The victory helped the Warriors sweep their second straight three-game series and improve 35-4 overall. LCSC also improves to 40-0 against Concordia under coach Ed Cheff. Concordia falls to 11-17 on the season.

 

Woods, a junior from Mill Creek, Wash., has moved back and forth between being a closer and a starter this season. On Sunday, he struck out a season-high eight batters. He pitched five innings and allowed two hits and two walks.

 

In all three of his starts this season, Woods has gone five innings and picked up the victory in each. In the 15 innings, he's allowed only seven hits and two runs, and has struck out 20. He's now 5-1 on the season.

 

Hardy helped the Warriors to their sixth shutout of the season and their second in three days against Concordia. On Friday, Matt Fitts blanked Concordia during  4-0 win.

 

Hardy pitched the final four innings on Sunday and gave up three hits. He also struck out two to earn his third save of the season.

 

At the plate, outfielder Chris Valencia drove in a season-high three runs and also was the only Warrior with more than on hit in the game as he finished with two.

 

The Warriors picked up their first run in the opening inning when Brent Wyatt walked, went to third on a single by Josh Ashenbrenner, and scored when Kyle Greene grounded into a double play.

 

LCSC made it 3-0 in the fourth when Kyle Green doubled and Sean Halton walked. After Brian Ward's grounder forced Greene out a third, Ricky Reavis reached on an error to load the bases. Valencia then singled to right to score two runs.

 

The Warriors added another run in the sixth when Reavis doubled and scored on another single to right by Valencia.

 

LCSC's final three runs cross the plate in the eighth inning. Ward opened the inning with a single and Reavis was hit by a pitch. Paul Martin reached on an error to load the bases, and Rivera followed with a walk to force in a run. Justin Speer's sacrifice fly scored a second run, while Wyatt added an RBI single to complete the scoring.

 

The Warriors return to action Wednesday and Thursday for home-and-home contests against Whitworth. Wednesday's game is at 6 p.m. at LCSC's Harris Field and will be Scholarship Night. Thursday's game will be at Avista Stadium in Spokane at 6:30 p.m.