The Concordia University baseball team dropped a close double header Sunday in GPAC action against Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. With the losses the Bulldogs will need to sweep Midland and Hastings in the upcoming weekend and need some other teams to be swept to have a chance at making the field of eight for the GPAC post season tournament.
Concordia (7-32, 6-14 GPAC) led game one 10-8 heading to seventh inning powered by back-to-back homeruns by Jack Holmberg and BJ Juelfs but Morningside would take the game in bottom of the seventh. Morningside's Brett Hoch led off the seventh with a double, he advanced to third on a single by Jason Engleman. The game then ended on a walk-off home run by David Manceaux off of the Bulldog closer, freshman Jacob Yurich as Morningside took game one 11-10.
In game two, Morningside (22-13, 12-8 GPAC) scored three runs a piece in each of the first three innings to take an early 9-0 lead that the Bulldogs just couldn't battle back from. Concordia would cut the lead to 9-7 but that is the closest the Bulldogs would get as Morningside would complete the sweep with an 11-8 game two victory.
The Bulldogs Matt Rottmann took the loss in game two for the Bulldog pitching staff, moving his record to 2-3 on the season. Offensively in game two the Bulldogs were led by junior first baseman Ben Ahlman who went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI.
The next action for the Bulldogs comes this weekend as they head to Fremont, Neb. on April 25 for a 4 p.m. double header with Midland before returning to Seward, Neb. for the final home series of the season against Hastings on April 26. The Hastings games are set for a 1 p.m. first pitch.
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score