The Aurora University women's volleyball team opened the first day of the trip to Texas with a pair of matches, falling 3-1 to University of Puget Sound and 3-0 to Southwestern University.


MATCH ONE SCORE: #rv University of Puget Sound 3, Aurora University 1 (22-25,25-21, 25-27, 22-25)
MATCH TWO SCORE: Southwestern University 3, Aurora University 0 (9-25, 23-25, 23-25)
LOCATION: Georgetown, Texas - Southwestern University
RECORD: Aurora University 1-4 overall


MATCH ONE:
- The Spartans went back and forth to open up with Puget Sound and the score was knotted 22-22.
- Three unforced errors led to a 25-22 AU opening set loss.
- AU jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second set. 
- The Spartans scored seven of the last 10 points to win 25-21 after the score was tied 18-18/
- The third set would be a barn burner with the teams trading points back and forth into extra time.
- AU would fall 27-25 and fall behind 2-1.
- A late Spartan rally in the fourth set fell just short as they lost 25-22

MATCH TWO
- The Spartans trailed 10-0 in the first set and would fall 25-9.
- AU responded quickly in the second set to take a 5-1 lead fueled by thre.e straight aces from Celeste Cozzoni.
- Trailing 23-17 late in the second, the Spartans ran off six straight points to tie the score 23-23.
- Two attack errors from AU would concede the set to Southwestern 25-23.
- The third set saw the two teams go back and forth throughout but the Spartans fell 25-23 and lost 3-0.


MATCH ONE
KILLS:  Lulu Torres (19), Kate Poellmann (14) and Celeste Cozzoni (11)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (53)
DIGS: Dani Lauer (23) and Hannah Evenson (15)
ACES: Hannah Evenson and Lulu Torres (2)
BLOCKS: Celeste Cozzoni (3)

MATCH TWO
KILLS:  Lulu Torres (8)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (29)
DIGS: Hannah Evenson (20)
ACES: Celeste Cozzoni (3)
BLOCKS: Celeste Cozzoni (3)


Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Saturday, September 9 when they play at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. AU takes on LeTourneau University at 10:30 a.m. and Texas Lutheran University at 12:45 p.m.