After celebrating senior day with a 3-0 victory over Alverno College in the early afternoon, the Aurora University women's volleyball team took on Elmhurst Universoty in a night cap, defeating the visitors 3-1 (25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 29-27)..


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, Elmhurst University 1 (25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 29-27)
LOCATION: Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium - Aurora, Illinois
RECORD: Aurora University 13-8 overall and 6-0 in the NACC


- The Spartans used strong hitting a aces from Lulu Torres and Celeste Cozzoni to rally from an early first set deficit.
- AU would win the opening set 25-18 behind a 323 hitting percentage with seven Spartans collecting a kill led by five from Kate Poellmann.
- An early deficit was brought even but the Spartans fell behind and dropped the second set 25-19.
- The Spartans continued their hot hitting (.273) as Hannah Joseph assisted on 14 points to five different attackers.
- The pivotal third set was closely played with AU managing a slim lead almost throughout.
- Torres led with way with six kills and a set ending ace in the 25-20 win.
- The fourth set had AU and Elmhurst go point for point with 20 tie scores and 10 lead changes.
- After a Dani Lauer kill tied the score at 16-16, Elmhurst would run off four points to lead 20-16 and eventually 22-18.
- Trailing 23-20, AU rallied to tie the game with a monster kill from middle Riley Moreno.
- Coming out of a timeout down 24-23, the visitors had a service error to tie the score 24-24.
- Four lead changes and three ties would follow as the game went into extra time.
- A Torres ace and a kill from Poellmann proved to be the magic combination as AU would win 29-27 and the match 3-1.


KILLS: Kate Poellmann (15), Lulu Torres (14) and Riley Moreno (12)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (49)
DIGS: Hannah Evenson (12) and Dani Lauer (11)
ACES: Lulu Torres (4) 
BLOCKS: Riley Moreno (5) and Celeste Cozzoni (3)


Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Thursday, October 12 when they travel to Edgewood College. Opening serve is slated for 7:00 p.m. in Madison, Wisconsin.