The Aurora University men's lacrosse team took on the Falcons of Concordia University Wisconsin for the 2024 NACC Tournament Championship at Spartan Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon. AU got out to an early lead in the first half and never looked back in the 17-10 victory over the Falcons to move on to the NCAA Division III Tournament.


GAME SCORE: Aurora University 17, Concordia University Wisconsin 10
RECORDS: Aurora University 14-5 overall and 8-0 NACC ; Concordia University Wisconsin 13-6 overall and 7-1 NACC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois


- AU captures the second consecutive NACC Tournament Championship and eighth total.
- Spartan attack Brody MacDonald was named NACC Tournament MVP.
- All-Tournament team members include Asher Deputy, Noah Kosmicki and Benjamin Jasper.
- AU will make their second straight and eighth overall trip to the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship field.


- The score was tied at one after the first quarter, with AU's Brody MacDonald notching the Spartans first tally of the game.
- MacDonald set-up Dylan Kranzush while the Spartans were a man-up for a goal at the beginning of the second quarter.
- AU took a 3-1 lead at the 11:21 mark of the second quarter when Reilan Pura dished one to Mikail Byun for a goal.
- Back-to-back goals from Ben Strub gave AU a 5-3 lead going into the halftime break. 
- MacDonald picked up another assist on Strub's first goal.
- Strub picked up right where he left off in the first-half with another goal in the beginning of the third, before back-to-back goals from MacDonald gave AU an 8-3 lead.
- Carson Leader got in on the scoring fun with about 10 minutes to go in the third with a goal off an assist from Strub.
- After the Falcons scored to cut the AU lead to 9-4, unassisted goals from Chris Bucci and MacDonald gave the Spartans an 11-4 lead.
- MacDonald continued his strong offensive performance by ripping in two more goals before the end of the third. AU took a 13-5 lead going into the fourth.
- The Falcons scored three unanswered goals in the beginning of the fourth to trim the AU lead to 13-8.
- The Spartans came right back with three goals of their own from Tyler Foerstel, Conor Bolton, and Bucci.
- CUC scored two goals later in the fourth to make the score 16-10 with 3:57 to go,
- Romaker added one more goal while the Spartans were a man-down to help the Spartans complete the 17-10 victory. Pura assisted Romaker on AU's final tally.


Points: Brody MacDonald (8) and Ben Strub (4)
Goals: Brody MacDonald (6) and Ben Strub (3)
Assists: Reilan Pura (3), Brody MacDonald and Owen Spencer (2)
Ground balls: Austin Spoklie and Owen Spencer (6), Zach Manuel and Ben Strub (5)
Caused Turnovers: Noah Kosmicki (4) Dean Romaker, Benjamin Jasper and Austin Spoklie (3)
Saves: Asher Deputy (14)


Next action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes in the 2024 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. AU will find out the opponent and location of their next game on Sunday, May 5 when the NCAA announces the field at 8:00 p.m. on NCAA.com.