SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Concordia-St. Paul (10-14, 6-8 NSIC) had its 4-game winning streak come to a close on Thursday afternoon, falling 11-0 and 5-2 to Minnesota Crookston (11-13, 8-6 NSIC) at Sanford Sports Complex. 

The two teams will square-off in a doubleheader at noon tomorrow to conclude the 4-game series. 

Freshman Eric Berg had a standout day at the plate, going 3-6 with his first career home run, adding a walk, a run and a pair of RBIs in the two games. Noah Juliar also went 3-6 with a walk and Kal Brohmer was 2-6 with a walk. 

Juliar pushes his hitting streak to eight and his reached base streak to 10 and Brohmer has reached base safely in eight straight. 

Senior right handed pitcher Korey Dahlberg took the loss in game one, making his 38th career start to tie Ben Lemke's (2009-12) program record for career games started. 

GAME 1: UMC 11, CSP 0
Making his record-tying 38th start of his career, Korey Dahlberg won the first at bat of the day, getting a strikeout looking on six pitches to start the bottom of the first on a high note. 

From there, a pair of walks and a 2-run triple gave UMC its first lead, and a sacrifice fly made it a 3-run first inning. 

Dahlberg wouldn't get support in the series opener, however, as CSP's lineup ran up against one of the arms in the Northern Sun in Josh Dykhoff, who retired the first six batters of the game until Eric Berg led off the third with a base hit to left.

Berg was erased on a double play as Dyhkoff faced the minimum through three innings, while Dahlberg worked a 1-2-3 second inning on 10 pitches. 

In the bottom of the third, the Golden Eagles padded their lead with a pair of runs, only one charged as earned to Dahlberg, for a 5-0 margin.

The Golden Bears showed some life against Dykhoff in the fourth as Kal Brohmer opened with a single despite an 0-2 count, and Noah Juliar would deliver the first pitch he saw into right field for a base hit. But the two-hit inning was disrupted by a double play and Juliar's two-out single left him stranded. 

The Berg, Brohmer and Juliar hits were the only surrendered by Dykhoff on the day, as he'd go the distance (7) in the 3-hitter, striking out 11 without issuing any walks to improve to 5-1. 

UMC put the game out of reach with three runs each in the fourth and fifth innings. 

Concordia's bullpen received a scoreless sixth inning from Jake McNeil, his second scoreless appearance of the season. 

Dahlberg took the loss, falling to 1-3. He worked 4.0 innings and has pitched at least four frames in five of his six starts on the year. He added three strikeouts. 

GAME 2: UMC 5, CSP 2
In the second game, CSP had as many players with 2-hit games as they had total hits in the first game as the Golden Bears rapped out 10 hits and drew five walks while frequenting the bases. 

But it was UMC who was once again had a fast start to establish the momentum, with Josh Dykhoff hitting a 2-run homer in the first inning for the early lead. UMC would add three more in the third for a 5-0 lead. 

Meanwhile, Concordia had missed opportunities haunt them offensively in the early innings as Kal Brohmer and Bennett McCollow started the game with back-to-back singles to left, but McCollow was thrown out stealing on the back-end of a double-steal for the second out, with Brohmer stranded on third. 

In the second, Trett Joles led off with a double to center, and Kaden Johnson drew a 2-out walk but the pair were left aboard. 

The Golden Bears put a pair of runners on in the fourth with a 1-out walk to Charlie Harms and a single by Eric Berg, but a double-play ended the inning. 

In the fifth, CSP had back-to-back 2-out singles by McCollow and Noah Juliar but couldn't keep things moving. 

Concordia finally broke through in the sixth inning as Harms started things with a 1-out single before Berg produced his first career home run, sending it over the left field fence to cut the lead to 5-2. 

By this point in the game, starting pitcher Gavin Rusch had settled into a groove. He retired 11 of the final 13 batters he would face from the end of the third inning through the sixth including a 1-2-3 fifth inning through the heart of UMC's order on 11 pitches. 

Rusch's afternoon ended with a strikeout in a scoreless bottom of the sixth, keeping CSP within striking distance entering the later innings.

In his fifth start and sixth appearance of the season, Rusch would pitch 6.0 frames, working at least 4.0 innings in all six appearances. He struck out six Golden Eagles, giving him at least four strikeouts in all five starts. He allowed five runs on six hits and three walks, taking the loss to fall to 1-2. 

Rusch was relieved by Liam Bystol who provided the bullpen with two shutout innings. In his sixth appearance, Bystol lowered his season ERA to 1.86. He didn't allow a hit while striking out and walking one.

Concordia looked to rally in the seventh, with Brohmer leading off with a walk and moving into scoring position on McCollow's groundout. Juliar produced a 1-out single to left, giving CSP runners on the corners, but an inning-ending double play ended the rally. 

The Golden Bears would put the leadoff hitter on base again in the eighth when Trett Joles drew his team-leading 10th hit by pitch, but CSP came up empty. In the ninth, it was Koby McBroome who would lead off the inning with a hit, and Juliar had a 2-out walk, but CSP left two runners aboard and the tying run at the plate to end the contest. 

The Golden Bears left 11 runners on base, hit into a pair of double plays and had a caught stealing while UMC left five runners on. 

Nate Benning earned the win for UMC, allowing two runs in 6.0 innings. CSP tagged him for eight hits and three walks, and he struck out three. 

Isaac Rogers worked scoreless seventh and eighth innings, setting up Nate Grafsgaard for his fifth save.

McCollow, Juliar and Berg each went 2-4 with a walk in the second game, while Brohmer (1-4, BB), Joles (1-3, HBP) and Harms (1-3, BB) each reached base twice, as well.