The Aurora University women's lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon on the turf at Spartan Athletic Park. The Spartans ran past the visiting Rams of Cornell College to a 15-6 victory.
 

FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 15, Cornell College 6
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-6 overall and 8-1 NACC; Cornell College 7-8 overall and 5-4 NACC
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park - Montgomery, Illinois


- AU opened up a 3-0 lead with unassisted goals from Ava Courtney, Olivia Dahlberg and Caley Russell.
- After a Cornell power play tally, the Spartans added a pair of goals to lead 5-1 after one.
- Russell scored her second of the day with an assist from Sydney Breitenstein and Sydney Mann scored on the power play from Nicolina Smith.
- Mann, Dahlberg and Kenly Axvig added second quarter tallies for the Spartans.
- AU headed to halftime leading 8-2.
- Rachel Wickey was strong in net for AU in the first-half with Alexis Crowley coming in to finish the second-half.
- In the third, AU added three more goals to lead 11-4 going to the final period.
- Breitenstein, Axvig and Dahlberg were the goal scorers in the third.
- AU picked up the defensive pressure in the fourth and ran off four straight goals to get the running clock.
- A pair of goals from Mann and one each from Axvig and Breitenstein got the home crowd jumping.
- The Spartans would go on to win 15-6.


Points: Sydney Breitenstein (5), Kenly Axvig, Olivia Dahlberg and Sydney Mann (4)
Goals: Sydney Mann (4), Kenly Axvig and Olivia Dahlberg (3)
Assists: Sydney Breitenstein (3)
Ground balls: Nicolina Smith, Rachel Wickey and Sydney Breitenstein (5)
Caused Turnovers: Sarah Brown (5), Kielly Reeve and Lorelei Babich (3)
Draw Controls: Nicolina Smith, Kenly Axvig and Olivia Dahlberg (3)
Saves: Alexis Crowley (3) and Rachel Wickey (2)
 

Next scheduled action for the Spartan women's lacrosse team comes on Wednesday, April 30 when they host the semi-round of the 2025 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. Opening draw is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.