The Aurora University men's lacrosse team secured the out-right Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season Championship with a 14-5 victory at Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday afternoon.


GAME SCORE: Aurora University 14, Milwaukee School of Engineering 5
LOCATION: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
RECORDS: Aurora University 12-5 overall and 8-0 in the NACC; Milwaukee School of Engineering 11-4 overall and 6-2 in the NACC
- The Spartans out-scored MSOE in every quarter with Zach Bernstein getting the offense started 40 seconds into the game. Mikail Byun had the assist.
- With the game tied, Bernstein scored the second AU goal and was followed by goals from Jimmy Gorecki and Carson Leader.
- After the first quarter, AU led 4-1.
- Brody Macdonald put the Spartans up 5-1 in the second and second goals on the day from Leader and Macdonald saw the Spartans go up 7-2.
- The Spartans opened the game wide open in the third with two goals from Gorecki and one each from Byun and Leader.
- With a late MSOE goal in the third, AU led 11-4 heading to the final 15 minutes.
- Leader scored a man-up tally early in the fourth for a 12-4 Spartan lead.
- Gorecki scored his fourth of the day midway through the fourth with the fourth assist of the day from Reilan Pura.
- Ben Strub sealed the win with a goal with just over a minute to play.
- The Spartans celebrated the conference winning victory, 14-5.


Points: Carson Leader (5)
Goals: Carson Leader and Jimmy Gorecki (4)
Assists: Reilan Pura (4)
Ground balls: Connor Hoeft (5)
Caused Turnovers: Connor Hoeft, Benjamin Jasper, Kyle Bosshart and Zach Bernstein (2)
Saves: Phillip Gianelle (10)


Next action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, May 4 when they host Milwaukee School of Engineering in the semi-final round of the 2022 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. Game time is set for 5:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.

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