CONWAY, SC - The University at Buffalo baseball team dropped a 7-1 decision to Coastal Carolina, ranked 38th in the latest USA Today Baseball Weekly/ESPN poll, in a non-conference matchup at Watson Stadium in Conway, SC. With the loss, the Bulls fall to 16-27 overall while the Chanticleers, the Big South Conference regular season champions, improve to 38-17.

Phil Vanhorne

The Bulls got on the scoreboard first with a run in the second inning. Phil Vanhorne (Scarborough, Ontario/Mother Teresa) brought home Eric Huber (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) with a bases-loaded single. Huber led the Bulls with two doubles in the game, going 2-for-4 at the plate. The Bulls collected five hits in the game as Bryan Sanchez (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy) and Brandon DiCesare (Rochester, NY/McQuaid Jesuit) reached base safely in the sixth and eighth innings, respectively.

Coastal Carolina tied the game in the third as Justin Owens doubled to bring home Chad Felty. The Chanticleers took the lead for good in the fifth with three runs as Owens singled home the go-ahead runs. Owens was 4-for-4 in the game and knocked in three runs.

Adam Keim hit a three-run homer, his 12th of the season, in the eighth inning to close the scoring for Coastal Carolina.

Nick Bellacose (Clarence, NY/Clarence) took the loss for the Bulls to even his record to 1-1. Bellacose allowed seven hits and struck out four in six innings of work. Kyle Swiatocha (Forest Hills, NY/Holy Cross) worked the final two innings in relief for the Bulls. Seamus Donovan (5-3) picked up the win for Coastal Carolina.

UB travels to Charleston Southern for a single game Saturday afternoon against the Buccaneers. The Bulls complete the 2002 season with a Sunday contest against the Chanticleers starting at 2:00 p.m.