The Aurora University Spartan softball team hosted Marian University Sunday afternoon for a conference doubleheader matchup. The doubleheader originally scheduled at Marian University was moved to Bedrosian Stadium with the Sabres serving as the home team. The Spartans dominated game one, winning 10-1 (5 inn) and game two 4-3.


Game One Score: Aurora University 10, Marian University 1- 5 innings
Game Two Score: Aurora University 4, Marian University 3
Record: Aurora University 20-2 overall and 8-0 in the NACC, Marian University 6-11 overall and 1-5 in the NACC
Location: Bedrosian Stadium, Montgomery, Illinois


 GAME ONE 
- The Spartans got on the board in the first with four runs off two hits and two Sabres errors.
- Josephine Lytton started the inning with a lead off walk. Jemma Fiehweg followed, reaching on a Sabres error.
- With no outs and runners on first and second, Ashley Talaga laid down a sac bunt to advance the runners. Lexi Rayborn singled through the left side to score Lytton and Fiehweg and the Spartans took a 2-0 led.
- Spartan Delilah Aguirre drove in Rayborn on a double to right center and would later take advantage of a Sabres error that gave AU the 4-0 lead. 
- The Sabres would score their only run of the game in the bottom of the first.
- The Spartans added five runs in the second with RBI singles coming from Rayborn and Aguirre.
- Alex Thiel would score the final Spartan run of the game in the fifth on a single from Taylyr Crocilla to make it 10-1 AU.
- Spartan pitcher Hannah Tomasko and her AU defense kept the Sabres off scoreboard after the first, allowing just three hits. 


GAME ONE 
HITS: Lexi Rayborn (3) Delilah Aguirre (2)
DOUBLE: Delilah Aguirre and Abbey Miller (1)
RUNS: Josephin Lytton (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Lexi Rayborn and Delilah Aguirre (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Hannah Tomasko (5.0)
DECISIONS: Hannah Tomasko (win, 10-1) 
STRIKEOUTS: Hannah Tomasko (10)


GAME TWO
- AU would score one in the first on a Lexi Rayborn double, scoring Fiehweg.
- The Sabres would tie the game in the bottom of the third on a homerun to left field.
- The bats fell quiet for both teams in the fourth and fifth inning.
- In the top of the sixth, the Spartans loaded the bases and would score three on two walks and hit by pitch to lead 4-1.
- The Sabres threatened in the bottom of the seventh cutting their deficit to 4-3 on a two-run homerun to left field.
- Spartan Rylee Campbell would shut the Sabres down striking out the final batter of the game. 

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GAME TWO
HITS: Lexi Rayborn (2)
DOUBLE: Jemma Fiehweg, Lexi Rayborn, and Tyler Chambers (1)
RUNS: Jemma Fiehweg, Tyler Chambers, Delilah Aguirre, Emma Bachio (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Lexi Rayborn, Josephine Lytton, Shelby Linn, Brianna Hoffman (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):  Rylee Campbell (7.0)
DECISIONS: Rylee Campbell (5-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Rylee Campbell (10)

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