CLERMONT, Fla. – The Concordia University softball team (6-11) dropped two games on their final day at the NTC Spring Games against Wayne State (Mich.) (9-8) and Hillsdale (Mich.) (6-8). The Golden Bears fell to the Warriors 6-4 and to the Chargers 5-4.
 
Wayne State (Mich.) 6, Concordia-St. Paul 4
Lyndsay Butler did it all for the Warriors in the first game of the day as she picked up the win in the circle, allowing no earned runs with 13 strikeouts in a complete game, and falling a triple short of the cycle as she scored three times and drove in two more.
 
Wayne State struck first with a run in the second and another in the third as Klyee Barrett and Nikki Fulton picked up RBI singles.
 
Haley Schanks broke through against Butler in the bottom of the third as she drove in Jamie Fleischhacker with an RBI single after an error extended the inning. Concordia couldn't pick up another big hit to tie the game and the Golden Bears left another two on the bases in the fourth as Butler held CU off the scoreboard.
 
The Warriors added two more in the top of the fifth as Butler singled and came around to score and they added another on an error to take a 4-1 lead into the CU half of the fifth. Liz Jarosz got one back for the Golden Bears as she drove in Fleishhacker with a triple with nobody down. Butler went back to work and struck out the next three hitters to strand Jarosz at third.
 
 
Butler helped her cause even more in the top of the sixth as she launched a two-run shot to extend the lead to 6-2.
 
Concordia rallied in the seventh as they loaded the bases with one down before Emily Shinn brought in a run with an RBI groundout and Elena Koncar drove in another with a single. Pinch hitter Linzy Heim stepped up to the plate with two outs as the winning run and hit a scorching line drive down the first base line but it ended up in the first baseman's glove to end the game.
 
Jamie Fleischhacker, Haley Schanks and Elena Koncar all had two hits for the Golden Bears as Fleischhacker double and scored three times and Schanks and Koncar each picked up an RBI.
 
Stephanie Kappes (3-6) took the loss in the circle for the Golden Bears as she gave up five earned runs but walked just one and struck out a pair.
 
 
Hillsdale (Mich.) 5, Concordia-St. Paul 4
For the fifth time on the young season, the Golden Bears saw their opponents pick up the game-winning run in the seventh inning. Concordia held a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth only to see the Chargers tie it up with three in their half of the sixth and another in the seventh to claim the win.
 
Haley Schanks cruised through the early innings before running into trouble in the sixth as she picked a no-decision. She allowed just 3 hits and two earned runs while striking out five in 5.0+ innings of work.
 
Fleischhacker broke the scoreless tie with a single that brought home Teona Zepeda in the third and Lizzy Swenson hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Shinn in the fourth as Concordia built a 2-0 lead.
 
After Sarah Klopfer got one back with an RBI single for Hillsdale in the fourth, Concordia added two more insurance runs in the sixth as Swenson drove in her second run with a single and Kelly McKenzie brought her home with a single of her own as CU took a 4-1 lead.
 
The Chargers started the sixth with a single, an error and a walk to load the bases before Linzy Heim came in to replace Schanks. Heim got the first hitter to hit a sacrifice fly, but the next hitter cut the deficit to one with a single and another run came home on wild pitch to tie the game. Heim, however, struck out the next hitter and coaxed a groundout to escape the inning tied.
 
The Golden Bears left the go-ahead run on third base in the seventh and were done in with an error with two down and runners on first and third for Hillsdale as the winning run crossed the plate.
 
Kelly McKenzie was the only Golden Bear with more than one hit as she went 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
 
Concordia will travel back home to prepare for action in the Missouri Western Invitational next weekend as they travel to St. Joseph, Mo. for six game before opening up NSIC play the following week.