The Aurora University men's volleyball team picked up their second straight victory as they opened conference play on Saturday afternoon against the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran College. Similar to Friday night's contest, the Spartans swept their opponent for the 3-0 match victory.


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, Wisconsin Lutheran College 0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-20)
LOCATION: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
RECORDS: Aurora University 4-6 overall and 1-0 NACC; Wisconsin Lutheran College 1-11 overall and 0-3 NACC


- After getting out to a 5-4 lead in the opening set, AU went on a 6-0 run fueled by a couple of kills from Josh McLellan.
- This scoring run helped give the Spartans the commanding 25-10 opening set victory. 
- AU held a .526 hitting percentage in the first set to just .074 for the visitors as McLellan notched five kills.
- Halfway through the second set, the Spartans took a 12-7 advantage.
- Connor Carroll picked up four kills during that AU 12-7 run.
- The Spartans would wind up taking the second set 25-17 as they held another .500 hitting percentage in the second set.
- Caroll led AU in the set with five kills while Ryder Kelley paced the offense with 14 assists.
- AU started the third set on a 5-0 scoring run.
- Even after a late Warriors scoring run, AU would still take the final set 25-20 to secure the sweep.
- Lucas Meier finished with six kills in the final set to lead the Spartans.
- Luke Dwyer racked up 13 assists in the final set as AU finished the game with .464 hitting percentage to just .91 for the Warriors.


Kills: Josh McLellan and Connor Carroll (8), Mateo Scharosch (7)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (24) and Luke Dwyer (13)
Blocks: John McCormack and Ethan Kane (1)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (11) Connor Carroll and Mateo Scharosch (5)
Aces: Luke Dwyer, Ayden Maglaya, Josh McLellan and AJ Vescova (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Tuesday, February 27 when they travel to Edgewood College. Opening serve is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Madison, Wisconsin.