The Aurora University men's soccer team finished up their regular season on Wednesday night when they hosted the Eagles of Benedictine University. The Spartans only let up two goals in the contests, but despite a late comeback attempt started by a Max Crawford penalty kick goal, AU would fall in the regular season finale 2-1.
FINAL SCORE: Benedictine University 2 ; Aurora University 1
LOCATION: Spartan Athletic Park, Montgomery, Illinois
RECORD: Aurora University 12-4-1 overall, 9-3 NACC
- Benedictine would take a 1-0 with a 15th minute goal in the first half.
- That goal would be the only one of the half and send us into halftime 1-0.
- In the 53rd minute, the Eagles scored once more to take a 2-0 lead.
- With only eleven minutes left in the contest, Senior Max Crawfod took advantage of a penalty kick to slice the Eagle lead in half.
- Despite a surge from the Spartan offense, they would be unable to score again.
- The Spartans would fall to the Eagles in the regular season finale 2-1.
GOALS: Max Crawford (1)
SAVES: Brett Miller (1)
Next action for the second-seed Spartan men's soccer team comes on Sunday, November 1 when they host seven-seed St. Norbert College in the opening round of the NACC tournament. Opening draw scheduled for 2:00 p.m. in Montgomery, Illinois at Spartan Athletic Park.
