The Aurora University women's volleyball team defeated Dominican University 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-22) to seal an undefeated 2018 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference slate.

THE BASICS:
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 3, Dominican University 1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-22)
LOCATION: Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium - Aurora, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 19-6 overall and 12-0 NACC; Dominican University 18-8 overall and 9-3 NACC

HOW IT HAPPENED -
- The Spartans and Stars battled point for point in the opening set with the score being tied 10 times and three lead changes in the set.
- Dominican would take the opening set 25-22.
- After trailing early, AU grabbed a 10-6 lead and never trailed again despite Dominican working their way to within one (21-20) late in the set.
- Imani Freeman and Lindsey Simpson each had four kills in the set.
- The third set saw neither team hit well but the AU blocking game came up strong. Down 12-7, AU had six assisted blocks in the next 12 points.
- After five consecutive blocks were followed by back to back aces from Julia Wood, AU led 18-15 and Dominican exhausted both of their timeouts.
- The Spartans would go on toe win 25-19 and take a 2-1 match advantage. Karli Chambers had five kills in the set.
- AU never trailed in the fourth and what would be final set of the match, though they could never completely pull away from the Stars.
- The Spartans won 25-22 behind their best hitting set of the match, .208 (19 kills, 8 errors in 53 attempts).
- Katie Vondra had eight kills in the final set with Lindsey Simpson and Karli Chambers each adding three.

SPARTAN LEADERS –                                             
KILLS: Katie Vondra and Karli Chambers (15), and Lindsey Simpson (10)
ASSISTS: Emily Lines (45)
ACES: Katie Vondra, Julia Wood and Nikki Lofshult (2)
DIGS: Emily Lines (25), Julia Wood (18), Katie Vondra (16) and Makayla Fincher (13)
BLOCKS: Lindsey Simpson (7), Katie Vondra (6) and Samantha Weising (5)
 
UP NEXT:
Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Friday, October 26 when they travel to Washington University. AU will take on Bellhaven University (3:00 p.m.) and Washington University (5:00 p.m.) at the WashU Tournament in St. Louis, Missouri.