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4
Winner Aurora AU 24-13
1
Marian MU 22-11
Winner
Aurora AU
24-13
4
Final
1
Marian MU
22-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Aurora AU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 6 0
Marian MU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2

W: Renner, Stephanie (9-3) L: Rauhut, Paige (13-4)

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Aurora AU 24-14
6
Winner Marian MU 23-11
Aurora AU
24-14
4
Final
6
Marian MU
23-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Aurora AU 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 1
Marian MU 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 11 1

W: Rauhut, Paige (14-3) L: Tomasko, Hannah (8-7)

Game Recap: Softball |

Spartan split at Marian has NACC implications

The Aurora University Spartan softball team split a doubleheader at Marian University, winning 4-1 in extra innings before losing 6-4 in game two. AU controls their own destiny heading into the regular season finale tomorrow at Lakeland. With two wins AU would share a conference championship.

GAME INFORMATION – Saturday, April 28
Game One - Boxscore | Game Two - Boxscore
Game One Score: Aurora University 4, Marian University 1 - 8 innings
Game Two Score: Marian University 6, Aurora University 4
Records: Aurora University (24-14, 15-5 NACC), Marian University (23-11, 15-5 NACC)
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

GAME ONE - HOW IT HAPPENED
- AU fell behind in the first as Marian manufactured a run.
- A lead-off single by Brianna Lewis in the sixth ended up producing the Spartans first run as she scored later in the inning.
- The game would remain tied 1-1 heading to extra innings.
- In the top of the eighth the Spartans took command of the game. Josie Bachtell and Sam Owens doubled to give AU a 2-1 lead. Two batters later Abbey Rosenow hit a two-run home run and AU led 4-1.
- Steph Renner put down the Sabres in the bottom of the inning and the Spartans won 4-1.

GAME TWO - HOT IT HAPPENED
- The Spartans scored in three of the first four innings.
- In the first, Nina Tholl doubled and her pinch runner, Kaylee Underwood scored on a Sam Owens single.
- In the second, Abbey Rosenow singled and her pinch runner, Jessica DeVries scored on a wild pitch to give AU a 2-0 lead.
- Walks, four of them, led to two AU runs in the fourth.
- Marian would tie the game in the bottom of the fourth as they got five hits.
- The game remained tied 4-4 until the seventh. With two outs, Marian got a two-run walk-off home run.

SPARTAN DAY LEADERS:
HITTING
HITS: Sam Owens (3)
HOME RUN: Abbey Rosenow (1)
DOUBLE: Sam Owens, Ashley Pittman, Josie Bachtell and Nina Tholl (1)
RUNS: Eight Spartans (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Abbey Rosenow (3)

PITCHING
APPEARANCES (INNINGS): Steph Renner (8.0) and Hannah Tomasko (6.2)
DECISIONS: Steph Renner (win - 9-3) and Hannah Tomasko (loss - 8-7)
STRIKEOUTS: Hannah Tomasko (7) and Steph Renner (2)
 
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan softball team comes on Sunday, April 29 when they travel to Lakeland University. Game one of the doubleheader is set 12:00 p.m. in Plymouth, Wisconsin.
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