AROUND OUA: Rams pick up tenth win of the season 3-1 over York
TORONTO - Less than 24 hours after defeating Nipissing in straight sets, the Ryerson Rams men's volleyball team recorded their 10th win of the season with a 3-1 victory (25-14, 27-29, 25-18, 25-23) over the York Lions on Saturday afternoon.
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Rams pick up tenth win of the season 3-1 over York
TORONTO - Less than 24 hours after defeating Nipissing in straight sets, the Ryerson Rams men's volleyball team recorded their 10th win of the season with a 3-1 victory (25-14, 27-29, 25-18, 25-23) over the York Lions on Saturday afternoon.
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Three Rams tallied double-figures in kills including Lucas Coleman (Brooklin, Ont.) who had a match-high 18 kills as well as a match-high 22.5 points. Robert Wojcik (Whitby, Ont.) added 13 kills, while Alex Dawson (Scarborough, Ont.) had 11 kills. Middle Marc Reardon (London, Ont.) chipped in with nine kills.
The Rams cruised to victory in the opening set, before being outlasted by the Lions in a marathon second set. Ryerson rebounded with victories in the third and fourth sets.
York's Arthur Szwarc had a match-high 18 kills in the loss while Tyler Covach added eight kills.
The Rams improve to 10-2 on the season and remain alone in second place in the OUA standings. York falls to 5-8 with the loss and sits in ninth place. Ryerson is back in action next weekend when they travel to Waterloo to take on the Warriors (5-8) on January 22 before hosting the Toronto Varsity Blues (7-4) on January 24.
Source: Ryerson Rams
Third-year right side hitter William Colucci notched a career-high 23 kills in leading the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's volleyball team to a 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20) victory over the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday, January 16 in North Bay, Ont.
With the victory, the Blues improve to 7-4 and remain in sole possession of fourth place in the OUA standings.
An environmental science and ethics major, Colucci added two blocks, one ace and eight digs to his team-high 26-point performance on the day.
Team captain Aidan Haslett added a career-high 16 kills, eight digs and two aces, while sophomore Alex Ferris had nine kills and six digs.
Rookie libero Andrew Kos led all players with 13 digs, with veteran setter Aleksa Miladinovic notching a game-high 45 assists in the victory.
The Lakers were led by Cameron Branch's game-high 24 kills and 11 digs. Lyndon Sonego had 18 kills in the loss.
The Varsity Blues are back in action tomorrow as they host the York Lions at Goldring Centre. Opening serve is set for 3 p.m.
Source: Toronto Varsity Blues
Warriors handle rival Western with ease
The Warriors won their second straight game in 2016 with a 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 25-21) over arch rivals Western on Saturday in London.
With the win Waterloo improves to 5-8 and continues to climb the OUA standings and find themselves in a tie for fifth with three other (Western, York, and Nipissing) schools.
Waterloo's attack was led by Braden Cok (Waterloo) who finished the match with a game high 19 kills on 42 attempts. Cok also had five digs in the win. Also in double figures was Aidan Simone (London) who had 14 kills while brother Greg Simone (London) had 12.
Jordan McConkey (Stratford) was once again a beast at the night with four blocks while setter Gibson Graham (Markham) had 39 assists in the contest.
For Western, Zeid Hamadeh was the only Mustang in the double figures in kills with 10. Doug Austrom and Mike Choja each had nine.
Waterloo will now turn their attention to two crucial matches next weekend as they host the always competitive Ryerson Rams and Toronto Varsity Blues. Both games are set for 8pm (Friday and Saturday) and can be seen live on OUA.tv.
Source: Waterloo Warriors
Gryphons fall to No. 1 ranked Marauders in straight sets
GUELPH, ON – The Gryphons Men's Volleyball team put up a valiant effort against the top ranked McMaster Marauders in a straight sets loss Saturday night at W.F. Mitchell Athletics Centre. Set scores were 22-25, 25-27 and 19-25.
It was a back and forth affair as the Gryphons (4-7) put themselves in position to take the first two sets, the Marauders (13-0) found a way and came up big when it mattered most in the match led by their fourth year standout, Stephen Maar who was dominant in the win with a game high 15 kills and 3 service aces. The Gryphons had a tough time dealing with Maar's power; especially his serve throughout the night.
The pivotal point in the match came in the second set with the Marauders up 26-25 and serving for set, the Gryphons were unable to return the shot from Craig Ireland giving the number one ranked team in the CIS the two sets lead as they wouldn't look back.
The first set played out very similarly with the Marauders making the key play that would propel them to the two sets lead. The first set came down to a touch shot from Andrew Richards that managed to fall in the perfect spot that the Gryphons weren't able get to as it gave the visitors a pivotal 23-22 lead and they would take the next two points to claim the set.
The Marauders would take control in the third set as Jayson McCarthy stepped up recording 6 of his 13 kills in the set and the Gryphons weren't able mount another charge as Andrew Kocur's two timely aces would seal the victory for McMaster.
Josh Green led the Gryphons with 13 kills in a tough loss as they fought and clawed all match keeping the match close. In the end the power and length of McMaster was the difference.
The Gryphons will get another crack at the undefeated Marauders on January 24 in Hamilton.
Notes:
- The loss tonight marks the 9th straight loss against the Marauders for the Gryphons as their last win against them was on February 11, 2011.
- Zach Newman did not play in the final two sets of the match for Guelph due to an apparent injury
Source: Guelph Gryphons
