The Aurora University men's soccer team needed to come from behind and did so with a pair of second-half goals to defeat the Stars of Dominican University 2-1 on Wednesday afternoon in River Forest, Illinois.
FINAL SCORE:Â Aurora University 2, Dominican University 1
LOCATION:Â River Forest, Illinois
RECORD: Aurora University 8-3-1 overall, 5-2 NACC
- The Spartans would fall behind 1:30 into the game with an own goal.
- The teams headed to halftime with the score remaining 1-0 Dominican.
- 9:46 into the second-half the Spartans got the equalizer.
- Ray Fischer scored with assists to Carlos Viayra and Yandel Reyes.
- Viayra nearly scored the go ahead goal minutes later, hammering the cross bar.
- Two minutes after Viayra's shot, Aaron Saldana lit the lamp for AU.
- Saldana would give the Spartans a 2-1 advantage with 26 minutes left in the contest.
- Spartan Brett Miller stopped three shots in the final count down to keep the one goal lead and earned the AU victory.
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GOALS:Â
Aaron Saldana and
Ray Fischer (1)
ASSISTS:Â
Carlos Viayra and
Yandel Reyes (1)
SAVES: Brett Miller (5)Â
Next action for the Spartan men's soccer team comes on Saturday, October 10 when they host Marian University with opening draw scheduled for 1:00 p.m. At Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.
