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The Bearcats picked up a victory on the road in Cresson, PA over Mount Aloysius College, winning by a score of 8-6.

SVC scored three runs in the top of the first, with the big hit coming from Andrew Kozusko, who hit a 2-run home run to right center field.  Mike Hustava, who had four hits on the day, added an RBI double later in the inning to give a three-run cushion to starting pitcher Max Henry.

In the fourth, Bearcat catcher Erik Fichter hit a solo home run to right center to extend the lead to 4-0.

A double by Alonzo Vazquez in the fifth drove home Brad Burkardt, who had led off the inning with a single, making it 5-0.

After the hosts scored a run in the bottom of the fifth, the Bearcats answered back in the top of the 7th, with Hustava singling home Zack Galasso.

Up 6-3 in the eight, the Bearcats added a pair of insurance runs -- one on a triple by Kozusko and one on a single by Galasso, to make it 8-3.

After the Mounties closed the gap to 8-5 with a pair of runs in the bottom of the 8th, they threatened again in the ninth, scoring once off SVC reliever Alex Kozusko, who had come on in relief of Henry in the 7th.  Jared Haller then came out of the bullpen, threw one pitch, and recorded a save, getting a ground out to end the game.

Henry improved to 2-0, working 6.1 innings, scattering five hits and striking out four. 

Along with Hustava's four hits, Burkardt and Galasso had three hits each, part of an 18-hit attack by the Bearcats. 

Saint Vincent (6-1) will next head to Virginia for a two-day trip to Newport News.  On Friday, SVC will take on Castleton State (VT) at 12Noon, followed by a doubleheader on Saturday at 11AM against Newport News Apprentice School.