Box Score St. Joseph, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University baseball team lost a heartbreaker to Missouri Western on Saturday afternoon, falling 5-4 in extra inning and are now eliminated from the MIAA Tournament.

Missouri Western jumped on top early, taking a 1-0 lead after the first inning of play. The Bearcats responded in the second, plating two runs to take a 2-1 lead. Ross Wolfe and Chance Wolfe led the inning off with back-to-back singles. After a Missouri Western error put the runners on second and third, Zach Pirrello doubled to right field to put SBU on top. The Bearcats added to their lead in the third when Jake Vore scored on a Ross Wolfe fielder's choice to extend the lead to 3-1. The Griffons responded right back in the bottom half of the inning with two runs to tie the game at 3-3.

Both the Bearcats and the Griffons settled down, with no runs being scored over the next three innings. The Bearcats broke the tie in the top of the seventh when Tyler Hampton singled home Bo Helsel to give SBU a 4-3 lead. Western responded right back, knotting the game up at 4-4. The game would go to extra innings, but Missouri Western would come out on top with a walk-off single in the bottom of the tenth as SBU fell 5-4.

The Bearcats concluded the most successful season in school history, coming away with the most wins and MIAA wins ever. SBU also advanced to their first MIAA Tournament since the 1999. SBU finished the season with a 29-24 record while finishing 24-15 in the MIAA.