TAMPA, Fla. (May 16, 2006) ? The University of South Florida baseball team (21-32) was defeated by the Stetson Hatters (32-21), 9-2, on Tuesday, May 16 at Red McEwen Field. Despite registering nine hits, including a solo home run by senior Brian Baisley, the Bulls suffered their third-straight loss.

Baisley went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Sophomore Joey Angelberger led all USF hitter with three hits on the night. Third baseman Dexter Butler drove in a run, going 1-for-4 on the night. Of the 20 total hits on the night (by both USF and Stetson) just one (Baisley's solo shot) went for extra bases.

Nick Manganaro suffered his fourth loss of the season, allowing just one run on two hits in two innings of action. In all, the Bulls used five pitchers (Manganaro, Yuri Higgins, Matt Ingram, Ryan Lau and Chase Lirette). Each pitcher accounted for two innings except Lirette, who pitched in ninth inning.

The loss marked USF's sixth-straight to Stetson and dropped the Bulls to 70-74 in the all-time series with the Hatters.
 
USF will travel to Morgantown, W.Va., to face the West Virginia Mountaineers in a three-game series, looking to clinch a spot in the 2006 BIG EAST Tournament. The first game of the three-game set will take place on Thursday, May 18. First pitch is 7 p.m.

Stetson 9, USF 2 (May 16, 2006 at Tampa, Fla.)
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Stetson............. 100 202 103  -  9 11  0      (32-21)
USF................. 000 000 200  -  2  9  3      (21-32)
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Pitchers: Stetson - ROMANOWICZ; HITCHCOCK(7); NERY(7); MARSOCCI(8). USF - MANGANARO;
HIGGINS(3); INGRAM(5); LAU(7); LIRETTE(9).
Win-ROMANOWICZ(1-3)  Loss-MANGANARO(3-4)  T-2:43  A-211
HR USF - B. BAISLEY (5).
HITCHCOCK faced 1 batter in the 7th.