Aurora University Athletics

The Aurora University softball team split a NACC doubleheader at Wisconsin Lutheran on Wednesday afternoon, dropping a tightly contested 2-1 decision in game one before responding with an 11-2 victory in game two. The Spartans were limited in timely hitting in the opener despite an 11-hit effort, but bounced back in a big way in the second game, erupting for 18 hits to secure the split.

Game One Score: Wisconsin Lutheran College 2, Aurora University 1
Game Two Score: Aurora University 11, Wisconsin Lutheran College 2 - 5 innings
Record: Aurora University 24-12 overall and 14-6 NACC, Wisconsin Lutheran College 16-20 overall, 8-12 NACC
Location: Neumann Family Field - Wauwatosa, Wisconsin


Game One
- The Spartans threatened early, recording hits in multiple innings, but was unable to break through as the game remained scoreless through the first three frames.
- WLC opened the scoring in the fourth inning, using a lead-off base-runner and an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead.
- A sacrifice fly in the fifth inning extended the lead to 2-0.
- The Spartans answered in the sixth inning. Alyssa Gale singled to start the rally and eventually came around to score on an RBI ground-out by Aubrey Ortiz to cut the deficit to 2-1.
- Aurora looked to mount a late comeback in the seventh, but the tying run was left stranded as the game came to a close.

Game Two
- The Spartans jumped on the board early in the first inning, taking advantage of traffic on the bases to grab a 1-0 lead.
- After the game was tied in the bottom half of the inning, the Spartans answered right back in the second.
- Mia Rivera and Aubrey Ortiz each singled to set the table before Angie Delgado delivered an RBI single and Stephani Debise followed with another RBI hit to push Aurora ahead 3-1.
- The Spartans continued to add on in the fourth inning. Rivera singled to start the frame, and Debise drove in a run with a double before Nina Richards came through with a two-run double to extend the lead to 6-1.
- WLC scratched across a run in the fourth, but the Spartans responded with its biggest inning of the game in the fifth.
- The Spartans erupted for five runs on six hits in the frame. Debise and Richards each collected RBI singles, Lily Komperda added a hit in the rally, and Kelsey Oviatt delivered a two-run double down the line to cap the scoring at 11-2.


Game One
HITTING
HITS: Mia Rivera and Stephani Debise (2)
RUNS: Taylor Downs (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Aubrey Ortiz (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):  Emma Way (6.0)
DECISIONS: Emma Way (L, 9-7)
STRIKEOUTS: Emma Way (3)

Game Two
HITTING
HITS: Stephani Debise (4)
DOUBLE: Nina Richards, Tristin Woods, Stephani Debise, and Kelsey Oviatt (1)
RUNS: Aubrey Ortiz (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Stephani Debise and Nina Richards (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Mia Rivera (5.0)
DECISIONS: Mia Rivera (W, 12-4)