The Concordia University softball team used a pair of 7-2 victories over the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers Saturday afternoon to keep their hope of repeating as GPAC regular season champions alive.
Clarissa Eloge went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs to lead a Concordia offense that had thirteen hits in game one. Nicole Baker, Kendall Burgess, Charlotte Kaeding and Whitney Swanson each has multiple hits in game one.
Nicole Sempek picked up the victory for Concordia, her eleventh of the season. Sempek threw five complete innings, giving up zero runs while allowing just three Tiger base hits.
Eloge added a second 3-for-4 effort in game two as the Concordia offense surged for six runs on six hits and two Tiger errors to take a 7-1 lead in the top of the third inning. Behind the stellar pitching of Courtney Thomas, the Bulldogs cruised to the 7-2 victory. Thomas picked up her second win of the season, throwing a complete game with only three hits.
With the sweep the Bulldogs are now 17-12 overall and 10-5 overall while Dakota Wesleyan falls to 8-22 overall and 4-16 in the GPAC. Concordia sits in fifth place in the GPAC with just two losses separating the top six teams in the conference.
The next action for the Bulldogs comes Monday, April 20, as Concordia welcomes the University of Sioux Falls Cougars. The doubleheader is set to begin at 5 p.m. at Plum Creek Park in Seward, Neb.
Game 1 Box / Game 2 Box