A lot of work is left for the Aurora University men's volleyball team but one goal along the way was achieved on Saturday night in Thornton Gymnasium when the Spartans defeated Milwaukee School of Engineering 3-1. The victory helped clinch a share of the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season title, a second consecutive for the Spartans.


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, Milwaukee School of Engineering 1 ((25-15, 27-25, 20-25, 25-22)
LOCATION: Thornton Gymnasium - Aurora, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 16-9 overall and 11-1 NACC


- The Spartans celebrated senior night before opening serve and the energy from that carried over as the Spartans built a 10-3 lead and would win 25-15.
- AU hit .280 in the set led by five kills from Josh McLellan.
- The second set was back and forth closely played to the final point, a 27-25 AU win.
- The set saw 15 tie scores and eight lead changes along the way.
- Luke Dwyer led the way with 14 assists with the final two going to Mateo Scharosch.
- AU would drop the third set 25-20 to extend the night.
- The Spartans built an early lead in the fourth but MSOE rallied as the set saw 14 tie scores and four lead changes.
- AU won the last three points with two kills from McLellan and the final point a perfectly timed dump by Dwyer.
- When the final ball hit the court, the Spartans celebrated the clinching of the share of the NACC title.


Kills: Josh McLellan (20) 
Assists: Luke Dwyer (41) 
Blocks: John McCormack and Connor Carroll (5)
Digs: Connor Carroll (18) and Alex Nonhof (17) 
Aces: Mateo Scharosch and Josh McLellan (2)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Tuesday, April 9 when they host Marian University in the first round of the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. Opening serve is set for 7:00 p.m. on Lancaster Court in Thornton Gymnasium.