The Aurora University men's volleyball team outlasted Benedictine University in a five set marathon on Wednesday night in Lisle, Illinois. The Spartans defeated the Eagles 3-2 (26-28, 25-23, 23-25, 25-18, 15-10).


MATCH SCORE: No. 13 Aurora University 3, Benedictine University 2 (26-28, 25-23, 23-25, 25-18, 15-10)
LOCATION: Lisle, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 10-3 overall and 5-0 NACC


- The first set was a sign for the night as the teams traded blows with 15 tie scores and six lead changes.
- AU led 24-22 but the hosts rallied and BU eventually won the first set 28-26.
- SJ Nelson led all attackers with six kills.
- An ace early in the second set from Ammar Brzovic gave the Spartans a final lead.
- AU went on to win 25-23 with Josh McLellan, Brzovic and Soloman Dail leading the attack.
- The Spartans led for a good portion of the third set but would drop a 25-23 thriller.
- Seven different Spartans collected a kill in the third set loss.
- Midway through the fourth set, Spartan Connor Carroll took over and gave the Spartans their final lead of the set.
- AU would win 25-18 to set up a winner take all fifth set.
- Logan Brouwer had 10 assists in the set win.
- In the fifth set, a string of BU attack errors gave the Spartans a strong lead.
- Nelson finished with four kills as Brouwer had nine assists.
- AU won the fifth set 15-10 and the match 3-2.


Kills: SJ Nelson (17) and Josh Mclellan (15)
Assists: Logan Brouwer (19), AJ Vescova (15) and Luke Dwyer (14)
Blocks: Soloman Dail (6) and Connor Carroll (5)
Digs: SJ Nelson (16), Luke Brannigan (12) and Connor Carroll (11)


Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Saturday, March 7 when they travel Thousand Oaks, California and California Lutheran University. AU takes on University of California Santa Cruz at 4:00 p.m. (cst) / 2:00 p.m. (pst).