(Melbourne, FL) - The Concordia Cardinals headed south to Florida for the first set of games on their spring break trip taking on the Washington Adventist Shock (3-9 overall) and the Culver-Stockton Wildcats (5-12 overall) in their first of 14 games that they will play over the next eight days.
GAME 1 - CONCORDIA 11, WASHINGTON ADVENTIST 6 - 6 INNINGS
The Cardinals took flight right away in the first inning with back-to-back singles from Payton Lewis and Koryn Playford. The Cardinals would take 3-0 lead with a Shannon McAlinden triple followed by Katie Tobias' sacrifice fly.
Scoring once again in the second inning would be the Cardinals with Lewis singling to centerfield as Sarah Tyrell came across the plate. The Shocks would take a run back in the bottom half of the inning off of a double.
Jada Stephenson would round the bases in the third inning netting a triple while also scoring on the same play due to an error. The bats would quiet until the fifth inning when Katie Tobias singled in McAlinden.
The nail in the coffin would come from the Cardinals in the sixth though crossing the plate five times. Playford and McAlinden both walked to score runs, while Tobias was hit by a pitch. Elyse Brittain would hit a sacrifice fly, while the final run would come off the bat of Stephenson with a single.
Two Cardinal pitchers combined for the six innings as Kiley Weiderman went five innings allowing eight hits and one run with two strikeouts. Cassidy Kane pitched the final inning, not allowing a hit and striking out one batter.
GAME 2 - CONCORDIA 5, CULVER-STOCKTON 3
Paige Anderson took the circle for the second game of the day, this time against the Wildcats. She would pitch a complete game, allowing 10 hits and two earned runs, while striking out two batters.
The Wildcats struck first in the game off of a single to centerfield. Their lead though would not last long as Shannon McAlinden singled home Lewis, who doubled to start the inning, followed by Elyse Brittain who would single herself scoring McAlinden.
The third inning was the next one that saw action as Lewis walked to open the inning and would round the bases followed by Katie Tobias who knocked a home run out of the park. The fourth inning saw Morgan Scott hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Jada Stephenson.
The Wildcats though would not bow down as they grabbed two runs off of a single up the middle and threaten to score more, but to no avail. Anderson would close out the Wildcats in the top of the seventh throwing to four batters.
TOP PERFORMERS
Payton Lewis would lead the hitting department with four hits, going 4-6 with a double, an RBI and two stolen bases. Katie Tobias was another top hitter for the day with the home run and five RBIs. And Jada Stephenson would tally two triples on the day.
Paige Anderson tallied a 2.00 ERA with two strikeouts, while Kiley Weiderman recorded a 1.40 ERA and Cassidy Kane hit a 0.00 ERA.
UP NEXT
The Cards are back in action tomorrow morning, March 11th with a 9 AM game against WVU Tech followed by an 11:30 AM game against Marian.
