The Aurora University baseball team bounced back on Sunday afternoon with a NACC doubleheader sweep of Edgewood College, winning 5-3 in 10 innings and 6-3. Strong pitching and timely hitting was the key to success for the Spartans.

GAME INFORMATION – Sunday, April 29
Game One - Boxscore | Game Two - Boxscore
Game One Score: Aurora University 5, Edgewood College 3 - 10 innings
Game Two Score: Aurora University 6, Edgewood College 3
Records: Aurora University (22-12, 9-7 NACC), Edgewood College (7-23, 4-10 NACC)
Location: Verona, Wisconsin

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME ONE 
- A two-out ground rule double from Davis Purviance was followed by a single from Bryce DeSpain and AU led 1-0 in the fourth.
- Edgewood took the lead with a pair of runs in the seventh on AU starter Chris Roycroft.
- The Spartans answered right away to tie the game with a run in the top of the eighth. Cale Sparks led off with a double, Colin Rivard reached on a bunt base hit and Austin Wiskow drove in Sparks. AU had a chance for more runs but left the bases loaded.
- AU went to Nick Mathey in relief of Roycroft in the ninth.
- The game was tied 2-2 and headed to extra innings.
- In the 10th, AU had the top of the order coming up. Jett Wedekind walked and Jeff Mayes was hit by a pitch. After moving up on a wild pitch, Davis Purviance drove them both in with a single. Purviance scored later in the inning on an Edgewood error and the Spartans led 5-2.
- Edgewood scored an unearned run in the bottom of the inning but Mathey locked down the win as AU was victorious 5-3.

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME TWO
- The Spartans saw themselves trail early in game two as Edgewood scored three runs in the first on three hits and an error.
- As they did in game one, AU answered immediately with two out tango being the trick in the second inning. With two on (Cole Davis and Cale Sparks) with two out, Wedekind, Mayes and Purviance all singled and AU tied the game 3-3.
- After AJ Gill singled to lead off the third and later scored in the inning, AU gave starter Will King all the runs he would need.
- King held Edgewood to no runs and four hits over the final seven innings as he secured his fifth win of the year.
- Insurance runs crossed for the Spartans in the sixth. A one out single from Colin Rivard was followed by doubles from Austin Wiskow and Jeff Mayes and AU led 6-3.
- King hurled the complete game and the Spartans earned the sweep of the day, winning 6-3.

SPARTAN LEADERS:
HITTING
HITS: Colin Rivard and Jett Wedekind (4) 
DOUBLE: Davis Purviance, Jett Wedekind, Jeff Mayes, Austin Wiskow and Cale Sparks (1)
RUNS: Davis Purviance, Cale Sparks and Jett Wedekind (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Davis Purviance (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Will King (9.0), Chris Roycroft (8.0) and Nick Mathey (2.0)
DECISIONS: Nick Mathey (win, 2-1) and Will King (win, 5-0)
STRIKEOUTS: Chris Roycroft (8) and Will King (5)
 
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