In a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference match up, the Aurora University Spartans traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to take on the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran College. The Spartans defeated the Warriors 3-2.
THE BASICSFINAL SCORE: Aurora University 3, Wisconsin Lutheran College 2
LOCATION: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
RECORDS: Aurora University 6-6-2; 4-1-2 NACC; Wisconsin Lutheran 7-7-1; 3-3-1 NACC
HOW IT HAPPENEDSpartan Senior
Ben Edith scored the first of his two goals on the day just seven minutes into the game off of a corner kick from
Angel Barajas.
Xavier Ortiz scored the second goal off a long throw in from
Ryan Murphy.
Edith would grab his second goal just two minutes after the Garcia goal at 27:42.
Wisconsin Lutheran would score two goals in the second period from Austin Drake (45:17) and Reed Luengen (88:16).
FOR THE SPARTANSZach McFarland faced five shots and saved three of them for the win.
Edith scored his third and fourth goals on the season.
Ortiz scored his third of the season.
Barajas, Murphy and
Kyle Pierson all had assists.
FOR THE FOESGoalie Cedric Guichard faced seven shots and saved four.
Austin Drake scored his sixth goal of the season.
Reed Luengen scored his second.
UP NEXTNext action for the Spartan men's soccer team comes on Wednesday, October 21 when they host the Cougars of Concordia University Chicago. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m. on Vago Field.