Box Score
Box score
MILWAUKEE - WLC was defeated by Aurora
University 10-2 in six innings on Thursday in the second game of a
Northern Athletics Conference softball doubleheader at Warrior
Field.
The Spartans used a three-run double in the first inning and
carried a 3-0 advantage into the fourth. AU extended its lead to
4-0 in the fourth before Wisconsin Lutheran cut its deficit in half
in the bottom of the frame. Sophomores Emily Foster (Brookfield,
Wis./East) and Ashley Zautner (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) each
recorded RBIs for WLC, which had three hits in the inning.
Aurora answered with a pair of runs in the fifth and four more
in the sixth to build its 10-2 lead. WLC had two runners reach base
in the sixth inning, but the Spartans turned a double play to end
the game via run rule.
Foster replicated her performance of game one by going 2-for-3
with an RBI and one run scored. Five other players each tallied a
hit for WLC.
Jessica Scott and Kayla Westemeier each went 3-for-4 in the game
for Aurora (20-3, 13-0 NAC). Lindsay Decker earned the win by
tossing five innings. She allowed a pair of runs and fanned
five.
Wisconsin Lutheran (8-18, 6-12 NAC) travels west to Watertown,
Wis., on Saturday for a NAC doubleheader against the Maranatha
Baptist Bible College Crusaders. First pitch is scheduled for noon
at Riverside Park.
