(ST NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS) DE PERE – St. Norbert College fought to a split with Concordia University Wisconsin in the final home Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference doubleheader of the season, claiming a 4-2 victory in the opening game before falling 4-0 in the second game at Van Alstine Field.
The Green Knights (18-19, 8-14 NACC) are still in the fight for a conference tournament berth, and will travel to Marian University on Friday to close out the regular season.
Trailing 1-0 through five innings, St. Norbert tied the game in the sixth on a Jake Lucas solo home run. The Green Knights then took a 3-1 lead in the seventh, with two runs from Zach Bostrand (pictured) and Carson Krumrei coming on a Falcons error. Lucas’s double in the same frame drove in Matt Schuch to make it 4-1. Concordia added one run in the eighth, having not scored a run since the second inning.
Connor LaBar went 3-for-3, while Lucas went 2-for-3.
Zac Wotruba earned his fourth win of the season, pitching one inning of relief and allowing one hit. Jace Midbon notched his first save of the year, allowing no hits and striking out one in the ninth.
In the nightcap, the Falcons scored twice in the third before adding one each in the fifth and sixth innings. Noah Chmielewski took the loss, pitching six innings while striking out three and allowing four runs on seven hits, one of which was unearned.
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