The Aurora University women's volleyball team fired on all cylinders on Saturday afternoon in Thornton Gymnasium, defeating the NACC leading Falcons of Concordia University Wisconsin 3-0.


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, Concordia University Wisconsin 0 (25-21, 25-20, 29-27)
LOCATION: Thornton Gymnasium
RECORD: Aurora University 17-11 overall and 10-2 NACC


- AU started out slowly, trailing 4-1 in the opening set but chipped away at the deficit and grabbed an 11-10 lead thanks to back-to-back Falcons errors.
- The fifth and final kill of the set from Lulu Torres gave AU a 25-21 set win.
- The Spartans reigned in the second set, controlling the action on their way to a 25-20 set win.
- Izzie Jackson and Hannah Evenson each had aces while Torres added five more kills.
- AU hit a match best .276 in the second set win.
- After an early lead, CUW would grab a lead and appeared on the verge of a third set win.
- AU trailed 23-20 and faced set point at 24-22.
- Torres led the way in the final points, knocking down three huge kills along with one from Izzie Jackson.
- Jackson's kill tied the score at 27-27 and sent her to the service line.
- A CUW attack error gave Jackson and the Spartans match point.
- Jackson then served up an ace to end the match with a 29-27 set victory.


KILLS: Lulu Torres (16), Kate Poellmann (12) and Izzie Jackson (10)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (41)
DIGS: Hannah Evenson (17), Hannah Joseph and Lulu Torres (10)
ACES: Hannah Evenson (3) and Izzie Jackson (2)
BLOCKS: Lilly Vance and Erin Henkel (5)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Thursday, November 7 when they travel to Dominican University. First serve is slated for 7:00 p.m. in River Forest, Illinois.