November 5, 2012
M-VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Perfect weekend on the road for Waterloo
November 2 - Guelph @ Windsor
The Gryphon men’s volleyball team were defeated by the Lancers 3 - 1 on the road this evening (Nov. 2); set scores were 25-23, 22-25, 17-25, 20-25.
The loss drops the Gryphons to 0-2 and advances the Lancers to 1-2 on the season.
The Gryphons Winston Rosser (Whitby, ON) led the Gryphon attack, registering 19 total kills, followed by Andrew Whitaker (Sharon, ON) with seven but their efforts were not enough to secure a win over the Lancers.
Kyle Williamson (Essex, ON) led the Lancers with 18 kills, followed by Timothee Jaumel (Montpellier, ON) with 10.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
Waterloo @ Western
LONDON, Ont.- Starting their season on the road last weekend the Western Mustangs men’s volleyball team returned to Alumni Hall Friday night for their home opener against the Waterloo Warriors. Although the crowd was in Western’s favour, the score took a different turn as the Mustangs lost in five extremely close sets 3-2, suffering their first loss of the young season.
Set scores were 21-25, 24-26, 25-13, 26-24, 14-16.
Head coach Jim Sage was disappointed with the outcome saying, “we should have won the fifth set, we were in control during the whole thing. During the last few points the ball bounced Waterloo’s way, but congrats to them too for coming back as well in the fifth set.”
Justin Scapinello led the Mustangs with 15 kills on 43 attempts earning 17.5 points in five sets while setter Sean McKay had 54 assists and eight digs. The Warriors were led by middle Jordan Dyck with 15 kills on 26 attempts and a game high of 18.5 points.
Stepping onto the court with confidence from last weekend’s success, the Mustangs took the lead immediately into the set. The Mustangs had great coordination with McKay back-setting to Alan Screaton while Derek Kuiack powered through the Warriors’ shields catching them off guard along with middle Phil James who blocked their attempts. Despite Western’s strong team play the Warriors would get out to an 18-10 lead before the Mustangs stormed back, recording eight of the next ten points to close the gap to two points. Unfortunately for the purple and white that was as close as they would get as Waterloo took the set 25-21.
Disappointed after losing the first set, Western pledged to change the fates and gained a 5-2 lead over Waterloo. The Mustangs refused to give up their lead saving the ball at any cost, exemplified by middle Luke Sim ‘chesting’ the ball to setter McKay who dove for a huge dig earning the rally point for the ‘Stangs. With Waterloo following just behind, Sim made sure to block anything in his way and the Mustangs led by five points at technical time out. However the Warriors quickly gained six points to tie the game. It was point for point when Mustangs fell just short 24-26 in the frame.
Down two sets to none the Mustangs entered the third set determined to turn things around and kept a steady lead for the first half of the set. Garrett May had another good game including a highlight-reel play midway through the third set. May blocked the ball before Waterloo sent it back only for May to smash it right back into their court and put the Mustangs ahead 12-6. Western would go on to take the set 25-13 to force a fourth set.
In the fourth set neither team was giving up points easily, but Waterloo eventually went up by four, leading 10-6 . Taking no prisoners, the Mustangs climbed to trail only two points behind 17-19 forcing the Warriors into a time out. Determined to win, McKay turned the set into another point for point situation tying 24-24. After going up 25-24 Waterloo and Western challenged each other in a rally that seemed to last forever, before the Mustangs took control winning the rally, the set and a standing ovation from the crowd.
Entering the fifth and final set tied 2-2, both teams were fired up making this match begin with nothing less than point for point scores with neither team holding an edge until Western went up 11-7 late in the set. Unfortunately for the Mustangs Waterloo would score nine of the next 12 points to win the final set 16-14 and escape with a 3-2 victory.
Source: Western Sports Info
November 3 - Toronto @ RMC
The Varsity Blues men’s volleyball team notched their second straight win with a 3-0 (28-26, 25-23, 25-10) victory over the RMC Paladins on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 3) in Kingston, Ont.
With the win, the Blues improve to 2-1, while the Paladins drop to 0-3 to start the season.
Third-year veteran Jake Dysselhof led the Blues with seven kills and a game-high 12 digs, while Trevor Grant had six kills. Setter Michael Denton tallied a career-high 67 assists in the win.
RMC was led by Jeffrey Fillmore’s game-high nine kills in the loss.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Ryerson @ Queen's
The Queens Gaels men's volleyball team (2-1) put in a strong showing at home against the Ryerson Rams, winning in straight sets, 25-20, 25-22, 25-20, in OUA regular season play.
The Gaels came out strong in the first set, and had some help with many Ryerson service and attacking errors. Tyler Scheerhoorn (Belleville, Ont.) lead the way in the first set for the Gaels with three kills and two digs.
Queen's put in a dominating effort in the second and third sets to seal their second win in the regular season. Outside hitter Philippe Goyer (Ottawa, Ont.) was the game leader with 12 kills on 24 attacks. Jacob Glantz was noteworthy for the Gaels with 7 digs. The Rams did not go down without a fight and were lead by some impressive offensive efforts from outside-hitter Robert Wojcik (Whibty, Ont.) who put up 10 kills and two digs. Goyer finished out the match with a strong kill that really summed up how the Gaels played throughout their straight set victory.
Source: Queen's Sports Info
Guelph @ Western
The Western Mustangs men’s volleyball team finished its home opening weekend tonight with a test against the Guelph Gryphons in Alumni Hall. The Mustangs were fired up from a recent loss to Waterloo, and used the energy to take the Gryphons with flying colours in three straight sets. The win brings the team's OUA regular season record to 3-1.
Set scores were 25-20, 25-21, 26-24.
Head coach Jim Sage was pleased with the outcome of the game and was happy to see a win the team deserved.
Captain Sean McKay said “after last night, it was a tough loss so it was good to start nice and quick tonight, unlike last night where we kind of ‘lolli-gagged’ in the first couple sets.”
Garret May lead the Mustangs with 24 kills on 45 attempts while Sean McKay had 43 assists along with Derek Kuiack who earned nine digs for the team. The Mustangs earned 13.0 blocks for the team, more than doubling Guelph’s count of 6.0.
Leading the Guelph Gryphons was Winston Rosser with eight kills on 37 attempts while committing ten errors.
In effort of avoiding a repeat of yesterday, the Mustangs immediately took to the court earning the first point of the set to edge Guelph point by point with kills from first ranked OUA player May, and unexpected tips from setter McKay. Turning point for point only for a moment, Western advanced three above Guelph. Making a five point come back, Guelph scared Western to a time out. From there, the Mustangs gained a strong lead with numerous kills from May. Guelph could not respond to and fell 20-25 to Western.
With no change of pace, the Mustangs stormed in four points to open the second, and then doubled Guelph’s score count. The ‘Stangs lead by 5 at technical time out to eventually advance 21-14 on the Gryphons. White and purple took command of the court with middle Luke Sim blocking points from Guelph. While the Gryphons managed two straight points on Western’s set point, that was the last thing the Mustangs would allow before riding out 25-21.
The Gryphons changed their wings with the switch of the set edging the Mustangs point for point. The Stangs eventually surged two points ahead, but quickly lost the gain and fell back point for point. Guelph led 16-14 at technical time out, fighting tough blocks from 6-foot-5 middle Phil James. May pounded the ball Guelph’s way tying 20-20, but the Gyphons beat the Mustangs to game point leading by three. Coming back, Western surged to 26 to win by two and take Guelph by storm.
Source: Western Sports Info
Waterloo @ Windsor
The Warriors remained perfect on the season following a 3-1 win over the Windsor Lancers, spoiling their home opener at the St. Denis Centre.
The two combatants exchanged sets to open the match before Waterloo took over the game winning the final two sets 25-17, 25-22 to improve to 3-0 on the season. With the loss Windsor dropped to 1-3 on the season.
Setter Scott Thomson (St. Marys) was the story of the match for the Warriors with 44 assists, giving him a total of 86 on the weekend. Rookie outside hitter Sergey Grabovsky (Aurora) did a remarkable job of coming into the game due to injuries and led his team in kills with 13. Zachary Doherty (Goderich) was also a force with 12 kills in the match. From the middle Jordan Dyck (St. Catharines) and Tyler Motherwell (Toronto/Warriors) combined for a total of 15 kills while earning eight blocks.
Defensively Erich Woolley (New Dundee) was solid once again, tallying 16 digs while Aleks Poldma (Toronto/Warriors) added 10 of his own in a winning effort.
Source: Waterloo Sports Info
November 4 - Ryerson @ RMC
The Ryerson Rams evened their record at 2-2 on Sunday afternoon following a 3-1 victory over the RMC Paladins in Kingston.
The Rams held the lead at each technical timeout and used a strong attack to power their way to victory. Ryerson racked up 52 kills to RMC's 17 throughout the match and put a dominant effort together in the fourth set, committing zero attack errors and converting all 13 attempts for kills.
Sophomore Alex Dawson (Scarborough, Ont.) led the charge with a game-high 13 kills on 14 attempts while Robert Wojcik (Whitby, Ont.) added 12 on 15 attempts and Stefan Ristic (Belgrade, Serbia) had 10 kills on 11 attempts.
Brian Batista Bettencourt (Azores, Portugal) provided steady defensive play, tallying a game-high 15 digs while middle Marc Reardon (London, Ont.) posted four solo blocks.
Logan Morris (Seeley's Bay, Ont.) had a team-high six kills in the loss for RMC.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Toronto @ Queen's
The Queen's Gaels men's volleyball team (3-1) came from behind to beat the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 3-2 (22-25, 25-10, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13) in OUA action at the ARC Main Gym, Sunday.
The Gaels were stifled in the first set, and recorded eight errors that helped the Blues. Toronto right-side Mitchell Woodside (Clyde River, P.E.I.) was key for the Blues recording 12 kills, many of them coming in the first set.
Queen's put in a valiant effort in the second set, lead by Philippe Goyer (Ottawa, Ont.) who helped the Gaels to a 7-2 run with three kills early in the set. The Blues could never regroup and fell to an easy Gaels set victory—25-10.
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues rebounded in the third set, utilizing strong offense attacks and defensive blocking. The Gaels battled back within two points at times but could not close the gap.
The fourth set was the turning point for the Gaels in the game, as they were stellar defensively with notable efforts from Goyer who recorded five blocks, and game most valuable player Scott Brunet who recorded a game high 10 blocks. The Gaels defensive efforts gave them the momentum they needed for the deciding fifth set.
In the fifth it was Philippe Goyer again who proved to be too much for the Blues. Goyer recorded a fifth set ace and three kills to help the Gaels to a 15-13 set victory to claim the game.
Source: Queen's Sports Info
The Gryphon men’s volleyball team were defeated by the Lancers 3 - 1 on the road this evening (Nov. 2); set scores were 25-23, 22-25, 17-25, 20-25.
The loss drops the Gryphons to 0-2 and advances the Lancers to 1-2 on the season.
The Gryphons Winston Rosser (Whitby, ON) led the Gryphon attack, registering 19 total kills, followed by Andrew Whitaker (Sharon, ON) with seven but their efforts were not enough to secure a win over the Lancers.
Kyle Williamson (Essex, ON) led the Lancers with 18 kills, followed by Timothee Jaumel (Montpellier, ON) with 10.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
Waterloo @ Western
LONDON, Ont.- Starting their season on the road last weekend the Western Mustangs men’s volleyball team returned to Alumni Hall Friday night for their home opener against the Waterloo Warriors. Although the crowd was in Western’s favour, the score took a different turn as the Mustangs lost in five extremely close sets 3-2, suffering their first loss of the young season.
Set scores were 21-25, 24-26, 25-13, 26-24, 14-16.
Head coach Jim Sage was disappointed with the outcome saying, “we should have won the fifth set, we were in control during the whole thing. During the last few points the ball bounced Waterloo’s way, but congrats to them too for coming back as well in the fifth set.”
Justin Scapinello led the Mustangs with 15 kills on 43 attempts earning 17.5 points in five sets while setter Sean McKay had 54 assists and eight digs. The Warriors were led by middle Jordan Dyck with 15 kills on 26 attempts and a game high of 18.5 points.
Stepping onto the court with confidence from last weekend’s success, the Mustangs took the lead immediately into the set. The Mustangs had great coordination with McKay back-setting to Alan Screaton while Derek Kuiack powered through the Warriors’ shields catching them off guard along with middle Phil James who blocked their attempts. Despite Western’s strong team play the Warriors would get out to an 18-10 lead before the Mustangs stormed back, recording eight of the next ten points to close the gap to two points. Unfortunately for the purple and white that was as close as they would get as Waterloo took the set 25-21.
Disappointed after losing the first set, Western pledged to change the fates and gained a 5-2 lead over Waterloo. The Mustangs refused to give up their lead saving the ball at any cost, exemplified by middle Luke Sim ‘chesting’ the ball to setter McKay who dove for a huge dig earning the rally point for the ‘Stangs. With Waterloo following just behind, Sim made sure to block anything in his way and the Mustangs led by five points at technical time out. However the Warriors quickly gained six points to tie the game. It was point for point when Mustangs fell just short 24-26 in the frame.
Down two sets to none the Mustangs entered the third set determined to turn things around and kept a steady lead for the first half of the set. Garrett May had another good game including a highlight-reel play midway through the third set. May blocked the ball before Waterloo sent it back only for May to smash it right back into their court and put the Mustangs ahead 12-6. Western would go on to take the set 25-13 to force a fourth set.
In the fourth set neither team was giving up points easily, but Waterloo eventually went up by four, leading 10-6 . Taking no prisoners, the Mustangs climbed to trail only two points behind 17-19 forcing the Warriors into a time out. Determined to win, McKay turned the set into another point for point situation tying 24-24. After going up 25-24 Waterloo and Western challenged each other in a rally that seemed to last forever, before the Mustangs took control winning the rally, the set and a standing ovation from the crowd.
Entering the fifth and final set tied 2-2, both teams were fired up making this match begin with nothing less than point for point scores with neither team holding an edge until Western went up 11-7 late in the set. Unfortunately for the Mustangs Waterloo would score nine of the next 12 points to win the final set 16-14 and escape with a 3-2 victory.
Source: Western Sports Info
November 3 - Toronto @ RMC
The Varsity Blues men’s volleyball team notched their second straight win with a 3-0 (28-26, 25-23, 25-10) victory over the RMC Paladins on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 3) in Kingston, Ont.
With the win, the Blues improve to 2-1, while the Paladins drop to 0-3 to start the season.
Third-year veteran Jake Dysselhof led the Blues with seven kills and a game-high 12 digs, while Trevor Grant had six kills. Setter Michael Denton tallied a career-high 67 assists in the win.
RMC was led by Jeffrey Fillmore’s game-high nine kills in the loss.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Ryerson @ Queen's
The Queens Gaels men's volleyball team (2-1) put in a strong showing at home against the Ryerson Rams, winning in straight sets, 25-20, 25-22, 25-20, in OUA regular season play.
The Gaels came out strong in the first set, and had some help with many Ryerson service and attacking errors. Tyler Scheerhoorn (Belleville, Ont.) lead the way in the first set for the Gaels with three kills and two digs.
Queen's put in a dominating effort in the second and third sets to seal their second win in the regular season. Outside hitter Philippe Goyer (Ottawa, Ont.) was the game leader with 12 kills on 24 attacks. Jacob Glantz was noteworthy for the Gaels with 7 digs. The Rams did not go down without a fight and were lead by some impressive offensive efforts from outside-hitter Robert Wojcik (Whibty, Ont.) who put up 10 kills and two digs. Goyer finished out the match with a strong kill that really summed up how the Gaels played throughout their straight set victory.
Source: Queen's Sports Info
Guelph @ Western
The Western Mustangs men’s volleyball team finished its home opening weekend tonight with a test against the Guelph Gryphons in Alumni Hall. The Mustangs were fired up from a recent loss to Waterloo, and used the energy to take the Gryphons with flying colours in three straight sets. The win brings the team's OUA regular season record to 3-1.
Set scores were 25-20, 25-21, 26-24.
Head coach Jim Sage was pleased with the outcome of the game and was happy to see a win the team deserved.
Captain Sean McKay said “after last night, it was a tough loss so it was good to start nice and quick tonight, unlike last night where we kind of ‘lolli-gagged’ in the first couple sets.”
Garret May lead the Mustangs with 24 kills on 45 attempts while Sean McKay had 43 assists along with Derek Kuiack who earned nine digs for the team. The Mustangs earned 13.0 blocks for the team, more than doubling Guelph’s count of 6.0.
Leading the Guelph Gryphons was Winston Rosser with eight kills on 37 attempts while committing ten errors.
In effort of avoiding a repeat of yesterday, the Mustangs immediately took to the court earning the first point of the set to edge Guelph point by point with kills from first ranked OUA player May, and unexpected tips from setter McKay. Turning point for point only for a moment, Western advanced three above Guelph. Making a five point come back, Guelph scared Western to a time out. From there, the Mustangs gained a strong lead with numerous kills from May. Guelph could not respond to and fell 20-25 to Western.
With no change of pace, the Mustangs stormed in four points to open the second, and then doubled Guelph’s score count. The ‘Stangs lead by 5 at technical time out to eventually advance 21-14 on the Gryphons. White and purple took command of the court with middle Luke Sim blocking points from Guelph. While the Gryphons managed two straight points on Western’s set point, that was the last thing the Mustangs would allow before riding out 25-21.
The Gryphons changed their wings with the switch of the set edging the Mustangs point for point. The Stangs eventually surged two points ahead, but quickly lost the gain and fell back point for point. Guelph led 16-14 at technical time out, fighting tough blocks from 6-foot-5 middle Phil James. May pounded the ball Guelph’s way tying 20-20, but the Gyphons beat the Mustangs to game point leading by three. Coming back, Western surged to 26 to win by two and take Guelph by storm.
Source: Western Sports Info
Waterloo @ Windsor
The Warriors remained perfect on the season following a 3-1 win over the Windsor Lancers, spoiling their home opener at the St. Denis Centre.
The two combatants exchanged sets to open the match before Waterloo took over the game winning the final two sets 25-17, 25-22 to improve to 3-0 on the season. With the loss Windsor dropped to 1-3 on the season.
Setter Scott Thomson (St. Marys) was the story of the match for the Warriors with 44 assists, giving him a total of 86 on the weekend. Rookie outside hitter Sergey Grabovsky (Aurora) did a remarkable job of coming into the game due to injuries and led his team in kills with 13. Zachary Doherty (Goderich) was also a force with 12 kills in the match. From the middle Jordan Dyck (St. Catharines) and Tyler Motherwell (Toronto/Warriors) combined for a total of 15 kills while earning eight blocks.
Defensively Erich Woolley (New Dundee) was solid once again, tallying 16 digs while Aleks Poldma (Toronto/Warriors) added 10 of his own in a winning effort.
Source: Waterloo Sports Info
November 4 - Ryerson @ RMC
The Ryerson Rams evened their record at 2-2 on Sunday afternoon following a 3-1 victory over the RMC Paladins in Kingston.
The Rams held the lead at each technical timeout and used a strong attack to power their way to victory. Ryerson racked up 52 kills to RMC's 17 throughout the match and put a dominant effort together in the fourth set, committing zero attack errors and converting all 13 attempts for kills.
Sophomore Alex Dawson (Scarborough, Ont.) led the charge with a game-high 13 kills on 14 attempts while Robert Wojcik (Whitby, Ont.) added 12 on 15 attempts and Stefan Ristic (Belgrade, Serbia) had 10 kills on 11 attempts.
Brian Batista Bettencourt (Azores, Portugal) provided steady defensive play, tallying a game-high 15 digs while middle Marc Reardon (London, Ont.) posted four solo blocks.
Logan Morris (Seeley's Bay, Ont.) had a team-high six kills in the loss for RMC.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Toronto @ Queen's
The Queen's Gaels men's volleyball team (3-1) came from behind to beat the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 3-2 (22-25, 25-10, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13) in OUA action at the ARC Main Gym, Sunday.
The Gaels were stifled in the first set, and recorded eight errors that helped the Blues. Toronto right-side Mitchell Woodside (Clyde River, P.E.I.) was key for the Blues recording 12 kills, many of them coming in the first set.
Queen's put in a valiant effort in the second set, lead by Philippe Goyer (Ottawa, Ont.) who helped the Gaels to a 7-2 run with three kills early in the set. The Blues could never regroup and fell to an easy Gaels set victory—25-10.
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues rebounded in the third set, utilizing strong offense attacks and defensive blocking. The Gaels battled back within two points at times but could not close the gap.
The fourth set was the turning point for the Gaels in the game, as they were stellar defensively with notable efforts from Goyer who recorded five blocks, and game most valuable player Scott Brunet who recorded a game high 10 blocks. The Gaels defensive efforts gave them the momentum they needed for the deciding fifth set.
In the fifth it was Philippe Goyer again who proved to be too much for the Blues. Goyer recorded a fifth set ace and three kills to help the Gaels to a 15-13 set victory to claim the game.
Source: Queen's Sports Info
