The Aurora University baseball team opened Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference play with a trip to northern Wisconsin to take on St. Norbert College. AU split the doubleheader, losing gae one 10-7 after allowing five runs in the bottom of the ninth and then picking up the split with a 12-7 game two victory.


Game One Score: St. Norbert College 10 Aurora University 7
Game Two Score: Aurora University 12, St. Norbert College 7
Record: Aurora University (11-4 overall and 1-1 NACC)
Location: DePere, Wisconsin


Game One
- The Spartans jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first with a Dylan White double scoring Corey Vondra.
- SNC took a 2-1 lead with a two-run home run in the bottom of the inning.
- AU tied the game in the fourth with White singling and scoring on an error later in the inning.
- With two outs in the fifth, back to back singles from Vondra and Jett Wedekind allowed AU to pull off a first and third play and take a 3-2 lead.
- Five hits including doubles from Wedekind and Nick Baldassano led to four runs scoring and the Spartans leading 7-2.
- In the bottom of the inning, SNC scored three runs with two outs to cut the Spartan lead to 7-5.
- The score would remain 7-5 AU heading to the bottom of the ninth.
- A two-run double tied the game and following an intentional walk, a three-run home run ended the game with a 10-7 AU loss.


Game One
HITTING
HITS: Corey Vondra and Dylan White (3)
DOUBLE: Jett Wedekind, Dylan White, Nico Bermeo and Nick Baldassano (1)
RUNS: Corey Vondra (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Dylan White (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Jack Fisher (6.2), Seth Gutknecht (0.1) and Skyler Yamamoto (1.1)
DECISIONS: Skyler Yamaoto (loss, 2-1) 
STRIKEOUTS: Jack Fisher (5)
 

Game Two 
- A solo home run from SNC in the third got the games scoring started.
- Back to back jacks in the fourth from Nico Bermeo (two-run homer) and Jack Seefeldt gave the Spartans a 3-1 lead.
- St. Norbert manufactured a run in the bottom of the fourth but AU still led 3-2.
- In the fifth, Justin Sartori hit a two-run homer to push the Spartans lead to 5-2.
- Five singles from SNC in the fifth plated three runs and the game was tied 5-5.
- AU grabbed the lead right back in the top of the sixth with a two-out double from Corey Vondra scoring Jack Seefeldt.
- Tyler Preissing came in for relief of Nick Malmberg in the bottom of the sixth and three hits including two doubles allowed SNC to take the 7-6 lead.
- Walks and the long ball was the AU answer in the seventh. With one out, Sartori doubled and scored on a Colin Meinert home run. Three walks in front of Corey Vondra resulted in Vondra's long ball being a grand type and AU now led 12-7.
- Sam Harvey came in to toss two scoreless innings and Alec Strupp tossed a scoreless ninth for the AU win.


Game Two 
HITTING
HITS: Corey Vondra and Justin Sartori (3)
HOME RUN: Justin Sartori, Corey Vondra, Colin Meinert, Nico Bermeo and Jack Seefeldt (1)
DOUBLE: Corey Vondra, Dylan White and Justin Sartori (1)
RUNS:  Justin Sartori (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Corey Vondra (5)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Nick Malmberg (5.0), Tyler Preissing (1.0), Sam Harvey (2.0) and Alec Strupp (1.0)
DECISIONS: Tyler Preissing (win, 1-0) 
STRIKEOUTS: Nick Malmberg and Sam Harvey (2)

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