In three days, St. Thomas played five games, of which three were against top 30 teams in Fort Myers, Fla. The Tommies were 5-1 as they dealt losses to both No. 1 Otterbein and No. 26 Salisbury.

On Monday 18th-ranked St. Thomas ran its win streak to five with a 7-2 victory over Salisbury.

In the nightcap, coach Dennis Denning worked his 1,000th game as a head coach spanning the high school and collegiate levels as St Thomas defeated Finlandia 21-0. Eric Fleming was the star of the game when joined a select group of NCAA players to hit three triples in one game.

Tuesday, Eric Fleming homered and freshman Tom Wippler had three hits as St. Thomas scored a 5-3 victory against St. Lawrence. Freshman Eric Schuld pitched seven innings for the victory as Denning got within one of his 800th lifetime win.

Two top 5 ranked teams were on the schedule for St Thomas on Wednesday. In the first game No. 5 UW-Stevens Point pounded 14 hits and cruised to an 8-1 win. All-American Jordan Zimmerman held the Toms to one unearned run and five singles in seven innings. Erik Olson struck out eight in six innings for the Toms but allowed eight hits and five. This was the second loss to the Pointers in the last two weeks.

on Wednesday afternoon, Louie Salmen's two-run single in the top of the ninth scored the tying and go-ahead runs as St. Thomas edged top-ranked Otterbein 8-7. The Toms (9-4) led 6-1 before the Cardinals rallied to take a 7-6 lead. Chris Bullis took the win in relief of starter Dan Leslie.

The victory was No. 800 in the 30-year coaching career for Denning. He won 378 games at Cretin-Derham Hall high school in St. Paul and has 422 victories in 13 seasons at St. Thomas. His overall baseball record is 800-202.