The Aurora University men's volleyball team played their third straight ranked opponent on Tuesday night at North Central College. After opening up a 1-0 lead in the match, the Spartans battled but would be clipped by the red birds 3-1.


MATCH ONE: #9 North Central College 3, Aurora University 0 (25-20, 12-25, 19-25, 18-25)
LOCATION: Naperville, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 0-3


- AU faced an early large deficit of 6-1 in the first set and trailed 11-5 when the second timeout was used by the Spartans.
- A 9-4 AU run would knot the score at 15 and force the home Cardinals to burn a timeout.
- The Spartans continued their run and would go on to win the first set 25-20, closing the set on a 20-9 scoring run.
- AU hit .476 in the set with 10 kills led by four from Mateo Scharosch to no attack errors.
- The Spartans would drop the second set 25-12 to see the match tied 1-1.
- The third set was closely played with the scored tied 17-17.
- A service error gave NCC the lead and they would win the third set 25-19.
- AU freshman Ryder Kelley had four assists in his first set action of the year.
- The Spartans stormed out to a lead in the fourth set, leading 4-0 and later 8-3 as NCC used two timeouts.
- AU would get out scored down the stretch as they lost the lead, the set (25-18) and the match 3-1.


Kills: Mateo Scharosch (10) and Gunner Rodarte (6)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (13)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (17)
Blocks: Connor Carroll (4)
Aces: Mateo Scharosch (2)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Saturday, February 3 when they travel to Illinois Wesleyan University for a tri-match. Opening serve against Illinois Wesleyan is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. and Trine University at 2:00 p.m. in Bloomington, Illinois.