Box Score The Aurora University men's lacrosse team hosted the Panthers of Hanover College on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans defeated the Panthers by a final score of 29-5 to extend their current win streak to 11.

AU fell behind three minutes into the game when Josh Green of Hanover found the back of the net to give the Panthers the early lead of 1-0.

The Spartans had a quick answer though when Jason Koziol found the back of the net off an assist from Max Obriecht. The Koziol goal ignited the Spartans who would never trail again in the game.

AU would go on to score six more times before the end of the first. Goal scorers would be Obriecht (three), Koziol (two), Casey Pettine and Jack Barry (one). At the end of the first Spartans led 7-2.

AU continued to find the back of the net the remainder of the game with seven goals in the second, nine goals in the third and six goals in the fourth period.

In all, 15 Spartans found the net. Obriecht led the pack with five goals, Kyle Frazier (four), Barry, Pat Diorka, Koziol (three), Pettine (two), Zachary Olsen, Zach Henry, Justin Galbraith, Justin Bose, Tyler Hetrick, Grant James, Matt Smidlein, Ryan Stow and Nolan Miller each contributed one.

When the final horn sounded, 25 Spartans picked up a point on the afternoon (goal or assist) led by Barry and Obriecht who each had seven. Aurora had 70 shots on goal while Hanover had 23 and the Spartans dominated the face-off dot winning 31 of 37 face-offs.

In goal, senior Adam Holka earned the win with four saves in the first half of play. Freshman Cameron Brooks played the second half with three saves.

With the win, AU is now 11-3 overall and 8-0 in the MLC. Next action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, April 23 when they host Benedictine University Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. on Vago Field with AU senior day taking place at the halftime intermission.