The Aurora University women's volleyball team took on Carthage College and Lake Forest College in a tri-match at Lake Forest College on Saturday afternoon. AU split the matches, falling to Carthage 3-1 before rebounding to defeat Lake Forest 3-0.


MATCH ONE SCORE: Carthage College 3, Aurora University 1 (25-23, 16-25, 18-25, 20-25)
MATCH TWO SCORE: Aurora University 3, Lake Forest College 0 (27-25, 25-8, 30-28)
LOCATION: Lake Forest, Illinois
RECORD: Aurora University 5-1 overall


MATCH ONE:
- AU stormed out to an early lead and after a pair of Izabella Kowalczyk aces forced a Carthage timeout.
- The Spartan would hang on to win the set 25-23 but not before some tense late points.
- Kowalczyk finished with three aces in the set and Trinity Nelson handed out eight assists.
- AU would drop the next three sets but were led by 13 kills in the sets from Katelyn Ruse.

MATCH TWO
- The opening set with Lake Forest was back and forth and went extra points with the Spartans hanging on to win 27-25.
- Addyson Timpane had five kills with Sophia Knazur adding four while Nelson had 11 assists.
- The Spartans dominated the second set, winning 25-8 with AU only having five servers in the win. 
- A pair of aces from Carolyn Lippe led the way as LFC committed nine attack errors to aid the Spartan win.
- The third set was very entertaining back and forth scoring with 12 score ties and eight lead changes.
- AU had the final tie and lead change in their favor as they won 30-28.
- The Spartans hit .326 in the set win with six kills from Kately Ruse, five from Timpane and four from Samantha Torres.


MATCH ONE
KILLS: Katelyn Ruse (16)
ASSISTS: Trinity Nelson (33)
DIGS: Trinity Nelson (11)
ACES: Izabella Kowalczyk (5) and Katie Brisk (3)
BLOCKS: Sophie Knazur (2)

MATCH TWO
KILLS:  Addyson Timpane (12) and Katelyn Ruse (9)
ASSISTS: Trinity Nelson (17) and Meredith Milz (10)
DIGS: Katelyn Ruse (15) and Katie Brisk (10)
ACES: Trinity Nelson and Carolyn Lippe (2)
BLOCKS: Addyson Timpane (5) and Peyton Darguzis (3)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes on Tuesday, September 9, when they travel to North Central College. Match time is slated for 7:00 p.m. in Naperville, Illinois.