The Aurora University men's lacrosse team took to the road and visited men's lacrosse rival Carthage College. AU jumped out to an early lead, with stood a Red Men comeback before extending the lead late for the 13-9 victory.

GAME INFORMATION
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 13, Carthage College 9
RECORDS: Aurora University 7-1, 1-0 MLC; Carthage College 5-4; 1-0 CCIW
LOCATION: Kenosha, Wisconsin – Art Keller Field  
WEATHER: 44 degrees
LENGTH OF GAME: 1:52
 
SPARTAN STARTING LINE UP:
Attack: Jason Koziol
Attack: Bailey Smith
Attack: Trevor McNamara
Midfield: Will Bradshaw
Midfield: Matt Smidlein
Midfield: Sam Hiss
Defense: Jon Glende
Defense: Bryce Wallgard
Defense: Sean Arfsten
Goalie: Tyler Lombardi

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Spartans jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter with unassisted goals from JK Torres, Jason Koziol and Nick Glaser.
After a Carthage goal, Torres lit the lamp for the second time in the second quarter.
AU added two goals in 14 seconds later in the second quarter. The first goal came from Max Matthai with an assist to Ben Arends and the second from Trevor McNamara.
Carthage tallied two goals to cut the AU lead to 6-4 but McNamara pushed the lead up to three with his second tally of the night.
Heading into halftime, AU led 7-4.
In the first five minutes of the third quarter, AU scored three times (Koziol, Matt Sammarco and Bailey Smith) to push the lead to 10-4.
Carthage started a 5-0 run that extended into the fourth quarter and with 10:17 to play in the game, AU led by one,10-9.
The Spartan defense settled down and the offense took over down the stretch as the Spartans would score the games final three goals.
Glaser scored at 9:26 and McNamara scored his third and fourth of the game in the final five minutes. Hunter So assisted on the final goal.
When the always hard played contest between the two teams ended, the Spartans were victorious 13-9.

FOR THE SPARTANS
AU remained unbeaten against Carthage with the victory. The Spartans are now 8-0 in six seasons.
Trevor McNamara had four goals.
Jason Koziol had two goals and one assist.
JK Torres and Nick Glaser each had two goals.   
Ben Arends had two assists.
Tyler Lombardi had nine saves in the winning effort.          

SPARTAN TEAM LEADERS
Points: Trevor McNamara (4) and Jason Koziol (3)
Goals: Trevor McNamara (4)
Assists: Ben Arends (2)
Ground balls: Matt Smidlein (8)
Caused Turnovers: JK Torres, Jon Glende and Sam Hiss (2)
Face offs: Matt Smidlein (10-of-18)
Saves: Tyler Lombardi (9)
 
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Sunday, April 3 when they host Cornell College. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m. on Vago Field.