Producing 12 runs off 14 hits in Thursday's doubleheader sweep, the offense would be left back in Great Bend Saturday afternoon as the 5th ranked Barton Community College baseball suffered a pair losses to Cloud County Community College 2-0 and 6-1 from Concordia's Lee Doyen Field.
The teams combined for just eight hits in the opener with the Cougars being shutout for the first time since the 2021 when they fell to Butler Community College 6-0. In the nightcap the offensive woes lingered with Barton unable to produce the key hit stranding 13 runners and leaving the bases loaded in the seventh and ninth.
Despite dropping their first doubleheader and settling their first series split of the season, the Cougars remain atop the Jayhawk West standings with a mark of 19-5 and overall record of 40-7 while the victories keep the T-Birds in a fourth place tie in league play at 15-9 and 30-17 overall.
Barton will return home for a midweek non-conference nine inning tilt with national receiving votes Cowley College Tuesday afternoon for a scheduled 3:00 p.m. first pitch before resuming conference play Thursday with a trip to Hutchinson's Hobart-Detter Field to take on the Blue Dragons.