The long trip to Moorhead was a frustrating one for No. 14-ranked St. Thomas. The Tommies lost 3-1 and 6-2 in Saturday's MIAC baseball doubleheader with Concordia-Moorhead and fell out of a share of the conference lead.

St. Thomas (17-11 overall, 8-4 MIAC) was swept for the first time in 42 conference doubleheaders dating back to April 2011. UST has 35 sweeps and six splits in that span before

The Tommies have has lost six of their last eight games and fell in third place with six MIAC games to go. They scored 24 runs in their two wins last week and just 15 runs in their six defeats.

Four Cobber pitchers allowed just three runs on the day over 16 innings.

UST outhit Concordia 10-3 in the seven-inning opener but managed just one run, via Ryan Gerber's eighth HR of the season. The Tommies left nine on base and hit into two double plays.

In game two, UST trailed just 2-1 midway through the nine-inning game until a two-out walk and Nick Bornhauser's grand slam staked the Cobbers to a 6-1 lead in the fifth inning.

Bill Federer fanned five in 2 2-3 innings of relief in game one.

St. Thomas is home Tuesday to play a doubleheader against first-place Bethel (10-2).