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updated 05/05/2008

Rose-Hulman Splits with Transy to Set Up Showdown Sunday

Tim Tepe blasted four hits, including a pair of doubles, in the game one victory.

GAME 1 BOX SCORE
GAME 2 BOX SCORE

LEXINGTON, KY. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology earned a doubleheader split against Transylvania University to set the stage for a critical Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference game on Sunday.

The Engineers won the opener by a 16-2 count behind a 20-hit effort. Transylvania bounced back for a 5-3 victory in the nightcap.

Rose-Hulman can still secure the top seed and hosting rights for the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball tournament with a victory over Transylvania in Sunday's noon game.

Transylvania must either defeat the Engineers on Sunday or have Bluffton defeat Anderson in their Sunday matinee to qualify for the HCAC Tournament.

In the opener, sophomore Tim Tepe (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) paced the Engineer offense with four hits, including two doubles, with four RBIs and three runs scored.

Junior Chandler Kent (Antioch, Ill.), sophomore Keenan Long (Park Ridge, Ill./Northwestern University), sophomore Troy Eveslage (Ramsey/North Harrison) and senior Alex Decker (Seymour) each added two hits for Rose-Hulman. Kent scored three runs and drove home two, Long had three RBIs with two runs scored, Eveslage had one run and one RBI and Decker scored twice with one run batted in.

The Engineers pounded four Transylvania pitchers for 20 hits and scores of four runs in the first, three in the fourth, five in the fifth and four in the seventh in the game one win.

Senior Michael Matsui (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield South) improved to 9-1 on the season with the complete game victory. Matsui scattered eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts to lower his earned run average to a conference best 1.89.

In the nightcap, Transylvania scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to top the Engineers 5-3. Rose-Hulman rallied to tie the score at 3-3 with a solo score in the seventh inning.

Sophomore Andrew Bilse (Munster) slapped four hits, including a double, to lead the Engineer offense in game two. Matsui added a pair of singles for Rose-Hulman.

Rose-Hulman stands 28-10 overall and 15-5 in HCAC play, while Transylvania has a mark of 27-10 and a league standing of 14-7 entering Sunday's single game.