AURORA, IL - The Benedictine University men's lacrosse team won a second straight NACC Championship, capturing a defensive battle at Aurora.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 6, Aurora 5

THE DETAILS
• Thomas Tillett opened the scoring at the 12:36 mark of the first, putting home a feed from Will Robinson
• Aurora scored the next two goals to lead 2-1
• NACC Player of the Year Colin Domek tied the score just before the end of the first
• The goal was the first of three straight for Benedictine as Aurora would not lead again
• Joe Spahn put in the lone tally of the second as Benedictine led 3-2 at the half
• Domek scored midway through the third to open a 4-2 advantage
• Aurora was able to tie the score at 4-4 early in the fourth
• Spahn struck again with nine minutes left to put Benedictine ahead again
• Aurora evened the game less than a minute later
• Scott Ransom put home the game-winner from Domek with 6:30 to play and the defense held strong the rest of the way
• Benedictine won the tournament for the second straight year despite falling to Aurora and MSOE in the regular season and tying for second
• Benedictine won last year's title at home over Aurora

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine posted 26 shots while picking up 25 groundballs
• Spahn and Domek both scored twice
• James McDonald recorded 15 saves in goal while picking up six groundballs
• Aidan McGowen won four faceoffs and scooped five groundballs

UP NEXT
Benedictine (12-6) will play in the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year. The pairings will be announced on Sunday at 8:00 pm.