The Aurora University men's lacrosse team used six second-half goals to defeat Calvin University 7-6 in a defensive battle on Saturday afternoon at Spartan Athletic Park. Spartan Brody MacDonald tallied his 100th career goal in the victory.


GAME SCORE: Aurora University 7, Calvin University 6
RECORDS: Aurora University 3-3 overall ; Calvin University 4-3 overall
LOCATION: Montgomery, Illinois - Spartan Athletic Park


- The first quarter was scoreless with both teams defenses locking down.
- Cavin scored twice in the second and led 2-0 with 5:20 left.
- With 2:11 in the half AU got on the board. Brody MacDonald scored his 100th career goal to cut the deficit to 2-1.
- AU would trail Calvin 3-1 going to halftime with two of the three goals coming with a man-up.
- The Spartans would tie the score with a pair of goals 13 seconds a part. Tyler Foerstel and Owen Spencer tallied the goals.
- Foerstel scored a short time later to give AU a 4-3 lead.
- After Calvin tied the score, Foerstel scored his third of the period to give AU a 5-4 lead going to the fourth.
- Spencer put the Spartans ahead by two goals with 8:33 to go.
- Calvin cut the AU lead back to one but a man-up goal from Chris Bucci put the Spartans back up two with 6:46 left.
- Calvin cut the lead back to one with 2:42 to play.
- With the Spartans in possession and approaching a minute to play, a Calvin one minute penalty allowed the Spartans to run out most of the clock.
- Calvin would get a final possession with 6.2 seconds left though.
- The AU defense again locked in and did not allow a shot to seal the win.
- Spartan goalie Asher Deputy had 19 saves in the winning effort.


Points: Tyler Foerstel and Owen Spencer (3)
Goals: Tyler Foerstel (3) and Owen Spencer (2)
Assists: Brody MacDonald, Ben Strub, Reilan Pura and Spencer Owen (1)
Ground balls: Austin Spoklie (5)
Caused Turnovers: Austin Spoklie, Ben Strub, Dean Romaker and Kyle Bosshart (2)
Saves: Asher Deputy (19)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, March 20 when they host North Central College. Opening face-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.