Benedictine University Athletics

The Benedictine University men's soccer team finished off the regular season by downing Aurora on the road.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 2, Aurora 1

THE DETAILS
- Benedictine did not trail in the contest and wasted no time in taking the lead
- Abrahm Tiburcio made an early save and Benedictine was able to counter in the 16th minute to take the lead
- Kamil Back and Krystof Cicha set up Jacob Skupien with the first goal of the contest
- The goal was the lone tally of the opening 45 minutes of action
- Benedictine also struck early in the second to extend the advantage
- Less than 10 minutes into the second half Skupien stretched the lead on a helper from Krystian Rafacz
- Aurora drew within a goal in the final minute of the match but Benedictine was able to close out the victory

STAT LEADERS
- Aurora held a 14-4 advantage in shots
- Skupien notched three shots
- Tiburcio stopped six shots in net

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Benedictine (6-4-7, 5-1-6 NACC) will be the fifth seed in the conference tournament and play at Illinois Tech on Sunday. The two teams battled to a scoreless draw in the regular season Read Full Article