saint cloud, minn. - the golden bears (20-8, 3-1 nsic) fell in game one 4-3, in walk-off fashion but rebounded winning game two of the doubleheader against saint cloud state(16-11, 1-1 nsic) by the score of 4-1. Concordia held a 3-1 advantage in the bottom of the seventh in game one but scsu rallied to score three to win the game. In game two it was tessa ewert's homerun that lifted cu to victory. game 1 box | game 2 box

game 1:
it was a quiet first two innings for both teams and neither cu or scsu managed a hit. Concordia struck in the top of the third as katie feuerbach reached on an error to start the inning and then was tripled home by brynn larsen on a big two out hit. Scsu got a pair of singled in the bottom of the inning but double play turned by cu helped them wiggle out of a mini jam.

the two teams were held scoreless in the fourth as ashley kluever worked out of another jam in the bottom of the fourth. With just one out the huskies had runners on second and third after back to back singles to start the inning. Kluever got scsu to pop up twice to get out of the jam.

after a hitless top of the fifth for cu the huskies tied the game in the bottom half of the inning with a homerun. Cu took the lead back in the bottom of the inning thanks to another error. Larsen reached on the error to start the inning and moved to second on an ewert sac bunt. Following a sami mattson foul out, erin tjornhom singled home larsen. Scsu went down in order in the sixth.

in the seventh inning cu added an insurance run. Back to back singles to start the inning by kluever and stephanie schmikla put batters on first and second. katie anderson then singled and pinch runner megan revoir scored on an error by the left fielder. The huskies rallied in the seventh as they got the leadoff batter on via a single. She was however cut down on a fielder's choice moments later. An error put runners on first and second with one away. Following a sac bunt scsu had runners on second and third with two down. The big hit came next as k. Olson homered to left field giving the huskies the win.

it was the first time all year cu lost a game in which it scored first.

game 2:
much like game one, game two started quietly as well. Through the first three inning both teams had just three hits with cu claiming all three. Ewert picked up a single in the first, tjornhom singled in the second and larsen singled in the third. Concordia had a runner in scoring position in the second and third but was unable to capitalize.

concordia struck first in the top of the fourth thanks to an error. Mattson reached on a error by the short to start the inning and scored on missie feuerbach's double with one away. Scsu tied the game back up in the bottom of the fourth as a double with one away tied the game at one. It could have been worse as the huskies had the bases loaded with one away but cassye mcmahon got a fly out and fielder's choice to end the threat.

cu's big inning came in the fifth as mcmahon and anderson reached on errors to open up the frame. Following a larsen foul out, ewert cleared the bases with a three run homer to left center. Tjornhom added a single in the inning and advanced to third with two down but the score remained 4-1 in favor of cu after four and half.

mcmahon did the rest as she held scsu to just one hit in the final three innings picking up her fifth win of the year.

concordia will be back in action this weekend as cu will face off with northern state on saturday at 1 p.m. In a doubleheader followed by a doubleheader against mary on sunday starting at noon.