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Composite
2
Aurora AURORA 26-16
6
Winner Benedictine (IL) BENU 28-13
Aurora AURORA
26-16
2
Final
6
Benedictine (IL) BENU
28-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Aurora AURORA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1
Benedictine (IL) BENU 2 0 2 1 1 0 X 6 8 1

W: Karlinski, Becky (21-7) L: Tomasko, H. (11-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Wins Game One of NACC Tourney, Beats Aurora

The Benedictine University softball team, who claimed a share of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season title, won their first game of the NACC Tournament as the #2 seed, beating #3 seeded Aurora 6-2.

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Benedictine 6, Aurora 2
 
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• Benedictine gave a up a solo homerun in the first inning to put Aurora up 1-0
• The Eagles responded in the bottom of the frame when Jenna Boyajian homered to left field, scoring Angie Malsack who walked to lead off the inning
• Boyajian's homerun was the 32nd for the 2018 team, breaking the school record for most homeruns in a season, which was set last year with 31
• After a scoreless second, the Eagles added two more runs when Malsack tallied another walk followed by an Emily Moore single through the left side
• Courtney Grasz singled to left field and Boyajian picked up her third RBI of the game with a single to center
• Emily Chitwood picked up an RBI sac fly to give BenU a 4-1 lead
• In the fourth, Breanna Sobotka scored after singling to left center when Moore singled up the middle
• Sobotka scored Chitwood in the fifth with a double to center field to take a 6-1 advantage over Aurora
• The Spartans threatened in the seventh, scoring a run off of one hit but the BenU defense held on for the 6-2 win
 
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BOYAJIAN: 2-4, 1 run, 3 RBI
SOBOTKA: 2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI
MOORE: 2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI
BECKY KARLINSKI (21-7): 2 earned runs, 6 strikeouts, 7 hits, 7.0 innings pitched
 
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Benedictine softball will continue play in the NACC Tournament and take on the #4 seed Concordia University Chicago at 3:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon in Milwaukee, WI at Alverno Field.
 
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