Concordia Chicago CUCI 7-6, 5-1

Aurora AU 12-5, 6-0

Concordia Chicago CUCI

7-6, 5-1

Final

Apr. 27, 2022

Aurora AU

12-5, 6-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Concordia Chicago CUCI	0	4	1	3	8
Aurora AU	6	5	4	3	18

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 4/27/2022 7:37:00 PM

NACC regular season stays home with the Spartans

The Aurora University women's lacrosse team defeated the visiting Cougars of Concordia University Chicago 18-8 and in doing so secured the 2022 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season championship. This all coming on the same day that Head Coach Christina Fried and her husband Derrick welcomed baby Jordan to the AU family.

FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 18, Concordia University Chicago 8
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-5 overall; 5-0 NACC and Concordia University Chicago 7-6 overall; 5-1 NACC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois

- The Spartans scored two minutes into the game with a Margaret Flanagan goal.
- AU would get four goals from Monique Gibson and one from Marina Kanner to lead 6-0 after one quarter.
- The visitors from CUC showed some life and fight in the second as they would score four times.
- But the Spartans had an answer for the Cougars as Gibson, Bailey Simpson and Flanagan (two) scored to put AU up 10-2.
- Gibson scored her sixth of the day with 19 seconds left to send AU to halftime up 11-4.
- The game got chippy in the second half as three Cougars were forced out of the game due to multiple cards.
- With 12:12 to go in the third, AU coach Mariah Smith called timeout. This was to announce to the team, the news that baby Jordan (Coach Fried) had been born.
- Goals from Chiara Pfosi, two from Flanagan and another from Gibson put AU up 15-5 and the running clock rule enacted.
- Kara O'Connell got in on the scoring in the fourth quarter.
- Gibson added two more for her eighth and ninth goals as the Spartans went on to win 18-8.

Points: Monique Gibson (11) and Margaret Flanagan (5)
Goals: Monique Gibson (9) and Margaret Flanagan (5)
Assists: Bailey Simpson (3) and Monique Gibson (2)
Ground balls: Chiara Pfosi (5)
Draw Controls: Monique Gibson (9)
Caused Turnovers: Caitlin Cron (3)
Saves: Alexis Crowley (3)

Next action for the Spartan women's lacrosse team comes on Tuesday, May 3 when they host the semi-final round of the 2022 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.

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Scoring Summary
Scoring Play	Home Team Score
1st Period		CUCI	AU
13:00	AU - Margaret Flanagan Assisted by Bailey Simpson	0	1
11:04	AU - Monique Gibson Assisted by Caley Russell	0	2
10:29	AU - Marina Kanner	0	3
09:37	AU - Monique Gibson	0	4
08:07	AU - Monique Gibson	0	5
07:22	AU - Monique Gibson	0	6
2nd Period		CUCI	AU
10:08	CUCI - Elizabeth Cyrwus	1	6
09:22	AU - Monique Gibson	1	7
06:31	CUCI - Emily Cyrwus	2	7
05:57	AU - Margaret Flanagan	2	8
04:56	AU - Bailey Simpson	2	9
03:28	AU - Margaret Flanagan Assisted by Monique Gibson	2	10
02:09	CUCI - Rylee Orenstein	3	10
01:39	CUCI - Elizabeth Cyrwus	4	10
00:19	AU - Monique Gibson	4	11
3rd Period		CUCI	AU
08:05	AU - Chiara Pfosi Assisted by Monique Gibson	4	12
06:18	CUCI - Rylee Orenstein	5	12
03:46	AU - Margaret Flanagan Assisted by Bailey Simpson	5	13
02:56	AU - Monique Gibson	5	14
01:56	AU - Margaret Flanagan	5	15
4th Period		CUCI	AU
13:13	CUCI - Rylee Orenstein	6	15
12:53	AU - Kara O'Connell Assisted by Bailey Simpson	6	16
11:12	CUCI - Rylee Orenstein	7	16
10:43	AU - Monique Gibson	7	17
06:46	AU - Monique Gibson	7	18
02:22	CUCI - Rylee Orenstein	8	18