The Bearcats cruised to an 18-0 Senior Day victory over visiting Hilbert College at Bearcat Ballfield.

Saint Vincent totaled 20 hits, including 10 for extra bases, while senior starter Chris Zampogna limited the Hawks to just two hits over seven innings of work.

The Bearcats got on top early, as Danny Jackson, who led off the bottom of the first by reaching on an error, crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Kenny Primeaux.

SVC then scored four times in the bottom of the second, again taking advantage of a pair of Hilbert errors to score four unearned runs and go ahead 5-0. 

The lead continued to grow for the Bearcats in the third, with Mike Adams lacing an RBI double to the right center gap, and Ryan Joseph stroking an RBI single to push the hosts in front 7-0.

In the fourth, Mike Hustava led off with a homer to straight away center.  Rob Patula and Primeaux followed with singles, with an Adams' sacrifice fly plating Patula, before Eric Fichter hit a two run blast over the fence in left center to give the Bearcats an 11-0 lead.

Joseph then capped off a four-run sixth inning for the Bearcats by hitting the team's third home run of the day, a two-run blast to left center, putting SVC up 15-0.  

Patula stroked an RBI double to the fence in right field in the seventh, making it 16-0, and then the Bearcats closed out the scoring in the bottom of the eighth, with Mike Christiansen and Dustin Lousseddes each coming through with run-scoring doubles.

While the Bearcat bats continued to batter the Hawks, Zampogna was in control on the mound throughout.  He retired Hilbert's first 10 batters in order, and went on to work seven scoreless innings, allowing just four base runners and two hits, while striking out six and issuing no walks.  Stephen Cherry closed it out in relief, working two scoreless innings and striking out three.

Eleven Bearcat players had at least one hit.  Hustava and Patula led the charge, with each tallying three hits and two RBIs.  Adams went 2-3 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs, while Joseph finished 2-4 with three RBIs, Shouey 2-4 with two runs scored, and Primeaux and Christiansen each 2-3 with two RBIs.

The win snapped a three-game losing skid for SVC (6-26), and the squad is scheduled to return to action on Wednesday afternoon, hosting a single, nine-inning contest with Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Bethany College.