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Aurora Men’s Lacrosse vs. Colorado
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16
Winner Aurora AURORA 10-3, 9-0
10
Lake Forest LFC 7-6, 6-3
Winner
Aurora AURORA
10-3, 9-0
16
Final
10
Lake Forest LFC
7-6, 6-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Aurora AURORA 5 3 3 5 16
Lake Forest LFC 2 2 4 2 10

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Spartans defeat Foresters in road action

The Aurora University men's lacrosse team remained unbeaten in NACC play with a 16-10 road win over the Foresters of Lake Forest College. 

The Basics
GAME SCORE: Aurora University 16; Lake Forest College 10
RECORDS: Aurora University 10-3 overall and 9-0 NACC; Lake Forest College 7-6 overall and 6-3 NACC
LOCATION: Lake Forest, Illinois

How it happened
- Early goals from Dylan Kranzush and Griffin Joas gave AU the lead they would never relinquish at 2-0.
- Kranzush would add a second in the first before two late quarter goals from Tyler Foerstel.
- After one quarter, AU led 5-2.
- Foerstel made it three straight goals from his stick in the second for a 6-2 lead.
- Long-stick middie Austin Spoklie showed his scoring prowess next with an assist from Joas.
- Chris Bucci scored in the middle of a LFC run but the Spartans held on and led 8-4 going to halftime.
- Foerstel scored his fourth of the game in the third to push the AU lead back to three at 9-6.
- Owen Spencer scored the next two Spartan goals in the third.
- Going to the fourth, AU led 11-8.
- After LFC cut the AU lead down to two seconds into the fourth, the Spartans pulled away.
- Goals from Joas, Kranzush and Luke DuPont early in the fourth extended the lead to 14-9.
- AU goalie Asher Deputy made 17 saves while the offense got back on track.
- Bucci scored twice in the final minutes as AU went on to win 16-10.

Spartan Leaders
Points: Griffin Joas (6) and Chris Bucci (5)
Goals: Tyler Foerstel (4), Chris Bucci and Dylan Kranzush (3)
Assists: Griffin Joas (4)
Ground balls: Noah Kosmicki (4)
Caused Turnovers: Austin Spoklie (3)
Saves: Asher Deputy (17)

Up Next
Next action for the Spartan men's lacrosse team comes on Saturday, April 18 when they host Marian University. Opening face-off is slated for 3:00 p.m. at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery, Illinois.
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