The Aurora University men's volleyball team took to Lancaster Court on Friday night for their first home match in nearly a month, squaring off against the Purple Raiders of University of Mount Union. While each set came down to the wire, the Spartans swept the match for a 3-0 victory.


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, University of Mount Union 0 (27-25, 25-23, 26-24)
LOCATION: Lancaster Court - Thorton Gymnasium
RECORDS: Aurora University 3-6 overall ; University of Mount Union 5-5 overall


- After trailing 7-5 in the opening set, a 4-0 run headlined by a couple of Mateo Scharosch aces gave AU its first lead at 9-7.
- The Spartans found themselves down again later in the set 23-19, but a 5-0 scoring route put AU in front again 24-23.
- A kill from Josh McLellan and ace Luke Dwyer sealed the deal for a 27-25 AU opening set victory.
- Scharosch led the Spartans with six kills while McLellan picked up five.
- Halfway through the second set, AU trailed the Raiders 13-12.
- With each side knotted up at 23, AU came out of a timeout with couple of kills from Scharosch to take the 25-23 set victory.
- McLellan led AU six more kills.
- Ryder Kelley paced the Spartan offense with 12 assists in just the second set.
- Much like the first two sets, each team traded points all the way until match point.
- With each side tied at 24, the Spartans again rallied for the 26-24 set victory and 3-0 match win.
- The final set saw McClellan collect another six kills to finish with a game-high 17.


Kills: Josh McLellan (17) and Mateo Scharosch (12)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (35)
Blocks: Sebastian Ciszewski (2.5)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (15) and Ryder Kelley (12)
Aces: Mateo Scharosch (12)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Saturday, February 24 when they travel to Wisconsin Lutheran College. Opening serve is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.