The Aurora University women's lacrosse team hosted an important regular season Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference contest at Spartan Stadium and Spartan Athletic Park on Wednesday afternoon, hosting the Falcons of Concordia University Wisconsin. AU jumped out to a 6-0 lead and went on to defeat the Falcons for the first time in program history, 17-8. The Spartans dominated the game from the opening draw.

GAME INFORMATION
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 17, Concordia University Wisconsin 8
RECORDS: Aurora University 7-4 overall and 6-1 MWLC; Concordia University Wisconsin 6-5 overall and 6-1 MWLC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- AU jumped out to a 6-0 lead, getting goals from six different Spartans.
- CUW scored a pair of goals 57 seconds a part to cut the AU lead to 6-2.
- AU senior Kristina Krokosz scored her second of the game at 7:06.
- The Spartans took a 7-3 lead into halftime.
- AU opened the second-half with three unanswered goals with two from Claire Carlson and one from Marina Kanner to lead 10-3.
- After a CUW score, Ellie Blake and Emma-Lee Martel scored their second of the day each and the Spartans now led 12-4.
- Kristina Krokosz scored her third and fourth of the day to push the Spartan lead to 14-6 with 6:57 left in the game.
- 44 seconds after the Krokosz tally, Olivia Matson scored her second of the day and AU led 15-6.
- With over five minutes to go, Krokosz scored her fifth of the day to go up 16-6 but that was quickly answered by a CUW tally.
- With just under two minutes to go, Claire Carlson scored on a Marina Kanner assist.
- AU would defeat CUW 17-8, the Spartans first win over the Falcons.

SPARTAN TEAM LEADERS
Points: Kristina Krokosz and Claire Carlson (5)
Goals: Kristina Krokosz (5) and Claire Carlson (4)
Assists: Marina Kanner (2)
Ground Balls: Emma-Lee Martel and Reilly Armstrong (7)
Caused Turnovers: Lori Miller (6)
Draw Controls: Kristina Krokosz (8)
Saves: Reilly Armstrong (8)
 
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