The Aurora University men's volleyball team came back to Thornton Gymnasium on Friday afternoon, looking to avenge their first loss of the 2025 season last night when they squared off against North Central College. The Spartans took each set by at least seven points, with 11 different AU players recording a point across the three matches, to give AU the 3-0 victory.


MATCH SCORE: #15 Aurora University 3, Adrian College 0 (25-17, 25-12, 25-18)
LOCATION: Thornton Gymnasium - Aurora, Illinois
RECORDS: #15 Aurora University 7-1 overall; Adrian College 3-6 overall


- Logan Brouwer got the match going directly in the Spartans favor early, with three aces to help AU out to the early 4-0 lead in the opening set.
- Connor Carroll later stepped to the service line and notched two aces himself, helping give the Spartans the 9-4 lead.
- AU would continue to pull away in the first set, winning the frame by a score of 25-17.
- Josh McLellan totaled four kills in the set to lead the Spartans.
- The second set got out to a 4-4 tie, before Carroll stepped to the service line. When he stepped off, AU held an 11-4 lead.
- Carroll totaled three more aces in that scoring run for the Spartans.
- Back-to-back kills later in the set from SJ Nelson would give AU the commanding 21-9 lead.
- The Spartans ended up winning the second set by a score of 25-12, as they held a scorching .562 hitting percentage in the frame.
- Mateo Scharosch took the service line with AU holding an early 2-1 lead in the third set.
- After a barrage of points from the Spartans including three aces from Scharosch, AU took an 8-1 advantage.
- Scharosch would also be the one to notch match point for AU, as he hammered one home to give the Spartans the 25-18 set win.
- AU took the match over Adrian by a score of 3-0.


Kills: Josh McLellan (7), Sebastian Ciszewski and SJ Nelson (5)
Assists: Logan Brouwer (32) and Luke Dwyer (20)
Blocks: Sebastian Ciszewski and Logan Brouwer (2)
Digs: Nathan Anderson (8), SJ Nelson and Nathan Kirwan (4)
Aces: Logan Brouwer and Connor Carroll (5) and Mateo Scharosch (3)


Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Friday, February 7 when they host Edgewood College. First serve is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.