The Aurora University men's lacrosse team played their final regular season contest at Spartan Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon, never trailing in the contest on the way to a 12-8 victory.
GAME SCORE: Aurora University 12, Concordia University Wisconsin 8
LOCATION: Montgomery, Illinois - Spartan Athletic Park
RECORDS: Aurora University 10-5 overall and 6-0 NACC
- AU and
Mikail Byun got the scoring started 44 seconds into the game.
- Brody Macdonald scored a man-up tally later in the first to put AU up 2-1.
- Scoring exploded in the second quarter with the two teams combining for 10 goals.
- A pair of goals from
Zach Bernstein and one from
Ben Strub put the Spartans up 5-2 with 10:13 left in the opening half.
- The Spartans and Falcons traded three goals each the final 6:30 of the second.
- AU got goals from Macdonald, Byun and Strub.
- The Spartans led CUW at halftime 8-5.
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Jimmy Gorecki scored the only AU goal of the third quarter and with 15 minutes left, AU led 9-8.
- The Spartan defense and goalie
Phillip Gianelle locked down the Falcons in the fourth.
- AU scored the only three goals of the period to secure the 12-8 victory.
- Bernstein, Macdonald and Byun each scored to collect hat tricks on the day.
Points: Brody Macdonald,
Zach Bernstein,
Mikail Byun and
Ben Strub (4)
Goals:
Zach Bernstein, Brody Macdonald and
Mikail Byun (3)
Assists:
Ben Strub (2)
Ground balls: Philli Gianelle (10) and
Ethan Dosen (8)
Caused Turnovers: Ethan Dosen,
Mason Soucy and
Connor Hoeft (2)
Saves: Phillip Gianelle (13)
Next action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, April 27 when they travel to Concordia University Chicago. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m. in River Forest, Illinois.
