(Joliet, IL) – Concordia baseball traveled to DuPage Medical Group Field on Friday to begin a 4-game weekend series against Olivet Nazarene.  The Cardinals looked to continue their hot start during their non-conference portion of the season.  Both contests would be low-scoring with each team picking up a 2-1 victory on the day.

Game 1 – ONU 2, CUAA 1

Joe Tany started on the mound in a low-scoring game 1, notching 6 strikeouts in 4.1 innings.  Olivet Nazarene struck first with a run in the bottom of the 1st.

The game settled into a pitchers' duel with Tany making 2 strikeouts in the 2^nd and the Cardinals turning a double play in the 3^rd.  Olivet Nazarene added another run in the 4^th to go up 2-0.

Kenneth Rozmys came in to pitch in the 5^th inning, making 2 strikeouts in the last 1.2 innings.  The Cardinals came within a run when Calvin Syrjala crushed a solo home run in the 6^th.  However, Olivet Nazarene closed out the game in the 7^th to secure the 2-1 win.

Game 2 – CUAA 2, ONU 1

Alex Phillips started on the mound in game 2, pitching the first inning.  The Cardinals scored 2 runs in the top of the 2^nd, starting with an RBI groundout from Robert Brenay that scored Jake Ryan.  Kyle Hebner added an RBI groundout to score Aaron West for a 2-0 lead.

Timothy Pomaville came in to pitch in the 2^nd inning, going 3.1 innings.  Olivet Nazarene got a run back in the 3^rd inning to pull within one run.  Pomaville pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the 4^th.

Ryan Kotecki came in midway through the 5^th inning, pitching the last 2.2 innings.  Concordia stranded the potential tying runner in the 7^th to close out the game for the 2-1 win.

Concordia will play another doubleheader against Olivet Nazarene tomorrow starting at 1pm.