A strong second half from senior Nicci Bermudes and the Spartan women led the Aurora University women's soccer team to a 3-1 win at Benedictine University Wednesday night in Lisle, Illinois.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Aurora University 3 ; Benedictine University 1
LOCATION: Lisle, Illinois – The Sports Complex
RECORDS: Aurora University 6-3 overall, NACC 3-0; Benedictine University 5-5 overall, NACC 2-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The teams played to a scoreless tie entering halftime.
Nicci Bermudes snapped the scoreless tie 6:45 into the second half off a corner from Hunter Coppes.
Bermudes added to the AU lead at 64:30. Her breakaway goal came from a pass from Corynne McEachern.
Bermudes finished the hat trick with a goal off a cross from Lorelei Ritzert.
With 2:02 left in the game, Benedictine broke the shutout attempt.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
Bermudes now has 16 goals on the season with four hat tricks.

FOR THE SPARTANS                                                      
Bermudes finished the day with three goals.
Coppes had an assist on the first goal.
McEachern assisted on the second goal.
Ritzert picked up an assist on the final goal.
Caitlin deRuiter earned the win with three saves.

FOR THE FOES
Zoie Holloway had the lone BU goal.
Daniela Nieto had an assist.
Maddie Frye had two saves in the loss.
 
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