HOW IT HAPPENED
Aurora University

• On Thursday morning, Nebraska Wesleyan defeated Aurora University 3-1 to improve to 7-4. 
• Aurora struck first in the fourth inning on a one out single. 
• In the sixth inning, Hanna Roth got the Prairie Wolves on the board with a double that scored Emily Swoboda and Becca Chloupek. Later in the inning, Paige Davison reached first base on an error which scored Kenzie Heedum. 
• Elise Warneke earned the win after pitching a complete game and allowing one run on four hits. 

UMass Dartmouth

• On Thursday afternoon, Nebraska Wesleyan fell to UMass Dartmouth 8-5 to fall to 7-5 on the season. 
• Following a one run inning by Dartmouth, the Prairie Wolves responded on a Jenna Kimberling single that scored Hanna Roth and Emma Alfieri.
• In the third inning, Dartmouth scored to tie the game at two. In the bottom half of the inning, Hanna Roth scored on a wild pitch to regain a 3-2 lead for Nebraska Wesleyan. 
• Dartmouth would score the next five runs. Two of them came in the fourth inning and the other three came in the sixth inning. 
• Nebraska Wesleyan cut the lead to three in the bottom of the sixth on a sac-fly from Jenna Kimberling that scored Paige Davison. 
• UMass Dartmouth scored one run in the top of the seventh. Nebraska Wesleyan would answer on an Emma Alfieri double that scored Hanna Roth and cut Dartmouth's lead to three. Three was as close as it got as Nebraska Wesleyan did not score any more runs.
• Kenna Ford picked up the loss after pitching three innings and allowing one earned run on two hits. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Aurora University
  • Hanna Roth (CF): 1-4, 2 RBI
  • Paige Davison (2B): 2-4
  • Elise Warneke (P 4-2) 7 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 6 SO
• UMass Dartmouth
  • Jenna Kimberling (2B): 1-2, 3 RBI, 
  • Emma Alfieri (SS): 2-2, 2 RBI, 1 R
  • Hanna Roth (CF): 1-2, 3 R

HEAD COACH MARY YORI'S COMMENTS

• "The Aurora win was a very good win over a team we lost to last year."
• "Elise pitched a great game and Hanna came up with a big hit to get us the go-ahead runs."
• "We had several chances vs UMass Dartmouth late in the game, but we were unable to come up with a big hit and we stranded too many runners."

UP NEXT
On Friday, the NWU Softball team will continue their Florida Spring Break trip. At 2:00 p.m. (ET), the Prairie Wolves will play Geneva University, then at 4:30 p.m. (ET), New Paltz.