The Aurora University men's lacrosse team secured at least a share of the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season title on Tuesday afternoon with a 20-4 blowout win over the visiting Scarlet Hawks of Illinois Institute of Technology.
GAME SCORE: Aurora University 20, Illinois Institute of Technology 4
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-5 overall and 7-0 NACC ; Illinois Institute of Technology 8-6 overall and 6-1 NACC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois
- All dressed Spartans would end up playing significant time in the contest as the Spartans dominated from the opening whistle.
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Chris Bucci scored the games first three goals as AU grabbed a 3-0 lead midway through the opening quarter.
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Tyler Foerstel then scored a pair to close out the first with AU leading 5-0.
- The AU defense was suffocating, not allowing much offensively from the visitors
- An eight goal second quarter all but ended the contest with AU leading 13-0 going to halftime.
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Ben Strub scored three times in the second with two coming with a man-up while Foerstel finished his hat trick with a goal just before the halftime horn sounded.
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Owen Spencer had two goals and Reilan Pura and
Dylan Kranzush each scored in the offensive explosion.
- As AU rotated the entire roster in the second-half the scoring continued.
- The Spartans out scored IIT 5-2 in the third and each team scored a pair in the fourth.
- AU would win 20-4 with nine Spartans tallying goals.
Points: Chris Bucci and
Tyler Foerstel (4)
Goals:
Tyler Foerstel (4),
Chris Bucci,
Connor Stockton and
Ben Strub (3)
Assists:
Brody MacDonald (3) and Reilan Pura (2)
Ground balls: Dean Romaker (5) and
Austin Spoklie (4)
Caused Turnovers: Dean Romaker and
Noah Kosmicki (5)
Saves: Asher Deputy,
Carter Wasson and
Sam Leavy (2) and
Matthew Dryer (1)
Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Saturday, April 27 when they host Edgewood College. Opening face-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.
