ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Softball team fell in two games the weekend before the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schedule begins with a 13-0 five-inning loss to St. Cloud State University, then a 9-2 defeat to Concordia University-St. Paul. The Beavers fall to 10-10 on the regular season.
  
St. Cloud State (14-10) came out firing on all cylinders scoring 12 runs before recording its first out and then added one more for a 13-run inning to start the game. Bemidji State weas unable to push a run across in the five innings ending the game 13-0.
 
Molly Houts and Ashley Herold recorded the two hits for the Beavers both with a single. Elaina Christiansen and Kora Martin made it on base drawing walks.
 
Kyla Damerow (2-6) started the game for BSU, but Elle Hastings came in to try to stop the Huskies' offense in the first and managed to record the first out before Damerow came back into the game and finished it. In her 3.2 innings, Damerow stuck out one batter and walked three, all in the first inning. Trinity Junker (8-3) pitched a complete game shutout for St. Cloud State, striking out seven batters and only walking two. 
 
In the second game of the day, the Golden Bears (13-11) put together a three-run inning in the top of the second with three batters in a row driving in a run. The Beavers would respond in the bottom of the third with their first run of the day coming from Aubrey Aukerman scoring on a passed ball. Alexa Christenson added another run with an RBI double sending twin sister Aimee Christenson home leaving the deficit at 3-2. In the following two innings, CSP piled on six more runs to push out to the 9-2 advantage on their way to claiming the victory. 
 
Bemidji State had five hits in the loss to Concordia-St. Paul with Aimee Christenson responsible for two with a pair of singles. Alexa Christenson and Mariah Stevenson both doubled in the game and Morgan Benedict singled. The Beavers only had one strike out in the game and Aukerman drew the team's only walk.
 
Stella Dolan (7-4) started the game for the Beavers lasting four innings and striking out two batters and did not issue a walk. Hastings came on in the fifth inning to pitch two scoreless frames before junior Abby Kessel made her BSU debut in the seventh to finish out the game. Kessel also worked a scoreless inning. Erica McCullough (4-2) earned the win for CSP pitching a complete game allowing five hits and striking out one batter.
 
Bemidji State will play two more games in St. Cloud, Minn., tomorrow (Sunday) as they face the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at 9 a.m., followed by another meeting with CSP at 1 p.m. 
  
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). 

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