JOLIET - The University of St. Francis Fighting Saints went to the wire on Thursday just like Coach Gordie Gillespie's team had throughout the 2010 season. They never quit. They battled to the end, but this time, they came up just a little short.

JOLIET, Ill. - Junior David Hexdall (Morris H.S./Morris, IL) fired a 5-hitter and struck out nine to lead University of St. Francis to a 4-2 win over Robert Morris and stave off elimination in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round tournament at Silver Cross Field Wednesday evening.

JOLIET, Ill. --- University of St. Francis staved off elimination in the 2010 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round by opening up a 4-0 lead after the first two innings and scoring a pair of insurance runs late in a 7-3 victory over Mayville State University (N. Dak.) Wednesday afternoon at Silver Cross Field.

JOLIET, Ill. --- Campbellsville University (Ky.) senior righthander Eric Mattos silenced the University of St. Francis bats in the second game of the 2010 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round en route to a 3-0 victory at Silver Cross Field Thursday afternoon.

JOLIET, Ill. - No. 2-ranked Cumberland University (Tenn.), a former national champion and a 12-time national tournament participant, heads a field of five teams that will participate in the NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round tournament to be played at Silver Cross Field next Tuesday through Friday.

JOLIET, Ill. --- Trinity International University turned six double plays and Greg Hess went the distance on the mound as the Trojans snapped University of St. Francis' 19-game Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference winning streak with a 7-1 victory at Silver Cross Field Thursday afternoon.

DEERFIELD, Ill. - University of St. Francis rallied to complete a sweep of its doubleheader at Trinity International University Wednesday afternoon and clinched outright possession of its second Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball title in the past three seasons.

JOLIET, Ill. - Junior left fielder Tom Serruto (Glenbard West H.S./Glen Ellyn, IL) drove home the winning run with a ninth-inning single and sophomore reliever Corey Schultz (Kankakee H.S./Kankakee, IL) improved his record to 8-0 as University of St. Francis held off upset-mined Cardinal Stritch University, 6-5, and maintained its hold on first place in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball standings.

JOLIET, Ill. - University of St. Francis maintained its hold on first place in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball standings with a doubleheader sweep of Cardinal Stritch Friday afternoon at Silver Cross Field. The Saints won the contests by scores of 15-4 and 7-2.

GARY, Ind. --- University of St. Francis spotted Calumet College of St. Joseph (IN) seven runs in the first two innings before outscoring the Crimson Wave 15-3 the rest of the way to run its Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference winning streak to 14 games with a 15-10 slugfest victory on Wednesday.