rochester, minn. - the concordia softball team (4-2) picked up their fourth straight win on a snowy sunday afternoon in the upper midwest, defeating colorado state pueblo 9-2 behind sophomore ashley kluever (cottage grove, minn.) and junior calli brennan (mendota heights, minn.). The game was played inside the rochester dome. box score

kluever pitched a four hitter, allowing two runs while striking out nine to pick up the victory in her third start of the season. She improves to 2-1. She struck out 21 batters in 19 innings pitched on the weekend.

brennan jacked a grand slam in the fourth inning to blow the game open, giving concordia a 6-0 lead. Senior sami mattson (esko, minn.) added a two run shot in the sixth inning as well to pad the golden bear lead.

the grand slam for brennan gives her a pair of homers for the weekend and nine rbi while mattson produced her third homer and now has eight rbi on the young season.

concordia's 4-2 record this weekend was key as the games were all within the region. They'll return to action march 5-12 in orlando, fla. For the rebel spring games where they'll play 14 games.