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Mark Black
1
Aurora University AUSB 22-17, 12-11 NACC
7
Winner Lakeland University LUSB 19-20, 13-10 NACC
Aurora University AUSB
22-17, 12-11 NACC
1
Final
7
Lakeland University LUSB
19-20, 13-10 NACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Aurora University AUSB 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1
Lakeland University LUSB 5 1 0 0 1 0 X 7 10 2

W: Ziebell, Natalie (8-9) L: Campbell, Rylee (4-6)

7
Winner Aurora University AUSB 23-17, 13-11 NACC
3
Lakeland University LUSB 19-21, 13-11 NACC
Winner
Aurora University AUSB
23-17, 13-11 NACC
7
Final
3
Lakeland University LUSB
19-21, 13-11 NACC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Aurora University AUSB 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 7 15 1
Lakeland University LUSB 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 9 3

W: Buske, Madelyn (7-6) L: Pettit, Lily (5-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Spartans split regular season finale at Lakeland

The Aurora University softball team played their final NACC doubleheader of the 2025 regular season at Lakeland University, a dubleheader that was originally scheduled for March. AU split with the Muskies, losing game one 7-1 before rebounding to win 7-3 in game two.

The Basics
Game One Score: Lakeland University 7, Aurora University 1
Game Two Score: Aurora University 7, Lakeland University 3
Record: Aurora University 23-17 overall 13-11 NACC
Location: Plymouth, Wisconsin

How it happened
Game One
- Lakeland jumped out to an early 5-0 lead with six hits in the first inning.
- Lakeland added one run in the second.
- AU got on the board in the fifth inning with Kelsey Oviatt doubling and her pinch runner Sydney Helgerson scoring on an Arianna Anderson single.
- The final run came in the bottom of the fifth as Lakeland defeated AU 7-1.

Game Two
- A triple from Lily Komperda in the third with one out allowed her to score the first AU run and lead 1-0.
- Lakeland tied the game with a run in the bottom of the third.
- Heading to the sixth, the game remained 1-1.
- A two-out single from Komperda in the sixth plated two and AU led 3-1.
- The Komperda single was the fourth single in the inning for the Spartans.
- More two out hitting allowed the Spartans to score four more runs in the seventh.
- Komperda drove in two for her third and fourth runs batted in in the contest.
- Lakeland scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh but AU slammed the door for the 7-3 victory.

Spartan Leaders
Game One
HITTING:
HITS:
Nina Richards and Kelsey Oviatt (1)
RUNS: Sydney Helgerson (1)
DOUBLES: Kelsey Oviatt (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Arianna Anderson (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):
 Rylee Campbell (1.0), Amia Aguilar (4.0) and Sarah McManus (1.0)
DECISIONS: Rylee Campbell (L, 4-6)

Game Two
HITTING:
HITS:
Lily Komperda and Kelsey Oviatt (3)
RUNS: Kelsey Oviatt (2)
DOUBLE: Alex Thiel, Nina Richards and Carly Clemens (1)
TRIPLE: Lily Komperda (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Lily Komperda (4)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):
 Madelyn Buske (7.0)
DECISIONS: Madelyn Buske (W, 7-6)
 
Up Next
Next scheduled action for the Spartan softball team comes on Thursday, May 8 when they host the 2025 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. AU will open the tournament against Milwaukee School of Engineering. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at Bedrosian Stadium at the Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois. 
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