The Aurora University men's lacrosse team traveled to Lisle on Wednesday night, with the Spartans looking to finish the 2025 regular season on a strong note against the Eagles of Benedictine University. Tyler Foerstel dominated the game with six goals as AU overcame an early 2-0 deficit to coast to an 18-4 victory over the Eagles. This marks the 11th straight victory for AU who now finishes undefeated at 11-0 in NACC play.
 

GAME SCORE: Aurora University 18, Benedictine University 4
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-5 overall and 11-0 NACC; Benedictine University 6-11 overall and 4-7 NACC
LOCATION: VLB Sports Complex - Lisle, Illinois


- Benedictine got out to an early 2-0 lead after six minutes of play.
- AU came back for five unanswered goals in the first, starting with a Tyler Foerstel goal on a Rielan Pura assist.
- Griffin Joas found Carson Leader, before Joas scored a goal of his own for the Spartans to give them the 3-2 lead.
- Pura and Foerstel hooked up again for a goal before a Conor Bolton score made it 5-2 in favor of AU going into the second quarter of play.
- That lead quickly became 8-2 in the beginning of the second for the Spartans, as two Foerstel goals plus a Chris Bucci score made it 8-2.
- AU made that 11-2 with just 3:35 remaining in the first-half, as Pura scored again to start that scoring run.
- Ben Strub and Bucci completed that Spartan scoring run.
- Benedictine cut into that AU lead with a goal nearing the end of the half, making it 11-3.
- AU went on another 5-0 scoring run to begin the second-half.
- Foerstel netted two more goals for the Spartans during that run, while Dylan Kranzush, Bolton, and Joas also chipped in with goals to make it 16-3.
- AU outscored the Eagles 2-1 in the fourth to take the 18-4 victory.
- Asher Deputy finished with eight saves in his 45 minutes in-goal for AU.


Points: Rielan Pura and Tyler Foerstel (6)
Goals: Tyler Foerstel (6)
Assists: Rielan Pura (5)
Ground balls: Chris Bucci and Eli Etzler (4)
Caused Turnovers: Noah Kosmicki (3)
Faceoff: Tanner Spoklie (10-of-15) and Liam Pfieffer (3-of-4)
Saves: Asher Deputy (8)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Saturday, April 26 when they host Edgewood College in the first round of the 2025 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park.