WILSONVILLE, Ore.  – Getting another strong pitching performance from Andrew Snyder and making the most of 12 singles on offense, the George Fox University Bruins downed the Concordia University-Portland Cavaliers 5-1 to finish 3-0 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference / Northwest Conference Baseball Challenge Sunday here at Wilsonville High School.

George Fox improved to 7-0 in the season, the Bruins' best start since the 2007 club opened with 14 straight wins.  The Bruins have collected double digits in hits in every game.  Concordia fell to 3-5 with the setback.

The Cavaliers got their only run of the game in the first inning off Bruin right-hander Joey Clancy, who worked only two innings, allowing one hit with a strikeout and two walks.  Odie Hollingshed drew a lead-off walk, was sacrificed to second, went to third on a passed ball, and scored on Riley Tubbs' grounder to second.

Snyder (2-0), who threw six shutout innings to beat Concordia University (Texas) in the Arizona Desert Classic last week, did the same to Oregon's Concordia team this time, taking over in the third and working six scoreless frames.  He allowed only one hit, walked one, struck out two, and retired the last 13 batters he faced.  Jacob Brown threw the ninth inning, allowing two hits but no runs with one strikeout.

George Fox tied it in the top of the fifth as Derek Blankenship walked, was sacrificed to second, went to third on Nate Hickok's infield hit to the hole at short, and scored on Taylor Hunter's single through the right side.  The Bruins took the lead in the sixth with four runs, all off Concordia starter Josh Saio (0-2), who allowed 11 hits and a walk in 5.2 innings.

The winning rally began with singles to load the bases by Eric Gantenbein, Josh Rapacz, and Derek Aldrich.  Gantenbein and Rapacz scored on a wild pickoff throw to third, then Todd Nagamine bunted for a hit that brought Aldrich home.  Hickok singled Nagamine to third, and after a fielder's choice on which Nagamine was gunned down at the plate, Hunter singled to score Hickok with the final run of the game.

Hunter led the Bruins with three hits and two RBIs, boosting his season batting average to .545, while Gantenbein, Nagamine, and Hickok had two hits apiece.  The Bruins also went without an error for the fourth straight game.

NEXT: George Fox visits the NCAA Division I University of Portland Tuesday for a 2:00 p.m. single game ...  Concordia, which defeated Pacific Lutheran University later Sunday to go to 4-5, also plays Portland next, this one Friday at 2:00 p.m.