The Aurora University men's soccer team fell behind early in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference match-up with the Regents of Rockford University. The Spartans rallied and ran past the Regents, winning 4-1.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 4, Rockford University 1
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 7-5-3 overall and 5-3-2 in the NACC; Rockford University 5-9-1 overall and 3-6-1 in the NACC 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Spartans dominated possession early in the contest but it was Rockford managed to score first.
- A cross by the Regents was headed in beautifully past a diving Depenbrock 8:28 into the game.
- AU continued to dominate the pace and possession and tied the game 1-1 at 14:41.
- Cristian Correa scored the equalizer off an assist from Enrique Gonzalez.
- A short time later the Spartans struck again to take the lead. Connor Erickson scored off another Gonzalez assist.
- 8:30 later, AU scored again. Anthony Marmolejo got the tally and was assisted by Rolando Martinez.
- AU led 3-1 going to halftime.
- The second-half saw AU continue to dominate possession and just miss on numerous scoring chances.
- The Spartan scoring chances finally came through in the second-half with Enrique Gonzalez adding his third point of the night. His goal was assisted by Giovanni Villegas.
- AU was victorious 4-1

SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
GOALS: Connor Erickson, Cristian Correa, Enrique Gonzalez and Anthony Marmolejo (1)
ASSISTS: Enrique Gonzalez (2)
SAVES: Jalen Depenbrock (2)

UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's soccer team comes on Saturday, October 23 when they travel to MIlwaukee School of Engineering. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin