The Aurora University Spartan men's volleyball team celebrated before and after the match with Wisconsin Lutheran College on Friday night in Thornton Gymnasium. Prior to the contest was a celebration for the senior class of 2023 (Kevin Dunn, Albion Salihu and Adam Gebala) and after the 3-0 (25-`16, 25-20, 25-14) victory over the Warriors, the celebration was for the 2023 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship (at least a share) which was clinched with the victory.


MATCH SCORE:  Aurora University 3, Wisconsin Lutheran College 0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-14)
LOCATION: Thornton Gymnasium - Aurora, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 15-10 overall and 11-1 NACC, Wisconsin Lutheran College 4-21 overall and 0-11 NACC 


- The visitors gave AU all they could handle early in the first set as the Spartans got settled into the contest.
- The Spartans rebounded to win 25-16 and hit .235 in the opener.
- James Karwin, John McCormack and Adam Gebala each had three kills in the first.
- The second saw the Spartans fall behind 6-1 but storm back and take a 15-10 lead and force a WLC timeout.
- Nathan Anderson and Kevin Dunn had aces in the run.
- AU would win 25-20 and go ahead 2-0.
- Mateo Scharosch and McCormack had three kills apiece in the set.
- The Spartans led from the opening point in the third and final conference clinching set.
- Albion Salihu had a monster kill for the 24th point before fellow senior Kevin Dunn served up the final point win.
- Senior Adam Gebala hit .750 with three kills in the 25-14 third set victory.


Kills: Mateo Scharosch (9), Adam Gebala and John McCormack (7)
Assists: James Karwin (28)
Blocks: James Karwin (4) 
Digs:  Alex Nonhof (15) and Nathan Anderson (11)
Aces: Nathan Anderson (4)

Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Thursday, April 13 when they host the semi-final round of the 2023 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. Opening serve is slated for 7:00 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.