BURLINGTON, N.C. - Shenandoah University pulled off the biggest upset of day one of the 2006 USA South Conference Baseball Tournament with a 13-6 10 inning victory over third-seeded Ferrum College.

Shenandoah (24-11) scored eight runs in the top of the 10th to send the third-seeded Panthers (25-10-1) into an elimination game against seventh seeded Averett. SU now faces second-seeded NC Wesleyan, who defeated AU in the second game of the day, at 10:00 Thursday morning at Elon College in the quarterfinals. The loser of the SU/NCWC game will have to play again tomorrow afternoon at 4:30.

The Hornets never trailed in Wednesday's contest - the led 2-1 after one, were tied at 3-3 after three and took a 5-3 lead with a pair of runs in the third. FC tied the game again the fifth with two runs on three hits and one Shenandoah error, but could never push ahead.

SU got what would prove to be the game-winning runs by sending 12 men to the plate in the 10th - coach Kevin Anderson's club scored six of those runs before making the first out of the frame. Junior Daniel Bowershad the game-winning RBI when he drew a bases loaded walk off of Panthers reliever Jimmy Holm (3-3) to score Ryan Anderson. Ryan Anderson had led off the frame with a single to left.

Eight of the nine Hornets starters got at least one hit and all eight drove in at least one run. David Jenkins , Daniel Ziccardy and Adam Kuchemba, the first three hitters in the SU lineup, all had two hits and two RBI.

Kuchemba also bailed the Hornets out of a jam in the bottom of the ninth inning when he threw out Brent Sowers at second base attempting to steal. Sowers had reached with the potential winning run when first baseman Adam Duckett couldn't pick up his two-out slow roller.

Senior Nick Sborz, who worked the final 1.1 innings, earned the win. He allowed one run on one hit to improve to 3-0 this spring.

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