The Aurora University men's lacrosse team headed to the road for their final non-conference contest of the season at Illinois Wesleyan. The contest was close throughout with a small hiccup in the third quarter being the difference in the outcome.
GAME SCORE: Illinois Wesleyan University 19,
 Aurora University 10
LOCATION:Â Bloomington, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 4-5 overall ; Illinois Wesleyan University 5-4 overall
-Â The Spartans got the scoring started with a man-up goal from Brody Macdonald 1:20 into the game.
- Goals from
Ben Strub and
Jimmy Gorecki helped the Spartans to a 3-2 lead with 9:19 left in the first.
- Three IWU goals saw the Spartans trail 5-3 after one.
- Gorecki scored his second of the day in the second to make it a 6-4 game.
- AU got goals later in the second from
Reilan Pura and
Zach Bernstein.
- The Spartans trailed 9-6 going to halftime.
- Macdonald and Pura scored in the third quarter but AU was outscored 8-2 and trailed 17-8 after three.
- Man-up goals in the fourth from Pura and Gorecki gave the pair hat tricks and got the Spartans back to down 17-10.
- IWU scored the last two goals of the game though for the 19-10 final score.
Points: Reilan Pura (4)
Goals:
Reilan Pura and
Jimmy Gorecki (3)
Assists:
Zach Bernstein (2)
Ground balls:Â
Ethan Dosen (5)
Caused Turnovers:Â
Ethan Dosen and Brody Macdonald (3)
Saves: Phillip Gianelle (12)
Next action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, April 4 when they host Illinois Institute of Technology. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.Â
