MILWAUKEE – For the second-straight season, the MSOE men's soccer team has won the NACC Tournament and clinch the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, defeating Aurora University in a 1-0 shutout.

RESULT
No. 4 MSOE RAIDERS – 1

No. 2 Aurora - 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

• MSOE (14-5-3, 8-3-1 NACC) made the first two shots with Adrian Manchado and Nico Picha hitting high before in the 13^th minute Aurora (13-4-3, 10-1-1 NACC) attacked Christian Dershem in net with him making a save. Manchado attacked the Spartan keeper 58 seconds later but was snagged. The Spartans got the only other shot on goal of the first half as the two went into the break scoreless.
• Manchado took two more chances as the net to open the second half but couldn't get them through. In the 59^th minute, Lachlan Ladd took a shot that was blocked and placed perfectly for Picha for a wide open net to get the Raiders on the board. Dershem remained stout in the net, stopping the only two shots on goal he faced in the second half to seal it.

MSOE STAT TRACKER
Shots on Goal – Adrian Manchado (3)
Goals – Nico Picha (1)
Assists – Lachlan Ladd (1)
Saves – Christian Dershem (4)

WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will see where they play in the NCAA tournament on Monday, November 10^th during the selection show, which is schedule for 10:30 a.m. on the NCAA website.

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