ST. PAUL, Minn. – Concordia-St. Paul head baseball coach Neil Lerner has announced a schedule change for this weekend's NSIC baseball series with Minnesota Crookston as the Golden Bears and Golden Eagles will now travel to Sioux City, Iowa for a three-game series with a doubleheader at noon on Sunday and a single game at noon on Monday.
 
SCHEDULE INFORMATION
For the fourth consecutive series, the Golden Bears will be moving sites as they head south to Bishop Mueller Field on the campus of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. The games will also be pushed back a day to Sunday and Monday with first pitch scheduled for noon both days. The two schools with play a seven-inning contest followed by a nine-inning game on Sunday before the two schools conclude the series with a single nine-inning game on Monday.
 
Live stats will be available for the series.
 
UMC SERIES HISTORY
CSP will look to continue their dominance of UMC in the all-time series as they have gone 47-12 in 59 previous meetings. The Golden Bears had been especially dominant in recent years with 43 wins in a row against the Golden Eagles from 2003 to 2019, but the Golden Eagles have won seven of the last eight. Concordia has gone 10-5 in 15 meetings at a neutral site.
 
LAST MEETING WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLES
In last year's four game series between the two schools at UMC Baseball Field back on Apr. 11-12, 2021, Minnesota Crookston took three of four.
 
In game three of the series after the teams traded the lead back and forth early in the contest, the CSP bats came through in the seventh as they scored six runs to claim the decisive advantage in the third and final conference game of the series.
 
The Golden Bears took advantage of their opportunities at the plate as they needed just seven hits to score nine runs in the victory. The team's patience at the plate played a big role as they drew nine walks to aid the offensive effort.
 
Senior shortstop Patrick Bordewick had a big game at the plate as he went 2-4 with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored while Matt Pietsch picked up a hit and a walk while scoring three times. Ryan Christopher and Jarod Wandersee each reached base safely three times in the game as Christopher finished 2-4 with a walk and run scored while Wandersee walked three times, scored once and drove in another. Ryan Bastyr added a two-run single while Thimsen chipped in an RBI single of his own.
 
CSP starter Michael Voss was solid on the hill as he limited Minnesota Crookston to just four hits and two runs over 5.0 innings while striking out four in a no-decision. TJ Johnson picked up the win as he allowed one run on no hits in his inning in relief before Connor Hurley finished it off with 3.0 innings of one-run ball and four strikeouts to grab his second save of the year.
 
In the series finale, the Golden Eagles jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead with four in the first and two in the second and didn't look back as CSP was held to three hits in the 6-1 loss.
 
The trio of Ray Wellner, Logan Shaffer and Ryan Fering provided a bright spot for the Golden Bears as they combined for 4.2 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just two hits and striking out three. Wyatt Rudolf got the start and was tagged with the loss as he gave up four runs in the first.
 
Shea Pekarek, Ryan Christopher and Patrick Bordewick picked up the team's three hits as Pekarek also drew a walk and scored the lone run for the squad in the game.