Washington & Jefferson completed their 3-game season sweep over the Bearcats, winning 4-2 and 11-1 at Bearcat Ballfield.

In the opener, the Presidents managed just one hit off of SVC starter Rob Patula - a single by leadoff man Joe Bogdiewicz in the top of the first - but still managed to piece together a 2-0 lead after two frames.

W&J added single runs in the third and fifth innings to go up 4-0, before the Bearcats mounted a late comeback attempt in the bottom of the sixth.

Mike Adams and Mark Shouey each racked singles to lead off the frame, and both were brought home on a bases clearing double from Kenny Primeaux, to cut the W&J lead in half.

It was all the offense that the hosts were able to muster, however, as the Presidents were able to retire the final five SVC batters over the last two innings to earn the win.

Patula, in his first action in nearly a month due to injury, was saddled with the loss, working five innings and giving up four runs on just four hits while striking out four and walking four.  Jeff Bugajski came on in relief and threw a pair of scoreless innings, allowing only one hit.

Shouey and Mike Hustava each had two hits to pace the SVC offense, which outhit the Presidents 7-5 in a game that lasted just one hour and 45 minutes. 

In the nightcap, the Bearcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second.  Primeaux led off the frame with another double, and was plated on a Hustava single up the middle.

W&J managed to tie the game in the top of the third, and the game would remain knotted at one until the sixth, when W&J sent 11 men to the plate and scored seven runs, five of which were unearned after a pair of costly Bearcat errors.  The Presidents' also racked back-to-back homers in the frame, by Frank Quirin and Mark Tomchick.

The Presidents would then close out the game's scoring in the top of the seventh, scoring three more times to seal the 11-1 win.

Jeremy Mains started on the rubber for SVC and took the loss, working  5 2/3 innings and allowing four runs - three earned - on six hits while striking out three. 

Hustava had another big game in the losing effort, going 3-3 to lead the SVC offense.  Primeaux, Shouey, Danny Jackson, Eric Fichter, and Anthony Williams had one hit apiece for SVC.

The Bearcats now have a quick turnaround, as they look to snap their three-game losing skid with a single, nine-inning Senior Day contest against Hilbert College on Sunday afternoon beginning at 2pm.  The team's nine seniors will be recognized prior to the first pitch. 

PHOTO:  SVC's Danny Jackson singles against W&J