The Aurora University women's basketball team will enter the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament for the sixth time in 10 NACC seasons. The Spartans finished the 2015-2016 regular season with a 15-10 overall record and 14-6 in the NACC to earn the fourth seed. In doing do, AU will host the fifth seed Lakeland College Muskies in Thornton Gymnasium on Tuesday, February 23, with a 7:00 p.m. tip-off.
 
Match-up -

• The Spartans will take on Lakeland College in the first round of the conference tournament.
  • AU defeated Lakeland in the regular season 77-68 on December 5.

 
All-Time NACC Championship History –

• AU has made the NACC Tournament five times is the past with a record of 1-5.
• AU's best finish in the NACC Tournament was back in 2006-2007 and 2008-2009 when they finished third.
• AU will host a NACC Tournament game for the first time since the 2008-2009 season when they hosted and defeated Lakeland College.
• Wisconsin Lutheran College is the five-time defending NACC Tournament Champion and has won six of the nine tournaments.

 
About the Spartans –

• Senior Bethany Dorrington is the Spartans leading point scorer averaging 16.5 points a game.
• Senior Anna Roszkowski averages a double-double for the Spartans with 12.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game
• Freshman Mallory Cast is averaging 12.8 points per game while shooting 42.9-percent from three-point range.

About NACC Opponents –

• Lakeland has been to the NACC tournament seven previous times with a record of 3-6. Lakeland won the regular season and tournament championship in 2010.
• Top seeded Concordia Wisconsin went 20-5 on the season 17-3 in the NACC.
• Wisconsin Lutheran College (No. 2 seed) and Milwaukee School of Engineering (No. 3 seed) round out the other potential favorites to win the NACC Tournament.

 
Up Next for the Spartans –
With a victory over Lakeland, the Spartans would travel to Mequon, Wisconsin to take on #1 Concordia University Wisconsin. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 25.