The Aurora University men's lacrosse team return to the 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championships second round or Sweet 16 for the fourth straight season. The Spartans advanced to the second round after defeating Albion College 12-11 in overtime on Wednesday, May 11 in the NCAA first round.

The Spartans are currently 17-2 overall, which is a new program record for wins in a season. The Spartans will travel in the NCAA Championships second round to Denison University on Saturday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. (EST) in Granville, Ohio.

Match-up -

• The Spartans will travel to Denison University (17-1) in the first round. AU fell at Albion in the regular season on March 19, 14-13 in overtime.

AU All-Time NCAA Tournament History –

• AU is making their fourth trip to the second round in the NCAA Tournament in the sixth year of the program.
  • 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• The Spartans have advanced to the second round in all four of their previous NCAA Championship appearances.
• AU holds a 4-3 all-time NCAA record.

All-Time Series -

• The teams will meet for the third time dating back to a 2014 NCAA second round match-up at Denison. Denison defeated AU 11-8.
• The Spartans are 0-2 against the Big Red.
• Denison won the previous meeting in the 2015 regular season 19-10.

Watch the game action -

• The game can be seen live using live stats or live video

Game day tickets -

• Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for students and $2 for children ages 3-12.

About the Spartans –

• AU enters on a nine game win streak.
• Junior Jason Koziol has 106 points with 63 goals and 43 assists.
• Sophomore Trevor McNamara leads the Spartans with 65 goals and 27 assists.
• Junior Bailey Smith has 53 goals and 17 assists.
• Junior Matt Smidlein is 260-424 in face-offs with 135 ground balls.
• Freshman Bryce Wallgard has forced 38 turnovers and 32 ground balls.
• In the net for the Spartans, freshman Tyler Lombardi holds a 14-2 record with a 9.00 goals against average.

About the Big Red –

• Denison is 12-20 all-time in the NCAA Championships.
• The Big Red advanced to the second round after defeating Carthage College 19-2 in the opening round.
• Denison is on a 16 game win streak entering the match-up with AU.
• James Meager leads the Big Red having scored 40 goals with seven assists.
• Blair Farinholt has scored 33 goals with 22 assists.
• Big Red face-off man Eric Baumgardner is 159-of-273 on the season at the dot.
• Chris Thomas has a 17-1 record with a 6.07 goals against average.

Up Next for the Spartans –

• The winner of the second round matchup between AU and Denison will advance to face the winner of Salisbury University and Colorado College in the NCAA quarterfinals on Wednesday, May 18.