ORLANDO, Fla. --- University of St. Francis opened play Wednesday with a victory at No. 1 doubles, but after that it was all McKendree University as the NAIA No. 29-ranked Bearcats won for the eighth straight time and set the Saints back for the second consecutive match in an 8-1 decision.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- University of St. Francis exploded for a big inning in the nightcap for the second day in a row as the Saints baseball team picked up its third straight split of a doubleheader on day number four of its 8-day, 13-game season-opening Florida trip.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Catholic University of America executed a perfect suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the eighth inning to score the game-winning run and hand University of St. Francis its second loss of the afternoon on day number three of the Saints' season-opening softball trip to Florida. CUA knocked off the Saints, 3-2, after Missouri Baptist University handed the Saints an 8-3 loss.

ORLANDO, Fla. --- For the first time this season, University of St. Francis has been saddled with back-to-back losses after suffering a 5-4 defeat at the hands of Ursinus College (PA) on Tuesday afternoon.