Aurora University Athletics

The Aurora University women's volleyball team hosted a key Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference contest on Saturday afternoon, welcoming the Muskies of Lakeland University. AU needed three intense sets but would prevail 3-0 over the visitors.


MATCH SCORE: Aurora University 3, Lakeland University 0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-20)
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Thornton Gymnasium
RECORD: Aurora University 18-2 overall and 4-0 NACC 


- The Spartans led 15-8 at the NACC mandated technical timeout and the stoppage of play during an AU rally allowed Lakeland to get back in the set.
- With Lakeland tying the score 19-19, the set would see four tie scores and three lead changes with the Spartans winning 27-25.
- Trinity Nelson dished out 13 assists in the opening set.
- With the score tied 9-9 in the second, Rosie Karl hammered a kill for the final lead change and AU would win 25-18.
- Karl would finish with six kills in the set as Izabella Kowalczyk added seven.
- Lakeland led for a majority of the third set with Karl once again delivering the point that turned the tide for AU.
- Kowalczyk added seven more kills in the set while Karl and Sophie Knazur each had strong attack percentages with four kills each.


KILLS: Izabella Kowalczyk (20) and Rosie Karl (13)
ASSISTS: Trinity Nelson (40)
DIGS: Katie Brisk (18), Payton Schaefer (15), Trinity Nelson (13) and Carolyn Lippe (12)
ACES: Izabella Kowalczyk (1)
BLOCKS: Peyton Darguzis, Izabella Kowalczyk and Sophia Knazur (2)


Next action for the Spartan women's volleyball team comes Thursday, October 8 when they host Concordia University Wisconsin. Opening serve is set for 6:00 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.