The Aurora University baseball team battled windy conditions and the Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors in a 28-18 game one win that saw Dominicak Curcio set new AU single game records for hits, runs scored and triples. AU would then fall in game two 11-9.

Game One Score: Aurora University 28, Wisconsin Lutheran College 18 - 8 innings
Game Two Score: Wisconsin Lutheran College 11, Aurora University 9
Record: Aurora University 10-9 overall and 5-1 NACC; Wisconsin Lutheran College 6-11 overall and 3-3 NACC
Location: Franklin, Wisconsin


Game One
- Dominick Curcio started his incredible game off with a triple in the first but was left stranded.
- AU tied the score in the second 1-1 but would trail 2-1 after two.
- Curcio led off the third with his second triple in as many at bats to ignite a three run inning for a 4-2 AU lead.
- Three AU errors saw WLC score five runs and take a 7-4 lead.
- But in the story of the game, the Spartans kept scoring as well, plating four runs to take an 8-7 lead.
- With two outs in the fifth, Curcio reached on a single and for the fourth time in as many at bats. His single started a two run inning and gave AU a 10-7 lead.
- WLC scored three times in the bottom of the inning for a 10-10 game.
- In the sixth, the Spartans batted around without an out being made and when the inning was over, 11 runs were scored while Curcio hit his record setting third triple of the game.
- WLC was not done though, scoring seven times in the sixth and seventh to make the score 21-17.
- In the eighth the Spartans would bat around for a second time in the game with Curcio hitting a three-run home run with the hit and run being the sixth of each, both new AU single game records.
- The Spartans would win 28-18 in eight long innings.

Game Two
- AU started where they left off in game one, scoring twice in the first.
- The lead lasted into the second when WLC tied the game 2-2.
- In the third, Ryan Buck tripled in two runs and scored to give AU a 5-2 lead.
- Buck drove in another run in the fourth and AU led 6-3.
- AU starter Brandon Todd allowed two runs in the fifth but left the game after five innings of work leading 6-5.
- Three walks, two hit batsmen and a grand slam in the sixth saw AU take an 11-6 lead.
- AU got a run back in the seventh but left the bases loaded trailing 11-7.
- Jon Wray came in to relieve Adrian Ruiz and struck out the side in the seventh.
- AU added two runs in the eighth with a Joe Lukancic double and a home run from Tyler Patton.
- AU would fall 11-9.


Game One
HITTING
HITS: Dominick Curcio (6)
HOME RUN: Dominick Curcio (1)
TRIPLE: Dominick Curcio (3) and Matthew Washington (1)
DOUBLE: Kyle Mack (1)
RUNS: Dominick Curcio (6)
RUNS BATTED IN: Dominick Curcio (6) and Joe Lukancic (5)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Mason Ishii (2.0), Anthony Consiglio (4.0), Cory Black (0.2) and Adrian Ruiz (1.1)
DECISIONS: Anthony Consiglio (W, 1-0)
STRIKEOUTS: Adrian Ruiz (4)

Game Two
HITTING
HITS: Joe Lukancic (4) and Ryan Buck (3)
DOUBLE: Joe Lukancic (1)
TRIPLE: Ryan Buck (1)
HOME RUN: Tyler Patton (1)
RUNS: Joe Lukancic (4)
RUNS BATTED IN: Ryan Buck (4)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Brandon Todd (5.0), Adrian Ruiz (1.0) and Jon Wray (2.0)
DECISIONS: Adrian Ruiz (L, 0-3)
STRIKEOUTS: Jon Wray (4) and Brandon Todd (3)