The Aurora University baseball team traveled to Monmouth College and split a non-conference doubleheader, winning game one 6-0 behind a strong complete game performance from Chris Roycroft and then lost game two 12-5.

GAME INFORMATION – Saturday, March 23
Game One - Boxscore | Game Two - Boxscore
Game One Score: Aurora University 6, Monmouth College 0
Game Two Score: Monmouth College 12, Aurora University 5
Records: Aurora University (11-3)
Location: Monmouth, Illinois

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME ONE
- Neither team had a base runner until the fourth when Jett Wedekind walked with one out and moved to third on an AJ Gill single. When Paul Dobravec grounded out, AU led 1-0.
- AU added two more runs in the fifth with Davis Purviance driving in Jeff Mayes and Colin Rivard who had singled to start the inning.
- The runs were more than enough for starting pitcher Chris Roycroft as he allowed just two Monmouth hits over what would be nine shutout innings.
- AU added another run in the eighth with a lead-off single from Jeff Mayes and he scored on a Colin Rivard single.
- In the ninth, the Spartans scored twice more with doubles from Davis Purviance and AJ Gill and a run scoring single from Dobravec.
- Roycroft completed the two-hit shutout for his second straight complete game win.

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME TWO
- AU took a 1-0 lead in the second game with two singles, an error and a sac fly scoring Michael Fidler.
- In the bottom of the second, Monmouth scored six unearned runs with two AU errors extending the inning.
- Trailing 8-1 in the fifth, AJ Gill hit a two-run home run to pull AU to down 8-3.
- Monmouth scored runs in the sixth and seventh to push their lead to 12-3.
- In the ninth, Gill drove in two more runs with a double.
- AU would fall by a final score of 12-5.

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