The Aurora University men's volleyball team dropped a tough four set battle with Dominican University in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament.


MATCH SCORE: Dominican University 3, Aurora University 1 (25-27, 21-25, 25-22, 23-25)
LOCATION: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
RECORDS: Aurora University 20-7 overall 


- AU built a 20-13 lead in the opening set while forcing the Stars to use both of their timeouts.
- Spartan errors though allowed Dominican back into the set at 20-20 and AU would fall 27-25.
- SJ Nelson led AU with five kills in the first set.
- The second set saw the Spartans trailing and work to come back and tie the score 20-20.
- DU would out hit AU in the final points and the Spartans fell 25-21.
- Josh McLellan had seven kills in the second set.
- The tightly contested match-up continued in the third set with the teams going back and forth.
- This time it was AU taking advantage of Dominican errors and won 25-22.
- McLellan stayed hot with eight more kills in the third.
- DU errors and Connor Carroll kills vaulted AU to an early lead in the fourth.
- The fourth would eventually see the score tied 13 times with five lead changes.
- AU would drop the fourth 25-23 and the match 3-1.


Kills: Josh McLellan (24) and SJ Nelson (10) 
Assists: Logan Brouwer (31)
Blocks: Solomon Dail (4)
Aces: SJ Nelson (2)
Digs: SJ Nelson (13)


Next action for the Spartan men's volleyball team comes on Monday, April 13 when the NCAA Division III men's volleyball selection committee announces the field for the tournament. AU hope to earn an at-large bid into the field.