M-Volleyball: Sunday Roundup
Guelph, 3 @ Toronto, 1 Box Score
The Guelph Gryphon men’s volleyball team defeated Toronto 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 19-25, 25-9) on Sunday, February 6 at the Athletic Centre Sports Gym in Toronto.
The opening set went back-and-forth with the Gryphons taking a few short leads, but the Blues were always close behind. Varsity Blues player of the game Mitchell Woodside of Clyde River, P.E.I., began to dominate the game after the second technical, landing two kills and an ace to finally even the.
Guelph’s player of the match Winston Rosser (Whitby, Ont.) responded for the Gryphons, and he and Woodside battled it out in the final minutes, evening it up at 22-22. The last minutes of play were tense as the Gryphons just managed to get past the Blues with the final kill coming from James Stamler (North Bay, Ont.) to win the set 25-23.
It was a shaky start for Guelph in the second set. The Gryphons lost a number of points due to technical fouls and the Blues took full advantage, gaining an early lead. The Blues couldn't get too comfortable however, as the Gryphons seemed to regroup during the second technical. Again, Rosser and Stamler dominated for Guelph and helped them to overtake the Blues 12-14. Despite excellent plays from Matthew Vares (Scarborough, Ont.), Woodside and Adam Palmer, the Gryphons continued to widen the gap. They pushed forward fast, ending the match by a seven-point lead, 25-18.
Kevin Carey (Grand Prairie, A.B.) started the third off in favour of the Gryphons, but from there on it was anyone's game. Jake Dysselhof (Mississauga, Ont.) came into his element after the second technical timeout, continually scoring kills and blocking the Gryphons shots. The Blues pulled together and overtook the Gryphons, winning 25-19 to force a fourth set.
Carey again landed a lucky ace to start the final set off for Guelph. The Gryphons, having regained their stride, had an uninterrupted seven-point streak, taking them through the first technical up 10-3. The Blues took a timeout to recover, but the Gryphons continued and got up 13-3. Palmer and Dysselhof landed a few nice ones, but there was too much time to make up, and the Gryphons won the set and the match 25-9.
Guelph was led by Stamler’s 14 kills, while Rosser recorded 10 to lead the Gryphons to their fifth-straight win.
Dysselhof tallied 14 kills and six digs, while Woodside had 11 kills, three aces and four blocks. Vares added 10 kills in the loss.
Source: Guelph/Toronto Sports Info
RMC, 1 @ Ryerson, 3 Box Score
The Ryerson Rams men's volleyball team closed out its 2010-11 home schedule on Sunday at Kerr Hall with a 3-1 (25-17, 25-27, 25-23, 26-24) victory over the RMC Paladins.
With the win, the Rams improve to 6-12 and move to within two points of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks for the seventh and final playoff spot in the OUA. Ryerson wraps up the regular season on the road next weekend against Waterloo (8-10) on Friday and Wilfrid Laurier (7-11) on Saturday.
Roman Kabanov had a team-high 13 kills, while Chris McLaughlin added 12 kills in his final home game for the Rams. First-year Rams Stefan Ristic and George Sakvarelidze each recorded eight kills. Head coach Mirek Porosa was able to get 13 of his 15 players into the match.
Ryerson took the first set in convincing fashion but were pushed by the winless Paladins in the next three sets, all of which were decided by two points.
Sean Vanthournout led RMC with match-highs of 14 kills, 23 points and seven blocks, while Paul Demers had 10 kills.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Queen's, 3 @ York, 0 Box Score
Thanks to strong play from Joren Zeeman of Cambridge, Ont., and Niko Rukavina of Mississauga, Ont., the Queen's Gaels men's volleyball team was able to stretch their winning streak to six games with a straight sets victory over the York Lions Sunday afternoon.
Set scores were 26-24, 25-17, 25-20.
Zeeman, coming off a 30 point performance against Ryerson, added another 15 points Sunday on 14 kills and a block. Rukavina also continued his fine play as of late, finishing the game as Queen's only other player to record double-digits in kills with 12. He also added a team-best nine digs in the win.
Michael Amoroso of Toronto, was efficient in the middle all afternoon, picking up eight kills and finishing the match with a hitting percentage of 54.5.
Three players on the Lions finished tied for the team-lead in kills as Felipe Humana-Paredes of Toronto, Nikola Sandic of Etobicoke, Ont., and Karim Khalil of Mississauga, Ont., each recorded eight kills.
The victory improves the Gaels record to 15-3 on the year as they now sit all alone in second place in the OUA, two points behind the Western Mustangs. With the loss, the Lions dropped to 5-13 on the year.
Source: Queen’s Sports Info
