| Kendall Burgess sparks Bulldog offense with a three run homerun in the bottom of the first in a 8-0 game one rout of the Defenders. |
The Bulldogs easily handled the defenders with an 8-0 defeat in five innings during game one. Concordia broke the game open in the bottom of the first inning when Charlotte Kaeding doubled with two outs, and then Mikeala Klein reached on an error by the center fielder. Kendall Burgess then hit a towering home run to dead center field to give Concordia three runs.
Concordia again added runs in the bottom of the third when the Bulldogs added four runs on three base hits helped by the Defenders throwing errors. Concordia scored its eighth run of the game when Whitney Swanson led off the bottom of the fourth with a double to left center and was later driven in by Kaeding's single to center field.
The defenders struggled to gain any momentum offensively as Caitlin Lawrence held Dordt to three hits and only two runners advanced past first base. Lawrence moves to 2-0 on the season, while the Bulldogs moved to 1-0 in conference play and 5-5 overall.
Game two added more drama to the evening, with Dordt earned a 3-2 extra- innings victory over the Bulldogs. With many of the Concordia normal starters earning rest time, Dordt took advantage. Dordt took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning as Concordia walked two Defenders, hit a third and walked a run in. Concordia twice had runners on third but failed to connect on any scoring chances. Concordia tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Courtney Thomas doubled to start the inning and was driven in by Kaeding in a pinch hit single.
With nothing decided during regulation, the two teams headed into the eighth inning with the international tie breaker rule in place, meaning the teams would start with a runner on second base. Dordt scored two runs in their opportunity in the top of the eighth on a pair of errors by the Bulldogs taking a 3-1 lead to the bottom of the eighth. Concordia scored just one run in the bottom half of the inning leaving runners in scoring position to end the game.
Courtney Thomas was saddled with the loss for the Bulldogs dropping her record to 0-4 for the 2009 season. The Bulldogs moved to 1-1 in the GPAC while falling to 5-6 overall.