The Aurora University men's soccer team will enter the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament for the 12th straight season. The Spartans finished the regular season with a 9-8-1 overall record and an 8-2-1 record in the NACC. Aurora earned the #2 seed and will host the #5 seed Dominican University Stars at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois on Wednesday, October 31 at 7:00 p.m.
 
The Match-up –
- The #2 Spartans will take on #3 Dominican University Stars who AU defeated in the regular season 1-0 in River Forest.
 
All-Time NACC Championships history –
- Dominican has won the NACC tournament nine of the 12 seasons.
- Dominican University won the 2017 NACC tournament championship over MSOE.
- AU's best finish in the NACC is second-place which came in seasons 2010, 2008 and 2007.
- The second seed has won the tournament the last five seasons.
 
About the Spartans –
- AU is 7-9-4 all-time in the NACC Tournament.
- The Spartans are led by senior defender Jacob Lysik who has 12 assists from his outside back position.
- Senior Collin Foreman has eight goals and one assist on the season.
- Freshman Kyle Seymour has five goals and one assist on the year.
- Henry Zehnal has four goals and four assists.
- Freshman Edward St. Martin mans the keeper position with a 1.40 goals against average, four shut outs and a 9-8-1 record.
- 15 different Spartans have tallied at least one goal on the year.
 
About the NACC Opponents –
- #1 Milwaukee School of Engineering finished the season with a 14-3 overall record and 10-1 in the NACC.
- #3 Dominican University and the defending tournament champion enters with a 12-5-1 overall record. Dominican defeated Edgewood in the first round of the tournament.
- #4 Concordia University Wisconsin enters with a 10-6-1 overall record. CUW defeated Wisconsin Lutheran in the first round of the tournament.
 
Up next for the Spartans –
With a win on Wednesday, the Spartans would advance to the NACC Tournament Final on Saturday, November 3. AU would either travel to either #1 Milwaukee School of Engineering or host #4 Concordia University Wisconsin at 1:00 p.m.