The Aurora University men's volleyball team used timely scoring runs to defeat the visiting Scarlet Hawks of Illinois Institute of Technology 3-0 on Wednesday night.


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, Illinois Institute of technology 0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19)
LOCATION: Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium - Aurora, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 12-9 overall and 7-1 NACC


- The opening set was tightly played with the Spartans and IIT.
- AU used an 8-3 run midway through the set to take a commanding lead and go on to win 25-18.
- Josh McLellan led four Spartans to hit over .500 with five kills and Luke Dwyer had 11 assists.
- The second set followed the same script with the Spartans using an 11-4 run this time to eventually win 25-17.
- Dwyer added 10 more assists with six kills from McLellan.
- AU jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the third, saw IIT roar back into the set before pulling away late for a 25-19 win.
- The Spartans continued their strong hitting with .308 in the final set.


Kills: Josh McLellan (19)
Assists: Luke Dwyer (35) 
Blocks: Martin McKee (5), Josh McLellan (4) and Sebastian Ciszewski (3)
Digs: Mateo Scharosch and Connor Carroll (10)
Aces: Luke Dwyer and Sebastian Ciszewski (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Saturday, March 23 when they host Concordia University Wisconsin. Opening serve is set for 7:00 p.m. on Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium.