The Aurora University men's lacrosse team continued their strong play on Wednesday afternoon at Spartan Athletic Park when they squared off against Cornell College, knocking off the Rams by a score of 19-4. Travis Weischadle and Griffin Joas each finished with two goals and two assists, while Luke DuPont also had three goals to help lead the Spartans to their third-straight victory.


GAME SCORE: Aurora University 19, Cornell College 4
RECORDS: Aurora University 3-5 overall and 3-0 NACC; Cornell College 3-4 overall and 1-2 NACC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois


- AU scored four goals within the first eight minutes of the game, as Chris Bucci and Ben Strub got the Spartan scoring barrage started each with a score.
- At 8:05 in the first, Rielan Pura found Griffin Joas for a score, before Carson Leader found the back of the net to give the Spartans an early 4-0 lead.
- Pura picked up a second assist when he found Travis Weischadle with just under six minutes left in the first to give AU a 5-0 lead.
- Back-to-back goals early in the second from Owen Spencer and Bucci gave AU a 7-0 lead.
- That lead stretched to 8-0 when Weischadle found Charlie Kirkland with just over nine minutes to go in the second for the Spartan score.
- Back-to-back goals Owen Meyer and Joas helped give AU a 10-0 lead going into the halftime break.
- Cornell scored their first goal at 9:06 in the third to trim the Spartan lead to 10-1.
- Luke DuPont got in on the scoring fun late in the third for AU, before Meyer continued his strong day with a goal making it 12-1 in favor of the Spartans going into the final quarter of play.
- The Rams answered another Weischadle goal for AU early in the fourth with two-straight goals, making it 13-3.
- Luke Smith found DuPont at 7:50 in the fourth while the Spartans were a man-up to give AU a 14-3 lead.
- That lead stretched to 16-3 after Connor Stockton and Dylan Kranzush goals for the Spartans.
- Two more goals from DuPont and Stockton, and one from Henry Leff, helped give AU a 19-4 win over the Rams.
- Despite a late goal from Cornell, the trio of Asher Deputy, Zach Fuzy and Carter Wasson teamed up to combine with 11 saves and four goals allowed.


Points: Travis Weischadle and Griffin Joas (4)
Goals: Luke DuPont (3)
Assists: Travis Weischadle, Griffin Joas and Rielan Pura (2)
Ground balls: Chris Bucci (2)
Caused Turnovers: Scotty Weiss and Noah Kosmicki (3)
Saves: Zach Fuzy (9) and Carter Wasson (2)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Saturday, March 29 when they host Beloit College for AU's Senior Day. Opening face-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park.