The Aurora University men's volleyball team wrapped up the Cal-Lu-Fornia Invitational with a pair of grueling matches, a 3-2 victory over Baldwin Wallace University which was followed immediately by a 3-1 loss to St. John Fisher.


MATCH ONE SCORE: Aurora University 3, Baldwin Wallace University 2 (21-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-22, 15-8)
MATCH TWO SCORE: St. John Fisher University 3, Aurora University 1 (27-25, 24-26, 21-25, 19-25)
LOCATION: California Lutheran University - Thousand Oaks, California
RECORDS: Aurora University 8-9 overall


Match One vs Baldwin Wallace
- AU led early in the opening set but BWU would rally and win 25-21.
- Josh McLellan had seven kills and hit .500 in the opening set.
- After leading early and BWU taking the lead midway through the set, AU roared back and won 25-22.
- Six Spartans combined to hit .400 in the frame with Ryder Kelley handing out 10 assists.
- AU would drop the third set 25-23 despite eight kills from McLellan.
- The fourth set was tightly played with the Spartans managing to pull away late and win 25-22 to send the match to a winner take all fifth.
- Mateo Scharosch (four kills - .667), McLellan (five kills - .500) and Sebastian Ciszewski (two kills - .500) carried the offense.
- In the fifth set, AU stormed out to a 4-0 lead but then saw the lead disappear when they trailed 6-5.
- After a timeout, the Spartans out scored BWU 10-2 and won 15-8.
- The Spartans had six assisted blocks and six kills in the winning effort.

Match Two vs St. John Fisher
- Another closely played match was on tap with the first set seeing AU and SJFU each leading by three once.
- AU out lasted the Red birds 27-25 to win the first.
- Ryder Kelley had 15 assists to five different Spartans.
- The second set was closely played but this time SJFU would prevail 26-24.
- Connor Carroll hammered down seven kills in the second.
- The Spartans led 17-13 in the third set but a string of attack errors proved costly in the 25-21 set defeat.
- Five Spartans collected two or more kills in the third.
- The fourth set was close until the final points with AU falling 25-19.
- AU hit .321 in the set but just ran out of gas late and dropped the match 3-1.


Match One vs Baldwin Wallace
Kills: Josh McLellan (27)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (44) 
Blocks: Martin McKee (9), Ryder Kelley and Sebastian Ciszewski (4)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (15) and Ryder Kelley (14)
Aces: Sebastian Ciszewski (2)

Match Two vs St. John Fisher
Kills: Josh McLellan (16), Connor Carroll (15) and Mateo Scharosch (10)
Assists: Ryder Kelley (42) 
Blocks: Martin McKee and Sebastian Ciszewski (4)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (15)
Aces: Connor Carroll and Mateo Scharosch (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Tuesday, March 12 when they host Concordia University Chicago. Opening serve is set for 7:00 p.m. on Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium.