Box Score TURLOCK, Calif. - The Concordia University Irvine Eagles finished their stay up at the Tournament of Champions on a high note with a hard-fought victory over Cal Poly Humboldt.
Pitcher
Rae Flores was superb in the circle for the third time this week and tossed her second complete game in five days. The left-hander allowed only one earned run and a pair of hits over seven innings of work. Flores also tied her career-high with six strikeouts and moved to 8-0 on the year.
On the offensive side of things,
Megan Massa collected three hits and was one of three Eagles to pound out a double.
Jasmine Gorman helped stir the pot in the third inning by reaching on a fielder's choice after Massa had worked her way on base. That play plated
Lauren Lopez to give CUI a 1-0 lead. That speedy duo atop the lineup also pulled off a double steal to score CUI's second run when Gorman took off for second and Massa hustled home safely seconds later. On an unorthodox strikeout by
Sydney Sprinkle, Gorman came around to score to give Flores and the Eagles some extra breathing room, 3-0.
After the Jacks got on the board in the top of the sixth to make it 3-1,
Lauren Lopez contributed a RBI double in the bottom half of the frame to help send
Michalah Robison home for an insurance run and complete the scoring.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
After
Concordia was named the unanimous new No. 1 team in all of NCAA DII in the latest NFCA poll, the Green and Gold went 6-3 while playing nine times in a span of five days.
The Eagles are now an impressive 38-3 on the year and 24-0 in PacWest Conference play. CUI holds a six-game advantage on second-place Azusa Pacific with eight conference games remaining for both programs.
ON DECK
No. 1 Concordia hosts No. 8 Cal State San Marcos this coming Saturday, April 9 in a highly-anticipated matchup between two top-ranked teams in the NFCA DII Coaches Poll.
The Cougars went 4-1 at the
2022 Concordia Kickoff Classic that the Eagles won to open the season. The Cougars have won 12 in a row, including a four-game sweep of then-No. 11 Chico State.
Concordia beat Chico State 3-1 in their one meeting to cap off a 5-0 start to the season during the Concordia Kickoff Classic.
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