The Aurora University men's lacrosse team secured the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season title with a 14-3 win over the Edgewood College on Alumni Day at Spartan Athletic Park.


GAME SCORE: Aurora University 14, Edgewood College 3
RECORDS: Aurora University 12-5 overall and 8-0 NACC ; Edgewood College 6-11 overall and 3-5 NACC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois


- The Spartans dominated from the opening face-off, roaring out to a 7-0 first quarter lead.
- Six different Spartans scored in the first with Owen Spencer scoring a pair along with goals from Brody MacDonald, Chris Bucci, Kyle Bosshart, Ben Strub and Dylan Kranzush.
- The AU lead expanded to 10-0 following goals from Luke DuPont, Reilan Pura and a man-up goal from Mikail Byun.
- Just before the half, Edgewood would score to break up the AU shutout bid.
- The AU defense was smothering while Asher Deputy and later Matthew Dryer stopped nearly all shots sent their direction.
- The third quarter was littered with penalties but only one goal would be scored from the Spartans Bucci on the man-up.
- AU led 11-1 going to the fourth.
- Connor Stockton, Byun and Andrew Bittner added goals in the fourth as AU won 14-3.


Points: Chris Bucci, Brody MacDonald and Reilan Pura (3)
Goals: Chris Bucci, Mikail Byun and Owen Spencer (2)
Assists: Brody MacDonald, Tyler Foerstel and Reilan Pura (2)
Ground balls: Zach Manuel (7) and Dean Romaker (5)
Caused Turnovers: Benjamin Jasper (5), Zach Manuel and Noah Kosmicki (3)
Saves: Asher Deputy (9) and Matthew Dryer (2)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, May 1 when they host the semi-final round of the NACC Tournament with Benedictine University. Opening face-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.