BRANDON, S.D. - Concordia-St. Paul baseball (12-5, 4-4 NSIC) outlasted the University of Mary Marauders (9-8, 5-3 NSIC), 13-12, to claim the Saturday finale at First National Bank Field.
 
BOX SCORE
With today's win, Concordia notched their 33rd all-time win against Mary after collecting 13 runs on 13 hits.

Bennett McCollow had a great afternoon at the plate with a trio of hits in five plate appearances while adding two runs and an RBI to his stat line. Noah Juliar also recorded a 3-hit afternoon after going 3-5 with three runs scored and a pair of RBIs.

Mason Nadolney had a game changing home run and Bryce Nelson added an extra-base hit with a double. Nick Thimsen also had an impressive 2-3 showing at the plate with three runs, an RBI and a walk.

Freshman Ian Segna picked up a no-decision in his fourth start on the mound this season in the Navy and Golden. Matt Sherman (2-0) collected his second win of the season after collecting a team-leading three strikeouts in 4.0 innings. Eric Lundell notched his first save of the season as he closed the show on the bump.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Saturday's finale from South Dakota was a back-and-forth classic between the two conference foes that consisted of five lead changes before the Golden Bears prevailed with three runs in the eighth to take the game, 13-12.

Concordia scored their most runs in an inning to open the game with four runs on four hits. After McCollow drove in Koby McBroome for the game's first run and later scored on a wild pitch, Nelson added a 2-RBI double to left center field to extend the early lead to four runs.

After giving up a pair of runs in the second, CSP scored their third run of the game after Nelson drove in Thimsen to give the Golden Bears a 5-2 advantage, but the Marauders responded with their best inning of the game with four runs in the third.

The consistent offensive production continued into the next inning with the lead change of the game going in favor of the Golden Bears after Brayden Roybal and McBroome scored the sixth and seventh runs for CSP. Despite the offense humming, Mary answered back with a pair of homers from Josh Walker and a solo shot from Noah Hull to go up by their largest margin of three runs after five.

Down 10-7 with Juliar and Thimsen on first second in the sixth, Nadolney changed the game's trajectory with his team-leading eighth home run of the season that carried over the wall in left center to even the game at 10 runs apiece.

The Golden Bear regained the lead with a three-run eighth inning that was highlighted by a crucial RBI single from Juliar, which ultimately propelled them to the one run victory.

UP NEXT
The Golden Bears are projected to have their home opening series next week against the Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles at Bob Barnes Field. The four-game series will begin on Friday at 1:30 p.m., followed by a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. and the finale on Sunday at 12 p.m. For more information and updates, please visit https://cspbears.com/sports/baseball.