Indiana Tech 12, Concordia 0 (5 innings)
Concordia entered Sunday's double header matchup against Indiana Tech looking to close out their regular season on a winning note and hoping to avenge a sweep at the hands of the Warriors on April 11 when they lost both games 11-0 and 10-4.
The Cardinals were coming off two losses to a strong Davenport team a day earlier in which they lost 17-0 in game one, but came storming back in the second game to force the Panthers into an 11 inning affair in which they eventually lost 5-1.
After falling behind by two runs to the Warriors in the first inning, the Cardinals (10-34, 5-23) would have to come from behind to snap their 10 game losing streak and earn their fifth conference win. A Catherine Herriman (Fr - Adrian, Mich) triple with one out in the second got things going for the home team. Herriman would eventually score on an RBI ground out by freshman Erica Hayworth (Farmington Hills, Mich).Indiana Tech (13-16, 24-25) would score another run in the third inning to take a 3-1 lead. Concordia would have their biggest inning in the bottom of the fourth as they would score two runs to knot the game at three. Jeni Bollenbacher (Fr - Edwardsburg, Mich) reached base on a lead-off walk to start the inning. After advancing to second on a passed ball, Bollenbacher would score on a double to left center by Georgia Dewey (Jr - Marine City, Mich). Danielle Guss (Fr - Lambertville, Mich) singled to right field to score Dewey.
The game would not remain tied for long as the Cardinals scored the game winning run in the bottom half of the fifth inning when Bollenbacher tripled to left field scoring Ashley Junga (Sr - Macomb, Mich) who had reached base on a bunt single. Bollenbacher not only collected the game winning RBI, but also pitched her way to her seventh win on the season.
Concordia will enter the WHAC tournament as a seventh seed and face Aquinas College at noon on Thursday at Bailey Park in Battle Creek, Mich. The Saints (22-4, 34-10) swept the season series against the Cardinals and enter the tournament as the second overall seed.