Aurora University Athletics

The Aurora University softball team secured the four seed in the upcoming Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament with a doubleheader sweep of Alverno College, winning both games by mercy rule, 20-10 and 13-5.

Game One Score: Aurora University 20, Alverno College 10 - 5 innings
Game Two Score: Aurora University 13, Alverno College 5 - 5 innings
Record: Aurora University 26-14 overall and 16-8 NACC
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Game One
- 30 runs would cross the plate in game one with the Spartans scoring 13 times in the first inning to take command of the game right away.
- Six walks and six hits including a stretch of back-to-back-to-back home runs from Nina Richards, Stephani Debise and Lily Komperda fueled the 13 run inning.
- Angie Delgado had two doubles and three runs batted in in the first inning.
- Alverno answered with four runs in the first and a run each in the second and third before AU scored again.
- After plating a run in the fourth, the Spartans saw the Inferno cut the lead to four at 14-10 with the game going to the fifth.
- AU would score six times in the fifth, all coming with two outs.
- Seven hits led to the six runs.
- Sarah McManus kept Alverno scoreless in the fifth for the first time in the game as AU won 20-10.

Game Two
- The Spartans jumped out again in the first inning, scoring two runs with a Lily Komperda triple being the big hit.
- Alverno took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the first.
- Three home runs from Mia Malczyk, Holly Smith and Nina Richards helped fuel an eight run AU second inning.
- AU led 10-3 after 2-1.2 innings.
- An Angie Delgado double led off the third and started a two run inning with four more hits added to the hit parade.
- After Alverno scored a pair of runs in the fourth to bring the score inside the mercy category, the Spartans answered back.
- Three singles in the fifth for AU led to one run and a 13-5 lead.
- Mia Rivera navigated some Inferno base runners in the fifth the end the game early with the 13-5 win.


Game One
HITTING
HITS: Angie Delgado, Mia Malczyk and Nina Richards (3)
HOME RUNS: Nina Richards, Stephani Debise and Lily Komperda (1)
DOUBLES: Angie Delgado (2), Stephani Debise, Mia Malczyk and Leila Lopez (1)
RUNS: Lily Komperda (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Nina Richards and Angie Delgado (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Sarah McManus (3.0) and Emma Way (2.0)
DECISIONS: Sarah McManus (win, 3-0)

Game Two
HITTING
HITS: Stephani Debise (4)
HOME RUN: Nina Richards, Holly Smith and Mia Malczyk (1)
TRIPLE: Lily Komperda (1)
DOUBLE: Angie Delgado (1)
RUNS: Angie Delgado (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Holly Smith (5)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Mia Rivera (5.0)
DECISIONS: Mia Rivera (win, 13-5)
STRIKEOUTS: Mia Rivera (4)