(ST. NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS) DE PERE – St. Norbert College faced another tough test in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, taking a set off Aurora University in a 3-1 loss at Mulva Family Fitness and Sports Center.
The Green Knights fell to the Spartans 20-25, 25-21, 15-25, 12-125.
Most of the first set saw a slim advantage for the Spartans until St. Norbert cut the score to 16-14 thanks to two kills from Anna Kudick. Aurora used a 5-0 to go up 22-14 before a brief momentum swing on a 5-1 Green Knights run put them within four points. The Spartans eventually took the first set, 25-20.
St. Norbert used a 7-3 start to the open the second set. Aurora fought back to hold a small 12-11 lead before a Brooklyn O’Malley kill tied the game at 16-16. The Spartans eventually clawed to a 21-20 set lead before kills from Kudick and Ashlynn Vande Voort (pictured) led St. Norbert to a 25-21 set win.
The third set saw the Green Knights off to a slow start, eventually managing to get within five points to trail 20-15. Aurora used a 5-0 run to end the set. Two service aces from Alli Clark gave St. Norbert life in the fourth set while trailing 16-12, but the Spartans used nine unanswered points to take the game.
St. Norbert hit .134 for the match with 43 kills against 23 errors in 149 attempts. Kayden Lamon led the way with 10 kills while Vande Voort had eight. Keira Ashenfelter had 16 assists, while Alayna Glidden had 11.
Maddie Kitowski had eight digs while Annabel Stevenson and Elaina Butz had seven. O’Malley finished the match with four blocks.
Aurora hit .285 with 54 kills against 15 errors in 137 attempts. Katelyn Ruse led the Spartans with 14 kills.
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