The Aurora University women's volleyball team hosted a tri-match in Thornton Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans would fall to University of Dubuque 3-1 and Illinois Wesleyan University 3-0.


MATCH ONE SCORE: University of Dubuque 3, Aurora University 1 (26-24, 23-25, 22-25, 27-29)
MATCH TWO SCORE: Illinois Wesleyan University 3, Aurora University 0 (18-25, 15-25, 14-25)
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Thornton Gymnasium
RECORD: Aurora University 6-8 overall and 1-0 NACC


MATCH ONE
- The AU Spartans stormed out to a 9-4 lead in the opening set to force a timeout from the visitors.
- The set would go back and forth with AU eventually trailing 23-22.
- A big kill from Lulu Torres out of the timeout at 23-22 evened the score.
- A couple points later, Riley Moreno delivered back to back aces to complete the set win 26-24.
- AU would hit a match high .231 in the opening set.
- The second set saw the Spartans hold a small lead nearly throughout, including a 22-20 advantage.
- AU would drop the second set though 25-23.
- The Spartans trailed throughout the third set but made a late rally before falling 25-22.
- In the fourth set, the Spartans held what appeared to be a commanding 19-12 lead.
- After a Dubuque rally, AU had set point to force a fifth deciding set but would be unable to hang and fell 29-27.

MATCH TWO
- The Spartans did not lead in the first two sets and fell 25-18 and 25-15.
- AU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third set but went on to drop the set 25-14 and the match 3-0.


MATCH ONE
KILLS: Rosie Karl and Kate Dillon (16) and Lulu Torres (14)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (52)
DIGS: Kristen Erickson (25) and Rosie Karl (15)
ACES: Hannah Joseph and Riley Moreno (3)
BLOCKS: Riley Moreno (4)

MATCH TWO
KILLS: Kate Poellmann (7)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (17)
DIGS: Kristen Erickson (10)
ACES: Riley Moreno, Rosie Karl and Kristen Erickson (1)
BLOCKS: Riley Moreno, Erin Henkel and Kate Dillon (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Wednesday, September 25 when they travel to Illinois Institute of Technology. First serve is slated for 7:00 p.m. in Chicago, Illinois.