The Aurora University baseball team opened the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference with a doubleheader at Lakeland University. AU defeated the Muskies and chilly weather, winning game one 12-1 in seven innings before winning game two 7-2.

GAME INFORMATION – Sunday, March 31
Game One - Boxscore | Game Two - Boxscore
Game One Score: Aurora University 12, Lakeland University 1 - 7 innings
Game Two Score: Aurora University 7, Lakeland University 2
Records: Aurora University (13-3 overall and 2-0 in the NACC)
Location: Plymouth, Wisconsin

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME ONE
- The Spartans posted a six spot for starter Will King in the first inning.
- Four walks, two doubles and five hits did the damage. Davis Purviance had a two-run double in his second at bat of the inning.
- Lakeland was able to push across a run in the third but a double play ended the inning with no further damage done.
- AU blew the game open in the sixth inning as all the damage was done with two outs.
- Five hits with a double from Jeff Mayes and Davis Purviance had his second two-run double and AU led 11-1.
- In the seventh, Cole Davis singled and later scored on a Mayes single for a 12-1 AU lead.
- King went six innings, allowing one run and struck out five with Seth Gutknecht throwing the final inning in relief for the AU win.

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME TWO
- AU had base runners in the first three innings but were unable to push a run across.
- In the fourth, the Spartans did some two-out damage courtesy of two walks and a Muskie error. AU led 2-0.
- Austin Wiskow singled with one out in the sixth, stole second and then scored on a single from Davis Purviance for a 3-0 AU lead.
- With two outs in the seventh, Jeff Mayes singled, stole second and scored on a Colin Rivard single. One batter later, Wiskow singled to score Rivards and AU now led 5-0.
- Lakeland was able to score a pair in the bottom of the inning to give AU a 5-2 lead.
- AU answered back immediately in the eighth as Davis Purviance (single), Jett Wedekind (double) and AJ Gill (rbi single) started off the inning with a bang. Wedekind scored later in the inning on a sac fly from Michael Fidler and AU led 7-2.
- Nick Mathey got all six batters out that he faced over the final two innings with three strikeouts. His work gave Carter Turnquist his third win of the season.

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