The Aurora University baseball team traveled to Dominican University on Wednesday afternoon, as the Spartans continue their NACC schedule with a doubleheader against the Stars. AU trailed 9-6 entering the ninth inning of game one, before roaring back for an 11-9 win also led by two Kyle Mack home runs and four RBI's by Matthew Washington. The Spartans then took game two by a score of 15-6 to pickup the sweep over the Stars.


Game One Score: Aurora University 11, Dominican University 10
Game Two Score: Aurora University 15, Dominican University 6
Record: Aurora University 19-14 overall and 14-6 NACC; Dominican University 14-18 overall and 6-12 NACC
Location: Wintrust Field - Schaumburg, Illinois

Game One
- It was AU that grabbed an early lead in the top-of-the-first, as Kyle Mack singled in Joe Lukancic.
- Nick Czarnecki then singled in Dominick Curcio to make it 2-0.
- The Spartans extended that to 3-0 in the second when Spencer Ruch scored on a Lukancic ground out.
- Mack led-off the third with a solo shot, making it 4-0 in favor of the Spartans.
- Dominican stormed back for six runs in their half of the third to take a 6-4 lead.
- In the bottom-of-the-fourth, the Stars made that 7-4.
- Matthew Washington ripped a two-run double in the fifth to scors Czarnecki and Mack and cut into the Stars lead at 7-6.
- Dominican got those two runs back in the bottom half of the fifth to extend it back to 9-6.
- That 9-6 score held until the top-of-the-ninth, when Mack led-off another inning by clubbing a home run.
- Czarnecki came around to score on a Stars error, before another Washington two-run double gave AU the 10-9 lead in the ninth.
- Wasnington later scored on a Lukancic RBI single to make it 11-9 for AU.
- Despite giving up a run in the ninth, Justin Zimmerman picked up two key outs while stranding a runner on third to give AU the 11-10 victory.

Game Two
- Nick Czarnecki drove in AU's first run of the game with a single in the top-of-the-first, before a Logan Riley two-run double and Brayden Gorecki sac-fly gave AU a 4-0 lead.
- Dominican answered back with three runs in their half of the first.
- Kyle Mack roped a two-run double in the top-of-the-second before a Ryan Buck single and Czarnecki sac-fly gave AU an 8-3 lead.'
- In the top-of-the-third, Spencer Ruch stretched that lead to 9-3 with an RBI single.
- Matthew Washington picked up an RBI with a sac-fly in the fourth, giving AU a 10-3 lead.
- Dominican scored two runs to make it 10-5 after four innings of play.
- Riley continued his strong day with a two run single before two more Spartans runners came around to score in the fifth to give AU a 14-5 lead.
- Despite two runs in the seventh from the Stars, AU coasted to the 15-6 victory.


Game One
HITTING
HITS: Kyle Mack and Nick Czarnecki (4), Matthew Washington (3)
DOUBLE: Matthew Washington and Spencer Ruch (1)
HOME RUN: Kyle Mack (2)
RUNS: Kyle Mack (3) and Nick Czarnecki (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Matthew Washington (4) and Kyle Mack (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Conner Hogan (5.0), Adrian Ruiz (3.0) and Justin Zimmerman (1.0)
DECISIONS: Adrian Ruiz (Win, 1-3) and Justin Zimmerman (Save, 2)
STRIKEOUTS: Adrian Ruiz (3), Conner Hogan (2) and Justin Zimmerman (1)

Game Two
HITTING
HITS: Dominick Curcio and Joe Lukancic (3) 
DOUBLE: Kyle Mack and Logan Riley (1)
TRIPLE: Joe Lukancic (1)
RUNS: Joe Lukancic and Ryan Buck (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Logan Riley (4)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Mason Ishii (4.1), Anthony Consiglio (3.2) and Jon Wray (1.0)
DECISIONS: Anthony Consiglio (Win, 2-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Anthony Consiglio and Mason Ishii (3)