The Aurora University men's volleyball team took to the court for the first tri-match of the 2024 season at Illinois Wesleyan University. The Spartans dropped the opener 3-0 to the host Titans before notching the first win of the 2024 season with a 3-1 victory over Trine University.
MATCH ONE: Illinois Wesleyan
University 3, Aurora University 1 (24-26, 18-25, 15-25)
MATCH TWO: Aurora University 3, Trine University 1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-22)
LOCATION: Bloomington, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 1-4
MATCH ONE
- The opening set was back and forth until the final point with AU dropping a heart-breaker 26-24.
- Team stats in the opener were nearly identical and
Sebastian Ciszewski led AU with four kills.
- AU would drop the second set 25-18 and the third 25-15 to fall in the match 3-0.
MATCH TWO
- AU dropped the first set 25-21 despite having a 14 to 8 kill advantage.
- The second set saw seven tie scores and five lead changes but it was the Spartans who led last scoring six of the final nine points to win 25-22.
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Sebastian Ciszewski,
Mateo Scharosch and
Stuart Pfeil all had four kills in the set win.
- The Spartans led the entire third set on the way to a 25-21 win.
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Ryder Kelley dished out nine assists while
Connor Carroll led with four kills.
- AU had to overcome a large early deficit but rallied from down by five on multiple occasions to grab the final lead change with a 23-22 score.
- A kill from Ciszewski and an ace from
Derek Schober closed out the set with a 25-22 win and a 3-1 match victory.
MATCH ONE
Kills: Sebastian Ciszewski (7)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (14)
Blocks: Sebastian Ciszewski (4)
Digs: Connor Carroll (6)
Aces: Luke Dwyer (2)
MATCH TWO
Kills: Sebastian Ciszewski and
Stuart Pfeil (12) and
Mateo Scharosch (10)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (38)
Blocks: Sebastian Ciszewski (7)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (21)
Aces: Derek Schober (2)
Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Saturday, February 10 when they travel to North Park University for the Viking Tri. Opening serve is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. against Wittenberg University and 5:00 p.m. against North Park University in Chicago, Illinois.
