Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Vadnais Heights, Minn.— Minnesota State (20-5) swept Concordia University on Wednesday inside the Vadnais Sports Dome, winning 10-5 and 2-0 as it finished its nonconference schedule.
 
The first three runs of the opening game were long balls as MSU sophomore Lindsay Erickson hit two home runs and Concordia’s Tessa Ewert also hit a home run, giving the Mavericks a 2-1 score after three innings.
 
In the top of the fourth the Mavericks marked a five-run inning using three hits and a Golden Bear error. MSU sophomore Kelly Wood started the inning off with a double followed by back-to-back bunts by freshman infielder Brittani Robinson and junior infielder Abby Sonner to score Wood. Maverick freshman Chelsea Riordan was then hit by a pitch to load the bases.
 
Redshirt-freshman outfielder Christina Redd then hit an infield single to score Robinson. After MSU senior Melanie Upchurch’s RBI groundout, senior Chelsea Erickson’s ripped a two-out single to score Sonner and Wood giving the Mavericks a 7-1 cushion.
 
Minnesota State’s Upchurch scored in the sixth inning after she walked, stole second and crossed the dish whed she tagged on a deep fly ball and an error. Concordia used a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning to shrink the MSU lead to 8-5.
 
Chelsea Erickson and Wood each marked a run in the seventh when Sonner hit a two-run single as the Mavericks were able to hold on to earn the 10-5 win.
 
MSU senior pitcher Kendra Huettl went five and two-third innings en route to her tenth win of the season. Huettl gave up four hits and three runs in that span. MSU sophomore pitcher Kristen Fahearned the save in her one and a third innings pitched.
 
In game two, Minnesota State’s Robinson went deep to left-center field for her fourth home run of the season, which ties the team-lead.
 
MSU outfielder Lauryn Morris kept the Mavericks rolling in the bottom of the third inning when she walked, stole second and crossed the dish after Chelsea Erickson hit an RBI single to help MSU to a 2-0 lead.
 
Maverick junior pitcher Courtney McKelvogue went seven shut out innings, struck out eight batters and gave up just five total hits in her seventh win of the season.

Thirteenth-ranked Minnesota State (20-5) opens its NSIC action on Saturday as it heads north to Duluth, Minn., to face Minnesota Duluth for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.