SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Concordia-St. Paul (21-28, 17-22 NSIC) bounced back from a 12-4 game one loss by drilling three home runs in a seven-run third inning in game two to secure a road split in a 10-9 win at Sioux Falls (28-26, 24-15 NSIC) on Friday afternoon at Sioux Falls Stadium.

Concordia split in its final doubleheader of the season, and will conclude the 2025 campaign tomorrow with a noon first pitch at Sioux Falls Stadium. 

With the game one loss, CSP was eliminated from playoff contention, but didn't let that spoil the day with the seven-run third inning, and an eighth inning go-ahead RBI single by senior Jeremy McGuigan to seal the win for senior Jack Greenlun. 

Sophomore first baseman Charlie Harms had a big day, going 4-6 at the plate with a home run, four RBIs, a pair of walks and three runs scored. Senior Kal Brohmer also had a four-hit day, going 4-6 with two doubles, two runs, two RBIs and a stolen base. McGuigan started both contests and went 3-8 with a run and two RBIs, and senior Koby McBroome went 2-7 with both hits going for extra bases with a double and a homer, a walk, HBP, run and two RBIs. 

Senior right-handers Korey Dahlberg and Gavin Rusch made their final starts as Golden Bears, each working five innings, with Greenlun pitching the final four frames of game two for the win.

GAME 1: USF 12, CSP 4
It was a tough-luck loss for Korey Dahlberg, who was spotted four runs in the top of the second inning from the lineup as Jeremy McGuigan and Tomas Lee had RBI singles and Kal Brohmer had a two-run single. 

Dahlberg was then tagged for an unearned run in the second and four more unearned runs in the third as USF claimed the advantage. The accomplished Golden Bear starter would weave his way through five frames, allowing just one earned run in his 43rd career start. He In 44 career appearances, Dahlberg left his mark on the program with 159 strikeouts in 213.1 innings and carried a 15-21 college record, good for top-10 in program history in wins. 

On this day, he struck out four and worked around nine hits and three walks on 116 pitches. 

In game one, McGuigan went 2-3 with an RBI while Brohmer went 1-3 with two RBIs and Lee was 1-2 with an RBI. The bottom half of CSP's lineup combined to go 4-10 with all four runs and two of the RBIs. 

GAME 2: CSP 10, USF 9
Game two played more like the first quarter of a basketball game, and Concordia's experience playing in such contests paid off today. The game featured a pair of ties (1-1, 2nd and 9-9, 7th) but no lead changes as Concordia never let USF get ahead.

Chase McQuade started the scoring by knocking in Will Husemann with an RBI ground out in the second inning to collect his first career RBI. 

After USF tied the game with a solo homer in the second inning, the Golden Bears erupted in the third, tripling down on USF's second-inning homer by hitting three of their own.

Charlie Harms swatted a three-run shot, while Husemann and Koby McBroome each delivered two-run blasts with all seven runs in the inning coming via the long ball.

Harms hit his fourth of the year and is now third on the team with 31 RBIs, while Husemann's was his sixth to go with 29 RBIs and McBroome hit his third, giving him 24 RBIs. Nine players on the team have between 22 (Eric Berg) and 33 (Noah Juliar & Trett Joles) RBIs on the year, an impressively well-balanced lineup. 

Ahead 8-1, CSP allowed USF to chip away at the advantage. The Cougars scored three in the fifth on an RBI double and a two-run homer before Harms tacked on an RBI single in the sixth.

The Cougars put up three more in the sixth, a leadoff homer before a walk and a double chased senior right-hander Gavin Rusch from the contest after five-plus innings. He completed his 31st career start and 39th appearance, pushing him to 163.1 career innings with 121 strikeouts. As a senior, he struck out nearly a batter per inning with 54 in 55.1 frames and leaves CSP with a winning 9-8 career record and ERA that improved each year as a college pitcher.

He was relieved by Jack Greenlun, who allowed a pair of RBI groundouts to bring in Rusch's final two runners, with CSP gladly taking the outs for a run trade in the later innings. 

USF would add pair of two-out runs in the seventh to tie the game after the Golden Bears stranded runners on first and second with one out in the top of the inning, though. 

In the eighth, CSP's experience in close games came through, as Harms led off with a walk, moved to second on Kaden Johnson's productive ground out to third, and scored from second on McGuigan's two-out RBI single.

Greenlun took it from there, facing the minimum six batters in the final two innings as he induced a double play in the eighth inning to erase a one-out single, and retired the Cougars in order in the ninth on a strikeout and two groundouts to earn the relief win. He improves to 3-7 with five saves in 30 career apperances, making 19 appearances in 2025. He's struck out 42 in 38.2 innings with a 5.12 ERA, an improvement of over four and a half runs off of last year's ERA in his first year as a college pitcher in 2024. He's struck out nearly a batter per inning as well, with 57 in 57.2 innings in two seasons.

Concordia had 13 hits and seven walks in game two, squeaking out the win despite leaving 10 runners on base compared to just three for USF, who only drew one walk against Rusch and Greenlun combined. 

Kal Brohmer went 3-5 with a pair of doubles (7) and scored twice, Harms was 3-3 with two walks, two runs and four RBIs. Husemann was 2-4 with a pair of extra-base hits, the hardest two with a triple and homer, scoring twice and driving in a pair, and McBroome was 2-5 with a two-run homer and a walk.