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.
Game One Score:Â Lakeland University 7, Aurora University 1
Game Two Score:Â Aurora University 7, Lakeland University 3
Record: Aurora University 23-17 overall 13-11 NACC
Location:Â Plymouth, Wisconsin
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.
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):Â
Rylee Campbell (1.0),
Amia Aguilar (4.0) and
Sarah McManus (1.0)
DECISIONS:Â
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):Â
Madelyn Buske (7.0)
DECISIONS:Â
Madelyn Buske (W, 7-6)
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Next scheduled action for the Spartan softball team comes on Thursday, May 8Â 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.Â