Concordia university (20-15, 9-3 nsic) won two of three games on the first day of the second nsic crossover held in bismarck, n.d. They defeated msu moorhead 5-3, fell 3-0 to u-mary and defeated bemidji state 5-0. Sophomore abby brundidge's (nekoosa, wi) hitting streak stopped at 17 games after hitting safely in the first two games.

game one: cu 5, msu moorhead 3
concordia had two comebacks in a back-and-forth battle against the dragons, coming out on top in the end. Msum scored first in the second inning to take the early lead.

in the third, senior nicole tischler (st. Paul, mn) drove in junior natalie mast (oakdale, mn) with a two out single to tie the score.

concordia took their first lead in the fourth when sophomore anna bjorlin (hermantown, mn) scored on sophomore nikki scherr's (stewartville, mn) single but the golden bears stranded the bases loaded in the inning.

msu moorhead scored a pair in the fifth inning to reclaim the lead, 3-2, forcing freshman starting pitcher cassye mcmahon (rescue, ca) from the contest. Freshman stephanie schmikla (madison, wi) relieved mcmahon, allowing an rbi single to score one of her base runners before retiring the side.

in the sixth, bjorlin led off with a hit by pitch, forcing starter kari sagehorn from the game. With reliever julie vancura in the circle, concordia rallied for three runs, with mast providing the only rbi on a single. The other two runs were unearned.

schmikla picked up the win, pitching 2.2 innings of shutout ball in relief, allowing three hits and striking out three to improve to 8-7.

vancura took the loss for the dragons.

abby brundidge went 2-4 in the game, extending her hitting streak to 16 games with a single in the first inning.

game two: u-mary 3, cu 0
abby brundidge singled in the first inning for the second game in a row, extending her hitting streak to 17, but it was just one of two hits for concordia as brenda langston controlled the game with a two hit shutout, striking out five without issuing any walks for the marauder win.

stephanie schmikla took the loss, falling to 8-8 with a complete game, six innings with three runs (one earned). She gave up six hits and struck out four.

u-mary scored two in the third and one in the fifth to seal the win.

nicole tischler had the only other hit for concordia, a leadoff single in the fourth inning.

cu is now 1-2 against u-mary on the year, splitting their two nsic games with a 7-6 non-conference loss to open the season.

game three: cu 5, bemidji state 0
this time it was concordia that shut down their opponent, as sophomore jenn kaminski (columbia heights, mn) hurled a two hit gem. She didn't have any walks or strikeouts as the concordia defense played well behind her.

kaminski moves to 8-4 with the victory.

abby brundidge saw her hitting streak come to a close, going hitless in four at bats, only reaching on a fielder's choice in the third inning. During her 17 game hit streak, brundidge hit .571 at the plate with 32 hits in 56 at bats. She had six doubles, two home runs and 16 rbi and amassed a .786 slugging pct.

the hitting streak has raised her season average, now at .426 after the 0-4 performance against bsu.

cu scored four runs in the fourth and one more in the fifth in the five run victory.

after all nine of their hits in the first two games and their first six hits of the bsu game were singles, the golden bears finally notched an extra base hit when anna bjorlin drilled a triple to right field in the fifth inning.

they added another single, making it 16 of 17 hits in the three games being singles.

natalie mast was 2-3 with two stolen bases against bsu, giving her 35 in 40 attempts on the season. Bjorlin finished 3-3 at the plate and scored twice. Her triple was her fourth of the season.

sophomore josey olson (columbia heights, mn) also had a two hit game, going 2-3 with an rbi and a stolen base. She has stolen safely in six of seven attempts and has 10 rbi on the year.

concordia continues to compete in the nsic crossover tomorrow when they play northern state at noon and minnesota, crookston at 2 p.m.

day one notes
abby brundidge hit .571 (32-56) during her 17 game hit streak, which ended in the third game against bemidji state
anna bjorlin was 4-8 (.500) at the plate and scored four runs
stephanie schmikla posted a 0.81 era in 8.2 innings with seven strikeouts
jenn kaminski pitcher her second shutout of the season