The Aurora University men's soccer team opened up the 2023 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference slate at Dominican University on Wednesday afternoon. After grabbing a 2-0 first-half lead, the Spartans would tie the Stars 2-2.


FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 2, Dominican University 2
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois
RECORD: Aurora University 2-2-2 and 0-0-1 in the NACC
 

- 5:31 into the game the Spartans struck with Omar Saldana scoring on an assist from Jaziel Enriquez.
- Eight minutes later Enriquez assisted on a second AU tally.
- This time off the foot of Enrique Gonzalez and AU led 2-0.
- The Spartan defense and Jalen Depenbrock maintained the 2-0 lead heading to halftime.
- In the 60th minute Dominican scored to cut the AU lead down to 2-1.
- Shortly after Gonzalez narrowly missed giving AU a 3-1 lead the Stars struck to tie the score.
- In the final 4:18 each team managed one shot as the game finished in a 2-2 tie.
 

POINTS: Jaziel Enriquez (2)
GOALS: Enrique Gonzalez and Omar Saldana (1)
ASSISTS: Jaziel Enriquez (2) and Anthony Marmolejo (1)
SAVES: Jalen Depenbrock (5)


Next action for the Spartan men's soccer team comes on Saturday, September 16 when they host Concordia University Wisconsin. Game time is slated for 3:30 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.