ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul's (10-12, 8-6 NSIC) 2015 home opener was spoiled by #7 St. Cloud State (30-2, 14-2 NSIC) on Wednesday afternoon at Barnes Field as the Huskies defeated the Golden Bears 7-3 and 15-1 on a cool, cloudy day.

Concordia took a 3-3 tie with St. Cloud State into the seventh inning of the first game before SCSU rallied for four runs. The momentum continued into the second game as SCSU scored two in the first and eight in the second to blow the game open.

Freshman Connor Olson went 5-7 at the plate on the day while junior Eric Fasnacht stayed hot by going 3-5 with his ninth double, a run and an RBI.

The Golden Bears will head to Bismarck, N.D. to face the University of Mary (3-25, 1-13 NSIC) in a four game weekend series scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

GAME 1: SCSU 7, Concordia 3
Junior right handed pitcher Tyler Brekke made his 2015 debut and worked five strong frames as he threw 54 of 82 pitches for strikes.

After Eric Loxtercamp drilled a double down the left field line to start the day for SCSU, Brekke settled in. He allowed Loxtercamp to score on a sacrifice fly and retired the Huskies in order as he induced a second inning double play grounder to end the inning.

SCSU manufactured a run off Brekke in the third, getting a leadoff single and sacrificing him to second base before SCSU's leading hitter Michael Jurgella drove in the run from second base with two outs.

An unearned run scored off Brekke in the fourth although he got the Huskies out in order after a leadoff single.

In the fifth, he pitched out of a bases loaded and one out jam.

The three stray runs scored off Brekke (two earned) came on eight hits and a walk against a St. Cloud State team that entered play hitting .333 with a .496 team slugging percentage and a starting lineup that featured all nine players hitting at least .315.

The veteran right hander gave his team a chance to win deep into the 7-inning first game of the doubleheader.

Concordia's offense responded with three singles in the first inning, a one out single to left center by Tyler Krekling and a two-out single by Connor Olson up the middle to give Concordia runners on first and third. Eric Fasnacht then drilled an RBI single to right to tie the game early at one.

The Golden Bears carried the momentum into the second inning when Trevon Bargfrede led off with a double to right center field and he advanced to third base on David Henke's flyout down the right field line. But he was stranded there as Concordia missed a chance to take a lead.

Concordia would never lead in the game, either. After Brekke allowed a third run in the fourth inning, Concordia rallied in the bottom of the inning.

Concordia chased SCSU's weekend number one starter Garrett Harrison from the game with no outs in the fourth with the bases loaded after he hit Henke with a pitch to score a run. Kyle Dalton added a sacrifice fly to center to tie the game at three and Krekling walked to reload the bases but Concordia was unable to bring in the go-ahead run once again.

The Golden Bears left nine runners on base in the game including five in scoring position while SCSU left eight runners on with four in scoring position.

Although Concordia forced SCSU reliever Reese Gregory (actually SCSU's third weekend starter) to allow one of Harrison's inherited runners, they couldn't touch him the rest of the way.

Gregory stifled a Concordia offense that was poised to take game one from the Huskies, scattering three singles and a walk over four shutout innings with seven strikeouts. He struck out the side in the seventh around a one out hit by Olson, who went 4-4 in the first game.

SCSU started a rally in the seventh via the free pass as Erik Monson walked the bases loaded with one out before giving way to Hunter Lindstrom. SCSU picked up an RBI single with one out and a two-out, two-run double to extend the lead to four runs before Lindstrom escaped the jam.

Monson took the loss in relief, allowing three runs on one hit in 1.1 innings.

Gregory improved to 6-0 for the Huskies with the relief win. Harrison went 3.0 innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk in the no decision.

SCSU was led by Zak Hoffman who went 2-4 with two RBI and Jurgella who drove in two runs while going 1-1 at the plate.

Fasnacht joined Olson with a multi-hit game, going 2-4 with a run and his team leading 23rd RBI.

GAME 2: SCSU 15, Concordia 1
The Huskies carried their late inning magic to the start of game two. After Cody Schacht quickly retired the first two batters of the game, SCSU delivered a double, a homer and a double before Schacht fielded his second comebacker to end the inning.

He got a quick out in the second before SCSU's offense continued to come through with hits in an eight run inning that included another two-run home run and a pair of doubles.

Schacht would take the loss, falling to 2-2 on the year and Concordia wasn't able to mount a comeback against St. Cloud State's second game weekend starter Shelden Miks who entered the game with a 5-0 record and a 0.87 ERA with three complete games out of five starts on the year.

With a double-digit lead, Miks wouldn't factor into the decision as he worked three shutout frames, allowing three hits and a walk on 33 pitches to lower his ERA to 0.81.

Concordia did put him into some tough spots, getting runners on first and third with one out in the second inning after Eric Fasnacht drilled a one out double to the base of the left center field fence and moved up as Ryan Poppitz followed by stinging a single through the right side.

But the threat was erased with a double play ground out. Miks was able to induce three double plays in his three innings to keep Concordia off the scoreboard.

The Golden Bears jumped on the scoreboard as soon as Miks was replaced by Kevin Bolder, when Doug Vanasek drew a one out walk, moved to third on Olson's single to right field and scored on a wild pitch.

Erick Kivi was Concordia's most effective reliever of the game as he worked 1.2 shutout innings while striking out the first two Huskies he faced to work out of a jam with two runners on and one out when he entered the game in the fourth inning with three runs already home in the inning.

Adam Fredericks worked a scoreless seventh inning as well, picking up a strikeout and allowing just a two out single in a 14-pitch inning.

Bolder was credited with the win as SCSU and Concordia each used five pitchers in the game that would end up being shortened to seven innings due to the NSIC's 10-run rule.