WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (May 5, 2022) – The second seeded St. Thomas University (STU) Baseball team (36-15, 14-10 SUN) took on the fifth seeded Webber International University Warriors (37-18, 12-12 SUN) in the opening round of the Sun Conference Tournament on Thursday afternoon. The top-25 matchup saw its fourth contest between the two in a 14-day span. The Bobcats walked it off in the 11^th inning to secure a spot in the night cap on Friday evening.

• Chase Costello made his playoff debut with the Bobcats taking the bump and going seven innings.
• The Warriors had a hectic first inning, but Costello stranded the bases loaded with a big strikeout.
• Josue Rangel cracked the scoreboard first with a solo shot to left field on a 2-2 count.
• St. Thomas stranded two runners in scoring position to close out the first.
• Andrew Fernandez continues to lead the Bobcat offense getting a two-run shot to left center to make it a 3-0 ball game in the bottom of the second.
• Webber rallied to take the lead in the top of the third scoring four runs to make it 4-3.
• The lead was erased in the bottom of the fourth as a costly throwing error from the Warriors third baseman would tie the game up at four all.
• Joel Rivero came into relief in the eighth and would once again have to go an extra distance for the second outing in a row.
• Rivero threw four innings to pick up the win while striking out four, only allowing two hits and no runs scored.
• Momentum started to flow into the STU dugout as Andrew Fernandez drew a leadoff walk to start the bottom of the 11^th.
• Rangel followed the next at-bat getting hit by a pitch to put the first two runners aboard with no outs.
• Jack Khawly came up big taking a 2-1 pitch and driving it to left center for his third hit of the game and giving the Bobcats a walk-off victory over the Warriors.

 
St. Thomas will now move ahead and play Keiser who won their first game of the day upsetting Warner on day one. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. from the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.