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The Bearcats' five-game winning streak came to a close in the final day of the Spring Break Trip to Florida, as Juniata College defeated Saint Vincent by a score of 9-4.

The Golden Eagles scored in the top of the first, but SVC came back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second to take the lead, thanks to RBI singles by Brad Burkardt and Zach Bush.  The lead was short-lived, however, as Juniata added two runs in the third and three more in the 4th inning to pull away from the Bearcats.

Gary Gerhardt worked into the sixth inning and took the loss, while Jared Haller worked four innings of relief, striking out four. 

Offensively, Burkardt went 4-for-5 and drove in two runs, while Grant Krally had two hits and scored twice. 

With the loss, Saint Vincent completed its Florida trip with a record of 5-1.  The team will now return to Pennsylvania and will play a road game at Mount Aloysius College on Wednesday at 3PM.

NOTEBOOK....The Saint Vincent/Castleton State game on Friday, which will take place in Newport News, VA, will begin at 10AM....The Bearcats finished the Florida trip with a team batting average of .370 and team ERA of 2.21.  SVC scored 59 runs and gave up just 17....Five pitchers have an ERA of 0.00....Grant Krally leads all regulars with a .467 batting average....Mike Hustava had a team-high six walks.  He walked just once in all of 2011....Andrew Kozusko has a team high 4 Hit By Pitches, the first time since 2009 that someone other than Krally has led the team in that department....SVC batters were hit by 10 pitches in Florida....The Bearcats struck out just 24 times, compared to 41 by their opponents.