The Montreat College baseball team saw its season come to a close with a 5-2 loss to Reinhardt College on Monday, May 10 in the third round of the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament in Kingsport, Tennessee.

In the opening game of the AAC tournament on Friday, May 7, Montreat defeated Virginia Intermont College 6-5 to earn a date on Saturday with regular season champion and tournament number one seed Tennessee Wesleyan College.  

In the Saturday contest, Tennessee Wesleyan showed some of their mettle as they scored 5 runs in the bottom of the first inning.  But Montreat Head Coach Mike Bender saw his troops rally, somewhat improbably, scoring 4 runs of their own in the top of the 5th inning and eventually knotting the score at 9-9 after their half of the 8th, helped in part by five Bulldog errors.  Montreat Centerfielder Martin Lucas and Second Baseman Chris Allen each totaled 2 RBI to lead the Cavaliers' offense.  

But Tennessee Wesleyan rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th and held on for a wild 12-9 win.  

Dropped into the loser's bracket and facing elimination with its next loss, Montreat was matched on Monday against Reinhardt College, a team which had defeated the Cavaliers in both their games this season and shut out Montreat in both contests.  The Eagles scored two runs in both the 3rd and 4th innings and rode strong pitching from starter Matt Dalton to the 5-2 win that eliminated the Cavaliers from the tournament.

The Cavaliers completed the 2010 season with an overall record of 17-32 after allowing an average of more than six runs per game; a strong offense couldn't overcome the defensive lapses and game but undermanned pitching staff which allowed more than ten runs on twelve occasions.