Mankato, Minn. -- Minnesota State (35-13, 25-8 NSIC) swept its final regular season series against Concordia St. Paul  (17-28, 13-18 NSIC) after its 7-2 victory Sunday afternoon.

After the Golden Bears claimed the lead in the first, The Mavericks answered in the bottom of the second.

Junior Ryan Wickman led off with a double down the left field line and advanced to third after back-to-back hit by pitches. Junior Hunter Ranweiler used hit speed to notch an infield single plating Wickman to even the score at one.

It wasn't until the bottom of the sixth that the Mavericks threatened to strike after working back-to-back one-out walks and a junior Adam Schneider single to load the bases for junior Hunter Ranweiler. The MSU left fielder would knock in his brother, sophomore Cole Ranweiler on a sacrifice fly reclaiming the lead.

Junior Ryan Wickman would add the Mavericks' third tally on the afternoon on an RBI single driving home sophomore Aidan Byrne.

In the Mavericks' half of the eighth, freshman Matthew Fleischhacker tripled to score a lead-off walk extending MSU's lead by two. After Byrne worked a walk, junior Mikey Gottschalk blasted his third home run on the season to extend the Mavericks' lead by five runs.

Senior Jack Zigan was called in to protect the Mavericks' lead and doing so to secure his seventh save.

Freshman Aiden McGee (2-0) got the win going two innings while surrendering one run on two hits.

Matt Sherman (0-2) was tagged with the loss going one and one-third innings allowing one run on two hits.

The Mavericks are back in action Wednesday when they open NSIC tournament play in Bismark, N.D. against the Winona State Warriors.