The Aurora University men's volleyball team hosted the Stars of Dominican University in Thursday night #NACCtion on Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium. Five thrilling sets of volleyball followed with the Spartans falling 3-2 despite 32 kills from sophomore outside Josh McLellan.


MATCH SCORE: Dominican University 3, Aurora University 2 (19-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-20, 12-15)
LOCATION: Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium
RECORDS: Aurora University 5-7 overall and 2-1 NACC


- The Spartans trailed for most of the first set and rallied late bu would fall 25-19.
- Josh McLellan led all attackers with six first set kills. The six were just the start of his night.
- AU led early in the second set but a couple attack errors allowed Dominican to win 25-22 and take a 2-0 match lead.
- McLellan hit .500 in the second set with seven kills.
- The third set saw AU jump out to an early lead and force a Dominican timeout at 6-3.
- AU continued to put the pressure on the Stars and won handily, 25-16.
- Ryder Kelley dished out nine assists as the Spartans hit .500 as a team.
- The fourth set was again all Spartans with the hosts knotting the match 2-2 with a 25-20 win.
- McLellan had nine kills with Kelley having 12 assists.
- AU looked to seal the comeback win with a fifth set.
- Dominican led early and despite the Spartans pulling to within one on several occasions including 13-12, AU would fall 15-12.
- Six more kills in the fifth set for McLellan gave him 32 on the night.
- McLellan finished the night with a .394 attack percentage as the Spartans out-hit Dominican 304 to 290.


Kills: Josh McLellan (32)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (44) 
Blocks: Martin McKee (6), Mateo Scharosch and Sebastian Ciszewski (5)
Digs: Connor Carroll (13), Ryder Kelley and Mateo Scharosch (12)
Aces: Josh McLellan, Ryder Kelley and Connor Kelley (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Saturday, March 2 when they host Rockford University. Opening serve is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium.