San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team split a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader with the University of Dallas on Saturday, snapping the team's 17 game win streak.

Today's finale went extra innings as Dallas rallied from a five-run deficit to pull off a 9-8 upset win in 10 innings.  The Crusaders hit a pair of home runs to account for a five-run fifth inning, tying the score after the Tigers seemed to be in control.  Four of the Dallas runs were unearned following a two-out error by the home team.

Trinity then hammered three hits in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring three runs to take the 8-5 lead.  Dallas, though, would not be denied, plating three runs in the top of the ninth to extend the game.  

In the 10th, Dallas scored without getting a hit, stealing home to take the 9-8 lead.  Dallas drew a leadoff walk, then advanced to third on a wild pitch and a passed ball.  With one out, the Crusaders attempted a suicide squeeze play, but the pitch bounced in the dirt, and Trinity could not beat the runner home.

In the bottom of the inning, Chris Bianchi led off with a single into left-center, to set up the tying run, but Christian Muscarello's two-out line drive to was snagged on a nice running catch by the left fielder to end the game.

The Tigers opened the day with an 8-2 seven-inning win, scoring seven of the eight runs in the first three innings of action.  Dallas got on the board with a run in the fourth, then added another in the sixth, but the Tiger pitching staff allowed just three hits in the game to preserve the win.

Zack Speer improved his record to 5-0 on the season, allowing one run on just two hits, and recording three strikeouts.  Three Tiger relievers combined to allow one run on one hit over the final three innings, striking out four batters.

Drew Butler went 2-4 with a run and two RBI in the opening game, while Chris Bianchi picked up three hits and drove in two runs.  He knocked in both runs by homering in his second consecutive game.  Jeremy Wolf also collected two RBI in game one.

Carter McEachern went 4-6 with two runs scored in game two, while Connor Moore was 2-5 with two runs and two RBI.  Muscarello nabbed a pair of hits, while Drew Butler drove in two runs.  Bianchi also went 2-5 in the game, while Austin Singer scored a pair of runs as well.

Trinity and Dallas will finish off the SCAC weekend series with a game on Sunday afternoon, beginning at 2:00 p.m.