ROCKFORD, Ill. – The Rockford University men's soccer team made history this season by earning its first ever trip to the NACC Tournament. By virtue of the Regents' stellar play throughout the year, Rockford earned the No. 7 seed and will travel to play the No. 2 seed Aurora University Spartans on Saturday, October 28 at noon. Should the Regents knock off the Spartans, Rockford would then be on the road again next Tuesday, October 31 in a semifinal matchup at the winner of the Dominican University vs. Illinois Tech match.
Date – Saturday, October 28, 2023
Time - Noon
Location – Spartan Athletic Park
Address - 1050 South Edgelawn Drive, Montgomery, Illinois 60538
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2023 Men's Soccer NACC Tournament Schedule
Quarterfinals – Saturday, October 28
No. 8 Edgewood College at No. 1 MSOE – 7 PM
No. 5 Wisconsin Lutheran College at No. 4 St. Norbert College – 4 PM
No. 6 Illinois Tech at No. 3 Dominican University – 1 PM
No. 7 Rockford University at No. 2 Aurora University - Noon
Semifinals – Tuesday, October 31
1/8 Winner vs. 4/5 Winner
3/6 Winner vs. 2/7 Winner
Championship - Sunday, November 4
Semifinal winners
All matches will be hosted by the higher seed
Rockford University
- Rockford set a school record with 5 NACC wins this season.
- The Regents are making their first NACC Tournament appearance.
- All five of Rockford's NACC wins were by a final score of 1-0.
- Rockford is sixth in the conference in opponents scoring average (1.76).
- Abraham Gonzalez is second in the NACC in game-winning goals (4).
- Andrik Vidaurri led the NACC in saves (76).
- Andrik Vidaurri is second in the NACC in shutouts (6) and saves per game (4.47).
- Andrik Vidaurri is third in the NACC in goalkeeper minutes (1439:50) and fourth in save percentage (.731).
- Andrik Vidaurri was named the NACC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week earlier in the season.
Aurora University
- Aurora won its second straight NACC regular season title and its third overall.
- The Spartans are the defending NACC Tournament Champions.
- Aurora has not lost a match since Monday, September 25 at North Central (2-1).
- The Spartans finished the year undefeated in NACC play (10-0-2).
- Aurora leads the NACC in scoring average (3.368), shots (348), shots on goal (181), goals (64) and points (165).
- The Spartans are fifth in the NACC in opponents scoring average (1.47).
- Enrique Gonzalez leads the NACC in shots (72), shots on goal (41), goals (20) and points (44) and is tied for second in game-winning goals (4).
- Jaziel Enriquez is third in the NACC in goals (11), assists (7) and points (29) and is tied for second in game-winning goals (4).
- Anthony Marmolejo leads the NACC in assists (11), is second in shots on goal (29), fourth in shots (56) and points (27) and sixth in goals (8).
- Anthony Marmolejo and Enrique Gonzalez were each named the NACC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week earlier this season.
- Rockford is 9-27 against Aurora since 1992 and 1-16 in NACC matches.
- Rockford's last win against Aurora was on 10/03/18 at Aurora (2-1).
- Aurora won the meeting earlier this year
- L 4-0 at Aurora (09/27/23)
- Rockford
- Aurora
- Enrique Gonzalez – 2 goals
- Max Crawford – 1 goal
- Branden Dolezal – 1 goal
Individual Leaders
Team Stats
| Rockford |
Statistic |
Aurora |
| 0.82 |
Scoring Average |
3.37 |
| 1.76 |
Opponents Scoring Average |
1.47 |
| -0.94 |
Scoring Margin |
1.90 |
| 10.2 |
Shots per Game |
18.3 |
| 3.9 |
Shots on Goal per Game |
9.5 |
| 38.2 |
Shot on Goal Percentage |
52.0% |
| 0.5 |
Assists per Game |
2.0 |
| 14.3 |
Saves per Game |
4.1 |
| 72.7% |
Save Percentage |
73.6% |
| 4.0 |
Corners per Game |
5.1 |
