Sumsion
Photo courtesy Scott Beavin
3
Lakeland University LUBB 6-8, 0-1 NACC
18
Winner Aurora University AURORABB 6-8, 1-0 NACC
Lakeland University LUBB
6-8, 0-1 NACC
3
Final
18
Aurora University AURORABB
6-8, 1-0 NACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lakeland University LUBB 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 1
Aurora University AURORABB 0 10 2 3 2 1 X 18 19 2

W: Justin Zimmerman (4-0) L: Gegenfurtner, Tucker (0-2)

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Lakeland University LUBB 6-9, 0-2 NACC
4
Winner Aurora University AURORABB 7-8, 2-0 NACC
Lakeland University LUBB
6-9, 0-2 NACC
2
Final
4
Aurora University AURORABB
7-8, 2-0 NACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lakeland University LUBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 10 1
Aurora University AURORABB 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 X 4 10 1

W: Mason Ishii (1-1) L: Holz, Mason (1-2) S: Conner Hogan (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Aurora takes two from Lakeland in NACC baseball opener

MONTGOMERY, Ill. – Lakeland University put pressure on Aurora University late in the second game but a rally came up short as the Spartans finished a sweep in both teams' first Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference doubleheader of the season.

Aurora won the first game 18-3 in seven innings and then held on for a 4-2 win in the second game. The Muskies dropped to 6-9 overall while the Spartans improved to 6-8 on the season.

Lakeland was done in by a 10-run second inning in the first game, as Aurora strung together seven singles and added a pair of run-scoring doubles late in the inning to blow the game open. The Muskies scored their lone runs in the fifth with Zak Keegan (Sr.-Frankfort, Ill.) hitting a two-run single and Tucker Gegenfurtner (So.-Onalaska, Wis.) adding an RBI ground out.

The Muskies fared much better in the second game and nearly rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the late innings. Lakeland first got on the board in the seventh when Logan South (Fr.-Oswego, Ill.) reached on a two-out infield single that scored Caleb Sumsion (Jr.-Dayton, Nev.) to make it 4-1.

The Muskies stranded a pair in the seventh, but scored again in the eighth when Keegan led off with an infield single and Gegenfurtner followed with a double to drive him in. Lakeland again put two runners on, this time with nobody out, but again missed a chance to get closer by stranding two, and Aurora pitcher Conner Hogan set down the Muskies 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth to earn the save.

Mason Holz (Fr.-Waupun, Wis.) and Eli Watkins (So.-Herrin, Ill.) combined to throw eight solid innings in the second game, including Holz going 5 1/3 and allowing eight hits and four runs (three earned) with four strikeouts. Watkins came on and threw 2 2/3 scoreless frames, allowing just two hits.

Gegenfurtner went 3-for-4 in the nightcap and Keegan and Charlie Spahn (Jr.-Greenfield, Wis.) added two hits each. Gegenfurtner, Keegan and OakLee Spens (Sr.-South Weber, Utah) also all had two hits each in the first game.

Lakeland returns to play Wednesday when it travels to take on Concordia University Wisconsin for a doubleheader starting at noon in Mequon.
 
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