The Aurora University women's volleyball team dropped a closely played five set match at Dominican University 3-2 on Wednesday night. With other results around the conference, the Spartans were able to lay claim to the 2019 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championship (co-champions) and will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NACC Tournament.
THE BASICS:
FINAL SCORE: Dominican University 3, Aurora University 2 (17-25, 26-24, 25-20, 20-25, 6-15)
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 20-9 overall and 10-2 NACC; Dominican University 22-6 overall and 9-3 NACC
HOW IT HAPPENED -
- The Spartans dropped the opening set 25-17 with errors in the middle of the set building a deficit to large to overcome.
- AU led 17-10 in the second set but had to with stand a furious Star rally which found the set tied 24-24.
- A Dominican service error and kill from
Imani Freeman for the final two points gave AU a 26-24 win.
- AU built a lead again in the third set and fought off a late rally to win 25-20 and take a 2-1 match lead.
- The Spartans trailed 15-6 in the fourth set before running off eight straight points to pull within one at 15-14.
- AU was unable to grab the lead and fell 25-20 and saw the match go to a fifth set.
- The Spartans trailed throughout the fifth set before falling 15-6.
SPARTAN LEADERS -
KILLS: Karli Chambers (17) and
Imani Freeman (13)
ASSISTS: Miranda Cada (46)
DIGS: Julia Wood (23)
BLOCKS: Lindsey Simpson (8) and
Sydnei Avery (7)
ACES: Miranda Cada and
Danielle Lauer (2)
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Saturday, November 2 when they travel to Carthage College. AU takes on the hosts from Carthage (2:00 pm) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (12:00 pm) in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
