The Aurora University Spartan men's volleyball team hosted the Stars of Dominican University in the semi-final round of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament. AU rose above the visiting Stars and will advanced to the NACC Championship Final with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-19) victory inside Thornton Gymnasium. 


MATCH ONE #12 Aurora University 3, Dominican University 0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-19)
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Thornton Gymnasium
RECORDS: #12 Aurora University 25-4 overall, 11-1 NACC; Dominican University 14-11 overall, 9-3 NACC


- The Spartans trailed early in the opening set with AU Head Coach Dan Ames utilizing a timeout down 10-5.
- AU slowly chipped away at the deficit and took a 19-18 lead on a Star attack error.
- Sebastian Ciszewski (two) and SJ Nelson (one) crushed home kills in the final points of the opening set.
- AU scored the final two points on blocks with Josh Mclellan and Ammar Brzovic combining for the 24th point and SJ Nelson slamming home the 25th points for a 25-22 set win.
- The Spartans would finish hitting .312 in the first set victory.
- Set two was tightly played with six lead changes and 12 tie scores.
- Back to back kills from Lucas Meier gave AU the final lead change of the set with an 18-17 lead and forcing a Dominican timeout.
- The talk was not beneficial for the visitors as the Spartans went on to win again by a 25-22 score. 
- The 25th and final point came on a monster kill from Ciszewski.
- SJ Nelson led the hitting with five kills as the Spartans again hit well at .306.
- The Spartans came out strong in the third set with aces from Logan Brouwer and Nathan Kirwan forcing a very early Dominican timeout with AU ahead 5-1.
- Dominican would rally and went ahead to lead AU 15-12.
- As he had done earlier in the contest, a well called timeout by Coach Ames turned around the momentum as the Spartans rallied.
- Back to back kills from McLellan gave AU the lead for the final time in the set at 18-17.
- The Spartans had a bit of a block party as well in the third set with 5.5 team blocks led by three from Logan Brouwer.
- None of the blocks were bigger than his solo block for the match ending point as AU won 25-19.
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- AU was victorious 3-0 and advances to the championship round of the NACC Tournament.


Kills: Lucas Meier (11), Josh McLellan (10) and SJ Nelson (9)
Assists: Logan Brouwer (29)
Blocks: Ammar Brzovic (5) and SJ Nelson (4)
Digs: Logan Brouwer (11) 
Aces: Logan Brouwer (4)


Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Saturday, April 12 when they host Milwaukee School of Engineering in the Championship round of the NACC tournament. Opening serve is slated for 5:00 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.