The Aurora University men's volleyball team hosted Milwaukee School of Engineering and the teams treated the crowd to five exciting sets of volleyball. The Spartans unfortunately fell 3-2 to the Raiders..


MATCH SCORE: Milwaukee School of Engineering 3, Aurora University 2 (28-26, 19-25, 26-24, 23-25, 13-15)
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Thornton Gymnasium
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-9 overall and 5-3 in the NACC


- Both teams hit over .300 in the five set thrilling match that saw four of the five sets score be just two points difference.
- MSOE started off fast in the opening set leading 3-0 before the Spartans roared back to lead 11-7.
- AU led late before MSOE rallied to go ahead 21-20.
- The opening set went extra time before a Thomas Kovanic kill ended in a 28-26 Spartan win.
- AU again led for most of the second set but a late MSOE rally and a 14-4 run tied the match at 1-1.
- As had been the case, AU led big early in the third set before MSOE worked back into the set before AU won 26-24.
- The fourth set was tied early and the Spartans expanded their lead to 21-17.
- But MSOE scored eight of the final 10 points to tie the match at 2-2 with a 25-23 win.
- The fifth and final set was just like the fourth set, a back and forth thriller.
- AU fell in the fifth set 15-13 and dropped the exciting match 3-2.


Kills: Thomas Kovanic (22), Solomon Dial (13) and Gunner Rodarte (11)
Assists: James Karwin (56)
Blocks: John McCormack and Thomas Kovanic (5) and Solomon Dial (4)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (14) and Nathan Anderson (10)


Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Wednesday, March 23 when they host Rockford University on Senior Night. Match time is set for 7:00 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.
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