The Aurora University women's volleyball team saw their seven game match win streak snapped with a five set defeat at Concordia Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon.
MATCH SCORE: Concordia Wisconsin 3,
 Aurora University 2 (25-23, 12-25, 18-25, 25-22, 11-15)
LOCATION: Mequon, Wisconsin
RECORD:Â Aurora University 12-7Â overall and 6-1 in the NACC
GAME BOX SCORE: view here
SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS
- AU got off to a slow start to the match, trailing 8-1 in the opening set.
- The Spartans worked their way back into the set and kill from
Sydnei Avery tied the score at 16.
- AU controlled the last part of the set and won 25-23.
- The second and third sets were unkind to the Spartans as they fell 25-12 and 25-18 to fall behind in the match 2-1.
- The fourth set again saw the Spartans trail but the offense got rolling and took a 7-5 lead.
- Midway through the fourth, AU trailed 16-11.
- AU closed out the set with authority as
Lulu Torres aced AU to the lead at 22-21.
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Kaitlyn Beebe picked up two kills in the final three points to win the set 25-22 and push the match to a fifth set.
- AU never led in the fifth set but were down one for most of the rotations.
- The fifth set went 15-11 in favor of CUW as AU lost the match 3-2.
SPARTAN LEADERS:
KILLS: Lulu Torres (14)Â
Sydnei Avery (12) and
Addy Gruse (7)
ASSISTS: Kaitlyn Beebe (41)
DIGS: Dani Lauer (21),
Vanessa Brown (19) and
Vanessa Brown (16)
BLOCKS: Addy Gruse (5)
ACES: Kaitlyn Beebe,
Lulu Torres and
Sydnei Avery (1)
UP NEXT:Â
Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Friday, October 15 when they host Alverno College. First serve is set for 7:00 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.
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