The Aurora University women's volleyball team hit the court for the first time in a week when they traveled up to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the Marty Petersen Invitational on Saturday afternoon. AU took on St. Catherine University and lost 3-0, before taking one set in a 3-1 loss against #5 ranked University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.


MATCH ONE SCORE: St. Catherine University 3, Aurora University 0 (23-25, 19-25, 26-28)
MATCH TWO SCORE: #5 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 3, Aurora University 1 (27-25, 18-25, 13-25, 16-25)
LOCATION: Oshkosh, Wisconsin
RECORD: Aurora University 2-4 overall


MATCH ONE:
- AU got out to an early 7-3 lead in their first set of the day as Lulu Torres notched the first five Spartan points.
- AU regained that lead later at 14-13 in a back-and-forth first set.
- Addyson Timpane notched a kill later in the set to keep the Spartans within one at 24-23, but St. Catherine scored the last point to win the first set.
- The Spartans took a 7-6 second set lead after Kate Poellmann hammered her second kill of the set.
- After falling behind 12-10, AU rattled off four straight points for a 14-12 advantage. 
- AU would wind up losing 25-19 in the second set.
- Like the first two sets, the Spartans got out to an early lead thanks to a 3-0 scoring run that made it 5-2.
- A couple of kills from Rosie Karl allowed AU to re-take that lead later in the set at 10-9. 
- A 4-0 run late in the third set gave the Spartans a 23-21 lead.
- AU would lose the third set 28-26 and the match 3-0.
- Lilly Vance led the AU offensive attack with 12 kills in the match.

MATCH TWO
- An early 4-0 scoring run in the first set gave AU an early 7-3 lead against the #5 ranked Titans.
- Another 3-0 run later in the set highlighted by Riley Moreno and Torres kills put the Spartans up 18-14.
- AU saw a 24-23 deficit in the first set, but Torres and Moreno once again came up big for AU for a 25-24 lead.
- The Spartans would prevail for a 27-25 first set victory.
- Hannah Joseph picked up an ace to give AU an 8-7 lead in a back-and-forth second set.
- AU would not see another lead the rest of the set after their 9-8 advantage and fell 25-18 that tied the match at one.
- The Spartans would fall in the second set by a score of 25-13.'
- Back-to-back kills from Timpane gave AU a 4-3 lead in a more competitive fourth set.
- Erin Henkel hammered one home later in the set to tie the score at nine.
- AU would trail the entire rest of the last set to lose 25-16 and the match 3-1.


MATCH ONE
KILLS: Lilly Vance (12), Kate Poellmann (11), Lulu Torres (5)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph (25)
DIGS: Hannah Evenson (24), Hannah Joseph and Rosie Karl (7)
ACES: Lulu Torres (3) and Trinity Nelson (2)
BLOCKS: Erin Henkel and Riley Moreno (2)

MATCH TWO
KILLS: Lulu Torres (13), Addyson Timpane (7), and Riley Moreno (6)
ASSISTS: Hannah Joseph and Trinity Nelson (16)
DIGS: Lulu Torres (17), Carolyn Lippe (9) and Kristen Erickson (7)
ACES: Lulu Torres and Hannah Joseph (2)
BLOCKS: Kate Poellmann (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Friday, September 13 when they travel to Wheaton for the Marilyn Scribner Invitational. AU takes on Lawerence University at 4:00 p.m.