The Aurora University men's volleyball team continued their weekend of volleyball in Ohio on Saturday afternoon with two matches, one of which was against a ranked opponent in #7 Juniata University. The #14 ranked Spartans took their first match of the day against Mount Union University 3-1 (25-23, 27-25, 22-25, 25-24) before losing in another four set match against Juniata 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 11-25, 21-25).


MATCH ONE SCORE: #14 Aurora University 3, Mount Union University 1 (25-23, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19)
MATCH TWO SCORE: #7 Juniata University 3, Aurora University 1 (25-22, 23-25, 11-25, 21-25)
LOCATION: Berea, Ohio
RECORDS: #14 Aurora University 10-2 overall and 1-0 NACC;


MATCH ONE vs MOUNT UNION
- After falling behind 6-5 in the first set, AU rattled off four straight points that included back-to-back kills from Sebastian Ciszewski to take a 9-6 lead.
- Mount Union rattled off four of their own later in the set to hand the Spartans a 15-13 deficit.
- AU came back on another four point run to tie the score at 20. 
- The Spartans wound up winning the first set by a score of 25-23 backed by a scorching .478 hitting percentage.
- Each team went back-and-forth in another close second set, as the score was tied at 11 about midway through.
- Mount Union had AU on the ropes with a 25-24 lead, but three-straight points from the Spartans with kills from Mateo Scharosch and Cizewski allowed them to previal.
- This gave AU the 27-25 set win and 2-0 match lead.
- The Spartans fell behind 10-5 in the third set, but Connor Carroll collected back-to-back kills and an ace to make it 10-9.
- Despite keeping it at two after another Ciszewski kill, AU fell in the third set 25-22.
- This did not deter the Spartans, who took the fourth set by a score of 25-23 and the match 3-1.
- Josh McLellan hammered home six kills for AU in that final set.

MATCH TWO vs JUNIATA
- Despite leading 3-0 in the opening set, AU did not take a lead larger than one until Alex Nonhof made it 19-17 in favor of the Spartans.
- This forced a Juniata timeout, but it would not matter in the 25-22 AU set victory.
- Ciszewski was the one who ended the opening set with two-straight kills.
- Solomon Dail collected two-straight kills of his own to keep the Spartans within three midway through the second set 13-10.
- AU would end up falling in the second set 25-23, tying the match at one apiece.
- The Spartans fell in the third set 25-11, giving Juniata a 2-1 match lead.
- Juniata made that a 3-1 match victory when they took down AU 25-21 in the fourth set.
- Despite losing by four points, the Spartans did hold a .286 hitting percentage in that final set,


MATCH ONE vs MOUNT UNION
Kills: Josh McLellan (19) and Connor Carroll (12)
Assists: Logan Brouwer (45)
Blocks: Connor Carroll and Sebastian Ciszewski (4)
Digs: Alex Nonhof and Connor Carroll (10)
Aces: Luke Dwyer (2)

MATCH TWO vs JUNIATA
Kills: Josh McLellan (12)
Assists: Logan Brouwer (18)
Blocks: Solomon Dail (2), Sebastian Ciszewski (1.5) and Ammar Brzovic (1.0)
Digs: Alex Nonhof (11) and Logan Brouwer (7)


Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Friday, February 21 when they travel to the College of DuPage. Opening serve is slated for 5:00 p.m. in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.