The Aurora University men's lacrosse team hosted the visiting Vikings of Augustana College on Saturday April, 11, on AU's senior day. The Spartans celebrated and recognized seniors Jeremy Kartel, Max Obriecht, Nolan Miller, Jordan Williams and Danny Loyall at halftime. The Spartans then went on to be victorious 12-9 in the contest.

Obriecht started the scoring early for the Spartans with two goals in under the first minute of play. The Spartans off of an assist from Obriecht with a goal from Garret Rosiek added to the lead (3-0) at 11:26 of the first quarter, forcing a Augustana timeout. After Augie got on the scoreboard at 3:06, the Spartans finished the quarter with another goal from Rosiek of an assist from Jason Koziol bringing the score to 4-1.
 

Augustana responded in the second quarter with two goals before the end of the half with the Spartans scoring a single goal, coming from junior Max Matthai which left the halftime score 5-3.

Before Aurora took the field for the second half the seniors and their parents were recognized, for their dedication and commitment to Aurora University and its Athletics. 

The second half scoring began quickly off a goal from Augustana's Kevin Gleason. Gleason was penalized after his goal for taunting and AU responded quickly when Williams scored off of an assist from Loyall. MIller added an unassisted goal shortly after and AU led by three at 7-4.

Augustana then went on a 4-1 run in the third quarter and as tension filled the crowd, the score at the end of the third quarter was 8-8. Obriecht earned a hat trick with the lone AU goal in the Augustana run.
 

54 seconds into the fourth quarter, Augustana scored again to take their first lead of the game at 9-8. Refusing to be stopped on senior day, the Spartans rallied with four unanswered goals. Miller got the run started and added two goals in the stretch while Rosiek added his third goal with an assist from Obriecht for the game winner and freshman Nick Glaser finished the Spartan scoring with the 12th goal. Rosiek assisted on the last two goals of the game.