Drzewicki (Bay City, Mich./Central HS) recorded the save.

Assumption jumped ahead with three runs in the top of the first in game two.  The Cardinals would respond, however, as Webber hit a three run shot over the left field fence, scoring sophomore Mike VanAlst (Clio, Mich.) and sophomore Ryan Ermers (Sterling Heights, Mich./Henry Ford II HS).  Assumption went up 5-3 after their half of the second, but Saginaw put up six in the bottom of the second to take a 9-5 advantage.  The Greyhounds would score three runs in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively to take an 11-9 advantage.  The Cardinals would get one more on the board in the bottom of the sixth when Ermers singled and scored Dore, who reached base on a triple.  An SVSU attempt in the bottom of the seventh fell short, though, as Assumption was able to close-out for the 11-10 victory.

Ermers went 4-for-4 in the nightcap, including a triple and four RBI.  Dore was 2-for-4 with a triple and Thomas was also 2-for-4, including a double.  Webber, O'Boyle, Coulter, Peterson and sophomore Jason Potts (Hartland, Mich.) each had hits for Saginaw, with Webber having three RBI.

SVSU returns to action Sunday (Mar. 7) when it plays Wheeling-Jesuit (W.Va.) in a doubleheader slated to start at 9:30 am.