WILMINGTON, N.C. - There's no "i" in team, but there is one in "Aliphatic," the word that tripped up the UNC Wilmington baseball squad at the sixth annual Cape Fear Literacy Council Spelling Bee on Thursday.

"I've sponsored a team each season from the athletic department in this event," said longtime Seahawk basketball radio broadcaster Wayne Jackson. "Each of the teams have represented the University well in this very worthwhile event."

Representing the Seahawks were outfielders Rhett Miller and Grayson Evans, and pitcher Bryan Booth. The trio cruised through the qualifying rounds and advanced to the second round after spelling "amenable" correctly. When asked what he did to prepare for the Bee, Miller said, "Years of reading and some intellect got me through."

The Seahawks were one of 24 teams in the event that included groups from throughout Wilmington, including local businesses and media outlets.

The word that knocked the "Tyrana-thesauruses" out of the competition, "Aliphatic," is greek in origin and means "pertaining to nonaromatic hydrocarbon compounds in which the constituent carbon atoms can be straight-chain, branched chain, or cyclic, as in alicyclic compounds; saturated, as in the paraffins; or unsaturated, as in the olefins and alkynes." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Aliphatic) The team up an "e" in place of the "i" and it ended their evening.

"It was a fun time for a great cause," said Booth. "We appreciate Wayne giving us the chance to participate and to help out a great organization that always gives back to the Wilmington community."