The Aurora University men's lacrosse team hosted Beloit College at Spartan Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon for their senior day, as AU honored Connor Stockton, Carson Leader, Conor Bolton, Zach Manuel, Benjamin Jasper, Ben Strub, Hunter Walz, Eli Pangborn, Rielan Pura and Brett Shoman before the contest. Strub helped pace the Spartans with three goals and an assist, while Owen Spencer also had three goals an assist to give the AU the 24-2 victory.


GAME SCORE: Aurora University 24, Beloit College 2
RECORDS: Aurora University 4-5 overall and 4-0 NACC; Beloit College 3-5 overall and 0-4 NACC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois


- AU scored three goals within the first three minutes of the game, with the first two coming from Owen Smith.
- Ben Strub scored the third goal while the Spartans were a man-up off an assist from Chris Bucci.
- Rielan Pura and Griffin Joas got in the AU scoring barrage later in the first, before another Strub goal off an assist from Pura made it 6-0 in favor of the Spartans.
- At 8:36, Owen Spencer found the back of the net for AU off an assist from Conor Bolton, before Bucci made it 8-0 at 6:21 in the first.
- Two more goals for the Spartans, one from Travis Weischadle and one from Strub, gave AU a 10-0 lead going into the second quarter.
- Spencer found the back of the net again at 14:17 in the second, before Tyler Foerstel joined the Spartan scoring barrage off an assist from Dylan Kranzush.
- Pura picked up another assist later in the second off another Bolton score, before back-to-back goals by Owen Meyer gave AU a 16-0 lead with 9:05 to go in the first-half.
- Back-to-back goals from Foerstel and Charlie Kirkland helped give AU an 18-0 lead with 7:11 to go in the half.
- Another goal from AU's Kirkland, and one each from Connor Stockton and Eli Pangborn helped give the Spartans a 21-0 lead into the halftime break.
- Stockton and Meyer continued their strong days with two early second-half goals for the Spartans.
- Beloit scored a man-up goal at 5:36 in the third to trim their deficit.
- Stockton added one more in the beginning of the fourth off an assist from Luke DuPont to give AU a 24-1 lead.
- Despite another goal from the Buccaneers, AU cruised to the 24-2 victory.


Points: Ben Strub, Owen Spencer and Rielan Pura (4)
Goals: Ben Strub, Owen Spencer, Connor Stockton and Owen Meyer (3)
Assists: Rielan Pura (3)
Ground balls: Griffin Joas and Liam Pfieffer (4)
Caused Turnovers: 11 Different Spartans (1)
Saves: Zach Fuzy (5), Carter Wasson (4) and Asher Deputy (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, April 2 when they travel to the University of Dubuque. Opening face-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. in Dubuque, Iowa.