The Aurora University men's volleyball team competed in the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament Championship for the first time in program history on Saturday evening. A very closely played four set match followed with the Spartans falling 3-1 at Dominican University.


MATCH SCORE: Dominican University 3, Aurora University 1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-27, 23-25)
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 18-10 overall and 11-1 NACC


- Spartan senior middle John McCormack was named to the NACC All-Tournament Team
- Spartan junior libero Alex Nonhof was named to the NACC All-Tournament Team.
- 18 wins is an AU single season record.
- AU played in the NACC Tournament final for the first time in program history.


- The two teams started out slowly, trading service and attack errors early on.
- AU took the final lead of the first set at 19-18 on a kill from senior John McCormack.
- The Spartans would win the opening set 25-22.
- Mateo Scharosch had four kills with McCormack and Sebastian Ciszewski each having three.
- AU trailed throughout the second set but made a late rally to give the home crowd some tense times.
- Dominican won the second set 25-22.
- The Spartans opened up an early lead in the third set, going ahead 11-6.
- After a brief tie midway through, the Spartans led 24-20.
- Dominican rallied and sent the set to extra time with the hosts winning 27-25 and led AU 2-1 in the match.
- The fourth set was a nail-biter throughout with 22 tie scores with just four lead changes.
- AU would fall 25-23 in the fourth set and drop the match 3-1.


Kills: Josh McLellan (14) and John McCormack (11) 
Assists: Luke Dwyer (42) 
Blocks: John McCormack (4)
Digs: Connor Carroll (14)
Aces: Connor Carroll, Nate Anderson and Mateo Scharosch (1)


The AU men's volleyball team concludes the 2024 season with a school record 18-10 overall record and were NACC regular season champions with an 11-1 record