AURORA, Ill. – Following a thrilling five-set win last night at Dominican, the Edgewood College Women's Volleyball team had a quick turnaround in facing one of the top teams in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference on Saturday. The Eagles took on Aurora University, falling in three sets.

SPARTANS 3, EAGLES 0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-21)
- Aurora (14-7, 8-1 NACC) came out and showed why it is a team receiving votes in the latest AVCA Division III Women's Volleyball Poll by hitting .609 in the opening set. For the match, the Spartans hit .284, while the Eagles (14-8, 5-4 NACC) countered with a .074 attack.

- Abbey Maier continued her strong play with a nine-kill, .235 hitting percentage effort. Mackenzie Doherty added eight kills for the Eagles.

- The Eagles improved as the match went along and nearly took both the second and third sets. In the second set things were squared away at 22-22 before the Spartans closed with a 3-0 run. The Eagles were within one, 22-21, in the final set, but again Aurora used a 3-0 run to finish off the match.

- Lea Bunch led the defensive effort with 11 digs and Lauren Glissendorf chipped in with nine. Taylor Salmon (14) and Abigail Hoffmann (13) combined for 27 assists in the match.

THE OPPOSITION
- Aurora was led by Lulu Torres, who hit .355 and posted a match-high 14 kills. Kaitlyn Beebe recorded 29 of the Spartans 30 assists.

- As of this writing, Aurora (8-1) is slightly ahead of Concordia Wisconsin (7-1) in the NACC standings, although the Falcons still had a match to play on Saturday. CUW defeated Aurora in the head-to-head meeting and the Falcons only NACC loss came against Edgewood College back on September 15.

UP NEXT
- The Eagles will begin a four-match homestand on Tuesday night against St. Norbert College. The contest is set for a 7 p.m. start.