TUSCON, Ariz. – The UW-Superior baseball team dropped a pair of games to Concordia Wisconsin, 8-6 and 6-2, at Kino Sports Complex Wednesday.
 
The Yellowjackets scored first in both contests, but couldn't hold the lead in either.
 
Cory Albertson (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) paced Superior (2-5) at the plate, going 3-for-6 with a home run, double, two walks and two RBIs.
 
Concordia (3-5) plated four runs in the second inning of the opener. Tyler Haffey had an RBI single through the left side of the infield, and after Drew Johnson drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, Joseph Zywiciel singled to center, scoring both Haffey and Christian Gerner to make it 4-1.
 
Albertson launched his first homer of the season over the left-field fence to pull the 'Jackets to within 4-3 in the bottom of the third. He tied it, 4-4 in the fourth with a double to the gap in left-center field, chasing Brandon Rolf (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater) home.
 
CUW took the lead for good as Austen Dart singled through the left side in the top of the fifth, scoring Charlie Rodriguez for a 5-4 advantage. The Falcons scored twice more in the sixth to push their cushion to 7-4, but the 'Jackets weren't done.
 
Braeden Barr (San Diego, Calif./Grossmount) singled home Rolf and Jordan Berrios (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer) in the bottom of the inning to make it 7-6. 
 
Concordia manufactured an insurance run with a single, stolen base and sac fly for an 8-6 lead.
 
Superior was unable to get anything going in its half of the seventh as Lukas Meerdink struck out the side to finish off a three-inning save.
 
Ryan Green (1-1) went the first four innings on the mound for the Falcons, allowing eight hits, four runs and four walks.
 
Trevor Roszczewski (Minocqua, Wis./Lakeland Union) started for UWS and lasted 2.1 innings; he gave up four runs and four walks before giving way to the bullpen. Drew Gran (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View) (0-1) took the loss, allowing one run in 2.2 innings.
 
The 'Jackets loaded the bases with no one out in the top of the first inning of game two, but mustered only two runs. Barr grounded into a double play that scored Berrios, who walked to start the game. Nick Zezulka (St. Anthony, Minn./St. Anthony Village) followed with a double to left, scoring Rolf.
 
That was all the 'Jackets got, though, as Concordia scored at least in the first four innings to complete the doubleheader sweep.
 
Bradlee Sumner went the first five innings on the mound for the Falcons to collect the win and improve to 1-1. Bryce Flanagan (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd) pitched three innings for Superior and was saddled with the loss, dropping to 0-1.
 
Rodriguez was 4-for-8 with two doubles, a triple, a run scored and one driven in pace the Falcons' offense.
 
Superior is off Thursday and returns to action Friday against Carleton for a doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. CT Friday.