The Aurora University men's soccer team took the pitch for the beginning of their final road trip of the 2024 season, starting with a match against the Raiders of Milwaukee School of Engineering. After falling behind 3-0 in the first-half, the Spartans came back storming back for three goals of their own in the second-half. However, this would not be enough for AU in the 5-3 loss to the Raiders on Saturday afternoon.


FINAL SCORE: Milwaukee School of Enigneering 5, Aurora University 3
LOCATION: Viets Field - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
RECORD: Aurora University 6-5-4 overall and 5-2-2 NACC; Milwaukee School of Engineering 8-3-4, 7-2-0


- AU fell behind early 2-0 after the first 11 minutes of action.
- The Raiders added another goal later in the 20th minute to give the Spartans a 3-0 deficit.
- That 3-0 deficit would hold until the end of the first-half.
- AU came out differently in the second half and took just a 1:53 to get on the board. Enrique Gonzalez found Ben Omernik for his first goal of the season.
- In the 58th minute, MSOE scored to take a 4-1 lead.
- The Spartans came right back a little over two minutes later as Branden Dolezal found the back of the net. He was assisted by Eric Anderson to cut the AU deficit to 4-2.
- Jaziel Enriquez later got in on the scoring fun with a goal of his own off a feed from Omar Saldana. Enriquez's fourth goal of the season made it 4-3.
- MSOE added one in the 78th minute to take a 5-3 advantage.
- AU would eventually fall by this score of 5-3. 


POINTS: Omar Saldana, Branden Dolezal, Enrique Gonzalez, Jaziel Enriquez, Ben Omernik and Eric Anderson (1)
GOALS: Branden Dolezal, Jaziel Enriquez and Ben Omernik (1)
ASSISTS: Omar Saldana, Enrique Gonzalez and Eric Anderson (1)
SAVES: Alex Ageladelis (7)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's soccer team comes on Wednesday, October 23 when they travel to Wisconsin Lutheran College with opening kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.