WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Saginaw Valley State University baseball team was swept by the ninth-ranked West Chester Rams on the final day of its annual Spring trip to Winter Haven, Fla.  The Cardinals dropped the opener by a score of 16-1 before dropping the second contest by a 5-4 mark.  SVSU falls to 4-7 overall on the season while West Chester improves to an even 5-5 on the season.

Game 1

The Cardinals' lone run came in the top of the sixth inning when Matt Hunt (Howell, Mich./Concordia University) singled-in Eric Burt (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage HS), who reached on a bunt single.

SVSU managed only four hits in the contest, as Hunt posted a pair of base-knocks, while Burt and Jason Potts (Hartland, Mich.) each added a hit.

Eric Hummel (Menominee, Mich./Minnesota-Duluth) took his first loss of the season, bringing his record to 1-1.

Game 2

SVSU held a 2-1 advantage after the third inning of the nightcap.  Dustin Mayner (Gaines, Mich./Linden HS) scored Drew Woock (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage HS) with the first run.  The Cards notched their second run after Hunt scored Michael Craig (Milan, Mich.). 

The Rams would plate four runs in the top of the fifth to take a 5-2 advantage.

The Cardinals would answer with a couple runs in the bottom of the seventh, Ryan Ermers (Sterling Heights, Mich./Henry Ford II HS) and Hunt each had RBI base hits, with Ermers' being a double. A late rally would fall short, though, as the tying run was thrown out at the plate and West Chester came away with a 5-4 victory.

Woock led the offense in the second game, going 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles.  Eight other SVSU players recorded a hit in the contest, with Craig, Mayner and Ermers all having doubles.

Colin Coulter (Clio, Mich./Powers Catholic HS) took the loss on the mound, working 4.2 innings and striking-out five hitters.