The Aurora University softball team split day three in Florida as they dropped game one 13-4 against Worcester Polytechnic Institute, then turned around and won against Anderson University 5-1.
Game Score: Worcester Polytechnic Institute 13, Aurora University 4
Game Score: Aurora University 5, Anderson University 1
Record: Aurora University (3-3)
Location: Kissimmee, Florida
Game One
- WPI got out to an early lead after a Spartan error in the second eventually led to three runs.
- AU answered in the bottom of the inning with three runs of their own.
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Kelsey Oviatt hit a sac fly to score
Angie Delgado.
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Mia Rivera then walked with the bases loaded, scoring
Lily Komperda.
- The last run of the inning for the Spartans came when
Nina Richards was hit by a pitch, walking in another run, this time in
Carly Clemens.
- WPI then scored nine unanswered runs over the course of the next three innings.
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Mia Malczyk singled to center in the fifth and final inning to score the last run of the game.
- The Spartans would fall 13-4 in five innings to WPI.
Game Two
- To start game two, this time it was the Spartans who got on top early.
- Two Anderson errors gave way to three runs for AU.
- First it was Rivera who stole second, creating chaos on the bases and forcing a throwing error by Anderson. This allowed
Aubrey Ortiz to score from third.
- A Komerda single to left, later in the inning, brought in Rivera, then on another Falcon error, brought Richards in the increase the AU first inning lead to 3-0.
- Anderson scored their one and only run of the ballgame in the third.
- The Spartans scored two more runs in the fifth off of two more Anderson errors.
- AU would win game two of the day 5-1 over Anderson.
Game One
HITTING
HITS: Mia Rivera (2)
DOUBLES: Mia Rivera (1)
RUNS: Angie Delgado,
Lily Komperda,
Carly Clemens, and
Holly Smith
RUNS BATTED IN: Mia Rivera,
Mia Malczyk,
Nina Richards, and
Kelsey Oviatt (1)
PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Sienna Bemmels (2.1), Sarah MacManus (1.2), and
Talia Lorenzo (1)
DECISIONS: Sienna Bemmels (loss 0-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Sienna Bemmels (2)
Game Two
HITTING
HITS: Mia Rivera (2)
TRIPLES: Mia Rivera (1)
RUNS: Mia Rivera (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Lily Komperda (1)
PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Mia Rivera (7.0)
DECISIONS: Mia Rivera (win 2-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Mia Rivera (5)
Next action for the Spartan softball team comes on Thursday, March 12 from the spring trip in Central Florida. AU takes on College of St. Scholastica 9:00 a.m. (est) / 8:00 a.m. (cst) and Ohio Northern University 11:30 a.m. (est) / 10:30 a.m. (cst) in Kissimmee, Florida.