Tigers Fall 13-7 in Season Finale

Wittenberg fell 13-7 on neutral turf in the final game of the 2018 season.

Tigers Fall 13-7 in Season Finale
April 21, 2018
Box Score

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Trailing 5-1 midway through the first quarter, Wittenberg came roaring back to tie the Spartans 5-5 at the beginning of the second quarter.
  • Wittenberg was then held to one goal in the second quarter, as Aurora came out on top 13-7.
  • Lucas Klever paced the Tigers with three goals, while Colin Cahill made 18 saves in net in 60 minutes of play.

SITE: Crawfordsville, Indiana (Wabash College)

SCORE: Aurora 13, Wittenberg 7

RECORDS: WIT 6-9 (4-4), AU 15-1

GAME BREAKDOWN

  • Wittenberg trailed 5-1 early in the first quarter before Noah Moderwell, Cam Kennedy, and Jack Maloney all netted unassisted goals to cut the Spartan lead to 5-4.
  • Wittenberg would knot the game up in the second quarter at 5-5 after another Moderwell goal, and again at 6-6 with a Klever goal, before Aurora took a 7-6 lead into halftime.
  • Aurora put on a show defensively in the second half, as the Spartans netted six goals to Wittenberg's one.
  • Klever recorded the Tiger's lone goal in the half, an unassisted snipe with 7:37 remaining in the third quarter.

KEY STATS

  • Wittenberg turned the ball over 24 times in the season finale, and went six of 23 at the center dot.
  • The Tigers managed to produce 37 shots as a unit, with Klever producing eight of those attempts.
  • Michael Carluccio and Maloney each recorded an assist for Wittenberg, as Klever and Moderwell combined for five of the seven Tiger goals.