The Aurora University men's lacrosse team won their second-straight game on Saturday afternoon when they knocked off the Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders by a score of 16-4. AU reached their highest goal total of the season with backed by three goal performances each from Tyler Foerstel and Griffin Joas to pickup the victory.


GAME SCORE: Aurora University 16, Milwaukee School of Engineering 4
RECORDS: Aurora University 2-5 overall and 2-0 NACC; Milwaukee School of Engineering 3-4 overall and 1-1 NACC
LOCATION: Viets Field - Milwaukee, Wisconsin


- MSOE scored the first goal of the game at 11:06 in the first, before Conor Bolton answered back for AU a minute and a half later off an assist from Owen Spencer.
- Spencer found the back of the net for a goal of his own at 4:57 in the first go give the Spartans a 2-1 lead.
- Tyler Foerstel started an AU scoring barrage at 10:22 in the second with a goal assisted by Carson Leader.
- That lead became 4-1 later in the second when Foerstel assisted Spencer for a score, before a Ben Strub unassisted goal made it 5-1 in favor of the Spartans about halfway through the second.
- Two goals from Griffin Joas and one from Leader helped give the Spartans an 8-1 lead going into the locker room.
- AU picked up right where they left off in the first half as Dean Romaker sniped one in to make it 9-1 early in the second half.
- That lead later stretched to 11-1 for AU at 8:17 in the third after goals each from Foerstel and Joas.
- The Raiders cut into the Spartan lead shortly after in the third with a goal to make it 11-2 going into the final quarter of play.
- Three unanswered goals from Bolton, Foerstel and Meyer gave AU a 14-2 lead at 9:34 in the fourth.
- At 7:40 in the fourth, MSOE found the back of the net to trim their deficit to 14-3.
- Joas found Chris Bucci for another AU goal with about five and a half minutes remaining, before another goal from MSOE made it 15-4.
- Connor Stockton got in on the scoring fun with just 36 seconds remaining to help hand the Spartans the 16-4 victory.


Points: Owen Spencer and Griffin Joas (5)
Goals: Tyler Foerstel and Griffin Joas (3)
Assists: Owen Spencer (3) and Griffin Joas (2)
Ground balls: Noah Kosmicki (4)
Caused Turnovers: Noah Kosmicki (3)
Saves: Asher Deputy (11)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, March 26 when they host Cornell College. Opening face-off is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park.