Volleyball Falls to Aurora, 3-1

GEORGETOWN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran volleyball dropped their final match of the Southwestern Fall Invitational on Saturday to Aurora University, 3-1, in a matchup between two 2022 NCAA Tournament qualifiers at the Robertson Center on the campus of Southwestern University.

The Bulldogs (4-2) will travel to Thousand Oaks, California, next weekend to participate in the Cal Lu Fornia Tournament on the campus of Cal Lutheran. The Bulldogs will open the tournament with a rematch of the 2022 NCAA Tournament opening round as they take on UChicago (4-1) and host Cal Lutheran on Friday, September 15 at 3 PM and 9 PM CST. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

Keriann Kallus (New Braunfels/New Braunfels) and Victoria Powell (Richmond/Fulshear) led the Bulldogs with ten kills each. Powell would also add two blocks.

Faith Coldewey (Floresville/Floresville) had a team-high 18 digs and Shavonne Respondek (San Antonio/Madison) finished with 18 assists.

After winning their first match of the day, the Spartans rode that momentum to jump on the Bulldogs in the first set, winning the opener 25-10.

The Bulldogs would begin to wake up in the second set but the Spartans were able to hold off a late rally from TLU to take the second set, 25-23.

TLU was able to avoid the sweep, winning the third set, 27-25, led by four kills from Keriann Kallus, before the Spartans put the match away in the fourth set, 25-16.

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