The Aurora University women's volleyball team split a doubleheader at Dominican University, winning 3-1 in match one and falling just shy in a come back 3-2 in match two Sunday evening.

THE BASICS:
FINAL SCORE MATCH ONE: #22 Aurora University 3, Dominican University 0 (25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 25-18)
FINAL SCORE MATCH TWO: Dominican University 3, #22 Aurora University 2 (23-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-10, 9-15)
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois 
RECORDS: Aurora University 6-1 overall; 5-1 conference

HOW IT HAPPENED MATCH ONE -
- The first set was a tale of two halves of volleyball as AU found themselves down 10-0 quickly. 
- Midway through the set, senior Julia Wood served up back to back aces and the set was tied 18-18.
- On the next service rotation, Kaitlyn Beebe picked up a pair of aces as AU went up 24-20 before winning 25-21.
- AU would drop the second set 25-21.
- The Spartans led the entire way through the third set, winning 25-18 to take a 2-1 match lead.
- The fourth set played just like the third with AU controlling the set and winning 25-18 for the match win 3-1.

SPARTAN LEADERS –                                             
KILLS: Sydnei Avery (20)
ASSISTS: Kaitlyn Beebe (42)
ACES: Julia Wood (5)
DIGS: Julia Wood (17)
BLOCKS: Lindsey Simpson (8)

HOW IT HAPPENED MATCH TWO - 
- AU fell behind early in the opening set and made a huge rally to get within one point late before falling 25-23.
- The Spartans jumped out to a fast 5-0 lead in the second set but a set of scoring runs followed and AU fell 25-19 to go down 2-0.
- A battle was on the schedule for the third set as the Spartans needed a late rally to get back into the set. When Julia Wood served up an ace, AU won 25-23.
- AU dominated the fourth set, leading 22-6 before winning 25-10 to set up a fifth set.
- Eight Spartan errors in the fifth set allowed Dominican to win the set 15-9 and the match 3-2.

SPARTAN LEADERS -
KILLS: Sydnei Avery (17), Kaycie Wenzel (14) and Vanessa Brown (13)
ASSISTS: Kaitlyn Beebe (48)
ACES: Kylee Anthony (4), Julia Wood and Kaitlyn Beebe (3)
DIGS: Julia Wood (16), Kaycie Wenzel and Vanessa Brown (15)

UP NEXT:
Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Saturday, April 3 when they host Benedictine University. Game time is set for 12:00 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.