Game One Box Score

Game Two Box Score

ELMHURST, Ill. - The Elmhurst College softball team saw its record dip below .500 for the first time this season as the Bluejays fell to 13-15 overall after dropping both ends of a doubleheader to Aurora University.

Aurora (25-4) scored a 2-1 victory in game one, and took game two by a 6-2 final score.

AURORA 2, ELMHURST 1 (Game One) - Aurora jumped out a 2-0 advantage and Spartan pitcher Anna Snyder made the lead hold up, limiting Elmhurst to just one run and two hits in the game.

Aurora struck for a run in the first inning on a Shannon Starr sacrifice fly. The Spartans made it 2-0 in the third when Briana Martin singled home a run.

Elmhurst got a run back in the third when Maureen Roderick roped a run-scoring single down the left field line. That would be as close as the Bluejays would come as Snyder allowed only two base runners over the final 4.1 innings.

Lauren Ventrella recorded Elmhurst's only other hit in the loss.

Snyder (16-2) allowed just two hits and one run while tossing the complete game. She walked four and struck out nine.

Vanessa Kalal (4-6) took the loss for Elmhurst, despite allowing just two earned runs. She scattered 10 hits and one walk while striking out three in seven innings of work.

AURORA 6, ELMHURST 2 (Game Two) - The Bluejays self-destructed in the field, committing six errors leading to five unearned runs for Aurora.

Aurora grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first. With two one and one out, Martin singled to left, but the ball got past the left fielder and all the way to the fence allowing both runners to score.

Aurora tacked on a run in the fifth when Jen Robinson reached on a leadoff error, stole second and moved to third on a throwing error. Robinson came home to score on Abby Young's RBI single.

The Spartans scored three unearned runs in the top of the seventh to pull away. With two outs and two on, Jessica Scott grounded to second. The Bluejays tried to tag Martin advancing to second, but missed the tag, allowing Aurora to load the bases. An error on a dropped throw then opened the door for Aurora to score three runs.

Elmhurst scored a run in the third when Roderick singled home Becca Zumpf. The Bluejays added another run in the sixth on a Maggie Yagen RBI single.

Elmhurst had scoring chances throughout the game, but stranded 10 runners in the loss. The Bluejays had two runners erased at the plate trying to score.