MARION, Ind. -- Despite three home runs including a record setting 4-bagger, the University of Saint Francis slipped to 1-1 in the 2008 Mid-Central Conference Tournament after a 9-8, 10-inning setback to Bethel College late Wednesday afternoon.

  USF will play Taylor on Thursday at 1 p.m. in its second elimination game this week.

  Freshman Taylor Futterknecht yanked the Cougars (27-28) back into the game with a 3-run blast and Jon Saporsantos tied the game with his second home run of the game leading off the bottom of the ninth and USF trailing 8-7. Futterknecht set a USF single-season record with his eighth homer of the season breaking the mark of seven set by Darrin Bloebaum in 1987.

  USF got the winning run to second base with two outs, but Colin Zwiebel lined to left for the third out.

  In the 10th, Bethel got a 1-out single and an advance to second on a bobble in right by Nate Long. He eventually moved to third and scored on a sacrifice fly. Brok Lahrman, pitching in relief of starter Bart Schnur, absorbed the loss.

  "We're still playin', that's the main thing," USF coach Greg Roberts emphasized. "We played a good game on offense, but we shot ourselves in the foot on defense."

  -- Go USF --