The Aurora University men's volleyball team was in complete command of the two matches on Saturday afternoon on Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium, defeating Concordia Chicago 3-0 and Augustana College 3-0.
THE BASICS
MATCH ONE SCORE: Aurora University 3, Concordia University Chicago 0 (25-7, 25-17, 25-14)
MATCH TWO SCORE: Aurora University 3, Augustana College 0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-17)
LOCATION: Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium - Aurora, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-12 overall and 8-6 in the NACC
MATCH ONE
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Spartans led from the first point and won easily 25-7
- In the second set, AU continued to control the tempo and won 25-17.
- In the third set, AU pulled away early and again won easily, 25-14.
- All dressed Spartans saw action in the match with eight different Spartans collecting a kill.
SPARTAN TEAM LEADERS
Kills: Justin Elliott (10)
Assists: James Karwin (29)
Blocks: Anthony Panizzi (7) and
Chad Longfield (5)
Digs: Justin Elliott (7) and
Brandon Langys (6)
Aces: Josh McKinstry (5)
MATCH TWO
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Spartans jumped out to an early lead in the first set, leading 6-2.
- Augustana worked their way back into the set but the Spartans pulled away late thanks to some unforced Augie errors and won 25-21.
- The second set was also closely played but the Spartans took advantage of more Augustana errors and won 25-22.
- In the third set, with
Justin Elliott at the service line for eight serves around an Augie timeout, AU jumped out to an 11-3 lead.
- The AU lead dwindled to one at 17-16 but the Spartans responded following a timeout.
- AU ended the game on an 8-1 run to wun 25-17..
SPARTAN TEAM LEADERS
Kills: Tim Breiter (14),
Justin Elliott and
Jack Fischer (11)
Assists: James Karwin (34)
Blocks: Anthony Panizzi (3)
Digs: Justin Elliott (7) and
Brandon Langys (6)
Aces: Tim Breiter and
Jack Fischer (2)
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Thursday, April 4 when they travel to #5 Benedictine University. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. in Lisle, Illinois.
