The Aurora University men's volleyball team made the short trip to Lisle to take on the rival Eagles of Benedictine University. The Eagles recognized Spartan alum James Karwin with blue #JamesStrong shirts. The Spartans welcomed the kind act with a three set thumping of the Eagles winning 25-23, 25-16 and 25-17 while hitting .350 in the match as a team.


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, Benedictine University 0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-17)
LOCATION: Lisle, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 10-9 overall and 5-1 NACC


- AU trailed BU 5-0 and 9-3 in the opening set when a timeout was called by Spartan Head Coach Dan Ames.
- The gentle words of encouragement during the timeout from Coach Ames refocused the Spartans.
- An 11-4 AU run followed with a pair of aces from Mateo Scharosch, two kills from Josh McLellan and a kill from Luke Dwyer giving AU the 14-13 lead.
- The Spartans continued to roll and would not trail again in the set, winning 25-23.
- McLellan led with seven kills in the set win.
- A monster kill from Martin McKee to give AU a 4-3 lead in the second set and AU would lead the rest of the night.
- Sebastian Ciszewski had an enormous block midway through the set to give AU a 14-7 lead.
- Spartans won the second set 25-16 and were in commanding lead 2-0.
- AU hit .367 in the second set with five kills from McLellan and three from Connor Carroll.
- The Spartans never trailed in the third set with the score only being tied one time at 1-1.
- The 25-17 victory in set three gave AU the clean 3-0 sweep of the match.
- Luke Dwyer dished out seven assists as the Spartans hit .450 in the set.


Kills: Josh McLellan (15) and Sebastian Ciszewski (6)
Assists: Luke Dwyer (24) 
Blocks: Sebastian Ciszewski (6)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (14)
Aces: Mateo Scharosch and Luke Dwyer (2)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Friday, March 15 when they travel to St. Norbert College. Opening serve is set for 7:00 p.m. in De Pere, Wisconsin.