The Aurora University softball team competed in the 2022 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Softball Tournament Saturday afternoon. After a 48 hour rain delay, the Spartans took on No.3 Milwaukee School of Engineering in a single-elimination matchup. The Spartans dropped the game 6-5 in extra innings.


Game Score: Milwaukee School of Engineering 6, Aurora University 5 - 8 innings
Record: Milwaukee School of Engineering 26-8 overall, Aurora University 31-8 overall
Location: Bedrosian Stadium - Montgomery, Illinois


- MSOE loaded the bases in the opening frame with one out. Spartan starter Hannah Tomasko was able to get out of the inning without the Raiders pushing a run across.
- Josephine Lytton got the Spartan offense going with a lead off bunt down the third base line. Jemma Fiehweg would knock her in with a triple to left center and the Spartans took an early 1-0 lead.
- Spartan Jemma Fiehweg came around to score on an Ashley Talaga SAC bunt and the Spartans lead 2-0 in the first.
- In the bottom of the second, the Spartans scored three runs on four hits and one MSOE error. Jordan Seyfried led off the inning with a single to right field. Faith Biggs followed with a bunt down the first base line.
- With no outs and bases loaded, Ashley Talaga singled through the right side to score pinch runner Isabel Morales and Faith Biggs.
- Spartan Lexi Rayborn followed with an RBI single to score Fiehweg who reached on hit by pitch and AU led 5-0 going into the top of the third.
- The Raiders would score three, two being unearned, on three hits and one Spartan error in the top of the third to cut their deficit to 5-3.
- In the top of the fifth, MSOE tied the game 5-5 on two hits and one Spartan error.
- The Spartans loaded the bases in the fifth with no outs, but were unable to push any runs across and the game headed into extra innings.
- In the top of the eight, MSOE scored one in to take the lead.
- The Spartans bats fell silent and would fall by a final score of 6-5 in 8 innings.


GAME ONE 
HITS: Josephine Lytton (2)
DOUBLE: Tyler Chambers (1)
TRIPLE:  Jemma Fiehweg (1)
RUNS: Jemma Fiehweg (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Ashley Talaga (3) Jemma Fiehweg and Lexi Rayborn (1) 

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Hannah Tomasko (8.0)
DECISIONS: Hannah Tomasko (Loss, 16-4) 
STRIKEOUTS: Hannah Tomasko (4)

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