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The Bearcats lost a heartbreaker on opening day in Florida, by a score of 5-4 to Oregon's Willamette University.

Rob Patula got the opening day start and kept Willamette hitless through five plus innings.

In the bottom of the third inning, Dave Jones hit a one-out double into right field, then stole third, setting up an RBI infield single by junior Mark Shouey to put SVC up 1-0.

Left fielder Kenny Primeaux kept the Bearcats in front with a diving catch in the fourth.  However, in the top of the 6th, a two-out solo home run by TC Lee tied the game.  It was the first and only hit that Patula gave up on the day.  After a walk, Darren Smith came out of the bullpen to get the Bearcats out of the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, after a pair of walks, a single by Abe Weimer scored Mike Adams to make it 2-1 Saint Vincent, then Primeaux scored on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Eberle that made it 3-1.

Willamette got a run back in the seventh, but Smith worked his way out of trouble and SVC stayed in front 3-2.

It remained that way until the 9th inning, when Willamette tied the game after a single, a sacrifice and another single off reliever Chris Zampogna.  The visitors then took the lead on a 2-run home run that made it 5-3.

Dave Jones led off the bottom of the 9th with a walk, then scored on a double to right by Shouey that made it 5-4.  With one out, Adams hit a grounder to deep second, but no one was covering first, putting runners on the corners.  A wild pitch then appeared to allow the tying run to score, but the umpires reversed their original call and said that the batter, Primeaux, interfered on the play, and sent Shouey back to third.  After further discussion, the umpires declared Shouey out on the play, ending the Bearcat rally and sending the Bearcats to a controversial 5-4 loss.