The Webster University men's baseball team clinched its fourth straight St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title with a 1-0 victory at Greenville College (IL) on May 1.  Will Savage (SR, Benet Academy, IL) pitched a complete-game shutout, and a Cody Stevenson (FR, Centralia HS, IL) running catch with two outs in the seventh preserved the win.  Webster lost, 8-6, in the anticlimactic nightcap of the scheduled twinbill.

The Gorloks improved to 21-2 in the SLIAC, and hold a three-game lead on the loss side over the Panthers, with only one conference game remaining.  Webster has won the SLIAC title all four years head coach Bill Kurich has been at the helm, compiling an 81-8 conference regular season recond in that period.

The clincher came down to Greenville's last bat as it had runners at first and second with no one out in the bottom of the seventh.  A sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third, but Savage caught the next batter looking at a called third strike, and Stevenson's catch ended the threat.  Savage improved to 7-0 and lowered his ERA to 1,95 on the season.  Batters are only hitting .181 against him for the year.

Anthony Genna (JR, Lyons Township HS, IL) scored the lone run for the Gorloks on an error in the fourth inning.  Joe Biagini (SO, Glenbard South HS, IL) was three for three in the game.

Victor Valdez (SR, Benet Academy, IL) gave Webster a 2-0 lead in the nightcap with a two-run homer, his 12th, in the first.  The lead was short-lived as Greenville scored two in the first, five more in the second, and won the game 8-6.  Genna and Craig Schaefer (JR, Cartersville HS, IL) both were three for four at the plate.  Bryce Law (SR, Rochelle HS, IL) took the loss and is 3-2 on the year.

The loss broke a 14-game winning streak for Webster, the longest in the team's history.  The Gorloks had a nine-game streak earlier this season that ties for the team's third longest streak.  The loss in the second game was only Webster's second loss in the SLIAC over the past two seasons.  

Webster has one nine-inning game at Westminster College on May 9 on its regular season schedule.  The SLIAC tournament will take place on May 13-15 at Glik Park in Highland, IL.