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4
Winner Benedictine (Ill.) BENEDICT 21-10
2
Aurora AU 27-6
Winner
Benedictine (Ill.) BENEDICT
21-10
4
Final
2
Aurora AU
27-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Benedictine (Ill.) BENEDICT 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 8 0
Aurora AU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0

W: A. Loizon (12-5) L: Tomasko, Hannah (14-3)

4
Winner Benedictine (Ill.) BENEDICT 22-10
2
Aurora AU 27-7
Winner
Benedictine (Ill.) BENEDICT
22-10
4
Final
2
Aurora AU
27-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Benedictine (Ill.) BENEDICT 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 8 1
Aurora AU 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 0

W: M. Fast (8-3) L: Campbell, Rylee (6-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Spartans drop two at home

The Aurora University softball team dropped both ends of a NACC doubleheader, losing game one and game two 4-2.

The Basics
Game One Score: Benedictine University 4, Aurora University 2
Game Two Score: Benedictine University 4, Aurora University 2
Record: Aurora University 27-7 overall and 15-5 in the NACC, Benedictine University 22-10 overall and 13-5 in the NACC
Location: Bedrosian Stadium, Montgomery, Illinois

How it happened
 GAME ONE 
- The Eagles took a 2-0 lead early in the game.
- The Spartans would score their only two runs of the game in the bottom of the third.
- A solo home run from Faith Biggs got the Spartans on the board. Later in the inning Jemma Fiehweg grounded out to the right side to score Josephine Lytton.
- The game remained tied 2-2 until the top of the sixth after BU added one run.
- The Eagles brought home one more in the seventh on two hits to make it 4-2.
- AU fell in game one, 4-2.

Spartan Leaders
GAME ONE 
HITS: Josephine Lytton (3)
HOME RUN: Faith Biggs (1)
TRIPLE: Josephine Lytton (1)
RUNS: Faith Biggs and Josephine Lytton (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Faith Biggs and Jemma Fiehweg (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):
 Hannah Tomasko (7.0)
DECISIONS: Hannah Tomasko (Loss, 14-3) 
STRIKEOUTS: Hannah Tomasko (5)

How it happened
GAME TWO
- The Eagles got on the board in the third on a three-run home run.
- Faith Biggs led off the bottom of the third with a walk and later scored on a ground out from Ashley Talaga.
- In the fourth, Faith Biggs singled through the left side to score pinch runner Isabel Morales and AU trailed by one.
- BU added one in the top of the fifth on two hits to take a 4-2 lead.
- The Spartans threatened in the final frame with runners on second and third but were unable to scratch across runs.
- AU dropped game two, 4-2.

Spartan Leaders
GAME TWO
HITS: Jemma Fiehweg (3) and Ashley Talaga (2)
RUNS: Faith Biggs and Isabel Morales (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Ashley Talaga and Faith Biggs (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):
  Rylee Campbell (7.0)
DECISIONS: Rylee Campbell (6-3)
STRIKEOUTS: Rylee Campbell (2)

Up Next
Next action for the Spartan softball team comes on Saturday, April 30 when they host Dominican University. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Bedrosian Stadium in Montgomery, Illinois. . 
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