The Lourdes Gray Wolves fell 3-2 in the 10 innings today against Bluefield College in Auburndale, FL.  Lourdes starter Frank Shaffer pithed very well for the Gray Wolves going 8 1/3 innings giving up two runs (one earned) 3 hits and struck out 3.  Bluefield scored a run in the 1^st before Shaffer was able to induce a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.  Shaffer would cruise until the 9^th as he kept the Bluefield hitter off balance all game.  Bluefield would make it 2-0 after two Lourdes errors.  This would set up a dramatic come back for the Lourdes offense in the top of the 9^th inning.  Patrick Magat led off the inning with a double to left-center field.  Jake Conklin followed with a single to put runners at 1^st and 3^rd and no outs.  Pinch hitter Nick Mazgay plated Magat with a RBI ground out to short.  Brad Gennari scored Conklin with a single to right to tie the game at two.  In the bottom of the 9^th Bluefield put runners at the corners with one out, causing Lourdes to go to their bullpen and bring in right-hander Adam Little.  Little was able to get pinch hitter Joey Andrew to hit a ground ball to second basemen Conklin who turner a tremendous double to end the threat and send the game to extra innings.  In the top of the 10^th Lourdes loaded the bases with one out after singles by Andy Kefalos and Magat and a one out walk to Conklin.   Brandon D'Agnese stepped to the plate and hit the ball on a line but unfortunately Bluefield short stop was able to leap and catch the ball and flip it to second for a double to end the inning.  Bluefield was able to get the lead runner on in the 10^th after Little hit the lead-off batter Zac Russel-Myers.  He then stole second and was bunted over to third.  The game would end after Trevor Martin single passed the drawn in infield giving the Ram the 3-2 victory.  The loss drops the Gray Wolves to 1-10 overall and 1-6 on their trip.  They will be back on the field on Friday as they take on Calumet St. Joseph in a double-header starting at 11am in Lakeland, FL. 


The Gray Wolves lost two games in their double-header with Hannibal La-Grange University Tuesday afternoon in Winter Haven, FL.  Lourdes fell 8-0 and 7-4.  They now fall to 1-5 on their spring trip and 1-9 overall on the season.
In game one the Trojans would jump out to an early lead as they scored 3 runs on two hits and a walk.  The big hit in the inning was a triple by second basemen Clint Hamilton.  Gray Wolves starter Kyle Vandecaveye would settle down and pitch scoreless 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th innings.  Vandecaveye would find himself in trouble again in the 6^th after an error and a single Trojan catcher Ian Sikes would put the game away with a 3 run homerun over the left field fence.  Lourdes reliever Chris Cody came in the game to get out of the inning and pitched a perfect 7^th inning for the Gray Wolves.  Lourdes would only scratch out 4 hits.  Phil Dysard had a pair of singles and a stolen base to lead the offense. 
The first inning would once again go badly for Lourdes as starter Jim Dunnett surrendered a grand-slam to be the Gray Wolves in an early hole.  Lourdes would battle and scratch across a single run in the 1^st as Dysard scored on an RBI single by Andy Kefalos.  Dunnett settled in to keep the game close putting up scoreless innings in the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th innings.  Lourdes cut the lead in half at 4-2 in the 4^th when Lourdes catcher Patrick Magat scored on a Nick Mazgay sacrifice fly out to left field.  Hannibal La-Grange added 3 more runs in the 5^th after two walks and two costly errors.  The Gray Wolves would not go down without a fight as they plated two run in the top of the 7^th for the final score of 7-4.   Magat had a two run single in the 7^th and Dysard added a double and a run scored to pace the Lourdes offense.