The Aurora University baseball team took on John Carroll University for a doubleheader as they continued their road trip in Central Florida. The Spartans took the win in a high scoring affair in game one after scoring seven runs in the sixth inning, before Adrian Ruiz shutout John Carroll for a 9-0 AU victory in a five inning game two.


Game One Score: Aurora University 11, John Caroll University 8 
Game Two Score: Aurora University 9, John Caroll University 0 
Record: Aurora University 5-0 overall; John Caroll University 1-5 overall
Location: Auburndale, Florida


GAME ONE:
- AU starter Joey Pettit tossed three scoreless innings before John Carroll on the board with two runs in the top of the fourth.
- The Spartans took the lead and some in the bottom half of the inning, as Derek Angelo started the rally with a lead-off single and later scoring the first AU run off an error.
- Logan Riley was hit-by-a pitch with the bases loaded that allowed Nik Panico to trot home, tying the score at 2.
- Tyler Patton later scored on a Sean Rivera walk, before Niko Bermeo reached on a catcher's interference call that brought Joe Lukancic home.
- The four-run fourth made it 4-2 in favor of AU.
- John Caroll scored five runs in the top of the fifth to take a 7-4 lead.
- Nico Bermeo got another big rally for the Spartans started in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI double.
- Dominick Curcio later scored on a balk that brought AU within one run at 7-6.
- The score became tied as Panico smacked an RBI single that scored Bermeo.
- With still no outs in the inning and the bases loaded, Lukancic picked up an RBI single of his own that brought Angelo home.
- The very next batter, Pancio scored on a wild pitch before Spencer Ruch reached on an error that scored both Lukancic and Patton. This made it 11-7 AU.
- John Carrol did get one in the last inning, but it was not nearly enough in the 11-8 Spartan victory in seven innings.

GAME TWO:
- Adrian Ruiz held John Carroll hitless through the first two innings as each side remained scoreless.
- Bermeo led off the top of the third inning with a single, before later scoring the game's first run on a balk.
- Derek Angelo gave AU an early 2-0 lead when he launched a solo shot over the left field wall.
- In the fourth, Curcio ripped a double down the line that scored Logan Riley.
- The Spartans took a 4-0 lead on the very next batter after Rivera crossed the plate on a Bermeo fielder's choice.
- Panico kept the Spartan rally going after ripping a single through the left side of the infield, giving AU the 5-0 lead.
- AU added more insurance runs in the top of the fifth with Nick Czarnecki bringing Lukancic home on a single.
- Czarnecki and Rivera later came around on a Bermeo two-run double, making it 8-0 in favor of the Spartans.
- The Spartans added one more on an Angelo run scoring single before Ruiz finished off the John Carroll for the two-hit shutout win.


GAME ONE:
HITTING
HITS: Tyler Patton (2)
DOUBLE: Nico Bermeo and Spencer Ruch (1)
RUNS: Tyler Patton, Nik Panico, Joe Lukancic and Derek Angelo (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Nik Panico, Joe Lukancic, Nico Bermeo, Sean Rivera and Logan Riley (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Joey Pettit (4.0), CJ Cazares (2.0) and Jack Fisher (1.0)
DECISIONS: CJ Cazares (win 1-0)
STRIKEOUTS: Jack Fisher (3), CJ Cazares (2) and Joey Pettit (1)

GAME TWO:
HITTING
HITS: Nico Bermeo, Derek Angelo, Nik Panico and Logan Riley (2)
DOUBLE: Nico Bermeo, Dominick Curcio, Joe Lukancic and Logan Riley (1)
RUNS: Nico Bermeo and Sean Rivera (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Nico Bermeo (3) and Derek Angelo (2)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Adrian Ruiz (5.0)
DECISIONS: Adrian Ruiz (1-0 win)
STRIKEOUTS: Adrian Ruiz (7)