The Aurora University women's volleyball team split the opening matches at the Pointer Classic on Friday night, dropping the opener 3-1 to a ranked UW_Oshkosh team before defeating Simpson College 3-0.
MATCH ONE SCORE: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 3, Aurora University 1 (25-19, 20-25, 22-25, 16-25)
MATCH TWO SCORE: Aurora University 3, Simpson College 0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-19)
LOCATION: Stevens Point, Wisconsin
RECORD:Â Aurora University 8-7 overall and 2-0 in the NACC
MATCH ONE:
- The Spartans led early, triailed midway through and kills from
Lulu Torres and
Kate Poellmann gave them a lead they would not relinquish.
- In a 25-19 win, Poellmann had six kills with AU hitting .324.
- AU dropped the second set 25-20 and third set 25-22.
- In the third, AU rallied to tie the score on several occasions but could not manage to grab the lead.
- The fourth set saw both teams attack come out strong but AU would fall 25-16.
- Poellmann,
Dani Lauer,
Riley Moreno and
Celeste Cozzoni all had three kills each in the fourth set.
MATCH TWO
- The Spartans trailed for a good portion of the opening set but rallied from being down by as many as six points to win 25-23.
- Kate Poellman had seven kills and hit .545 while
Hannah Joseph had 10 assists.
- AU led throughout the second set and took a 2-0 lead winning 25-18.
- Joseph had 17 assists with six coming from
Lulu Torres.
- The Spartans again controlled the pace in the third and final set winning 25-19.
- Joseph added 15 more assists in the final frame as the AU attack hit ..387.
MATCH ONE
KILLS:Â
Kate Poellmann and
Lulu Torres (15)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (46)
DIGS: Hannah Evenson (15) and
Lulu Torres (13)
ACES: Celeste Cozzoni (3)
BLOCKS:Â
Celeste Cozzoni and
Riley Moreno (3)
MATCH TWO
KILLS:Â
Lulu Torres and
Kate Poellmann (15)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (42)
DIGS: Hannah Evenson (18)
ACES: Katelyn Ruse (3)
BLOCKS:Â
Riley Moreno and
Dani Lauer (2)

Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Saturday, September 23 when they travel to University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point. Match time is set for 1:00 p.m. in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
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