The Aurora University men's soccer team dominated the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference opener at Edgewood College, winning 5-0.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 5, Edgewood College 0
LOCATION: Madison, Wisconsin - Edgewood College
RECORDS: Aurora University 3-3 (NACC 1-0); Edgewood College 3-4 (NACC 0-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Spartans scored early and often in their conference opener to coast to a 5-0 victory.
15:47 into the game, AU scored to take a 1-0 lead off a Ben Edith goal.
Ten minutes later Oscar Suarez scored for what would be a 2-0 halftime lead.
Xavier Ortiz scored early in the second for a 3-0 Spartan lead.
A header by Alberto Bustamante a few minutes later put the lead to 4-0.
Luis Flores capped the offensive day wth a goal of his own for the 5-0 victory.

FOR THE SPARTANS
Five AU players scored goals on the day off four assists.
Aurora had 22 shots on the day.

SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
GOALS: Ben Edith, Oscar Suarez, Xavier Ortiz, Alberto Bustamante and Luis Flores (1).
ASSISTS: Oscar Suarez, Christian Duarte, Kyle Pierson and Nick Cataldi (1)
SHOTS: Oscar Suarez (4)
SAVES: Zach McFarland (4)
 
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's soccer team comes on Monday, September 19 when they host Wheaton College. Game time is set at Vago Field for 4:00 p.m.