The Warriors battled back from two sets down to earn an emotional 3-2 (20-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-13) upset victory over the Windsor Lancers on Friday night in Waterloo. 

It was a tale of two different teams with Windsor jumping out of the gates with all of the momentum  before Waterloo found their attack in the third set to fight their way back and earn their sixth win of the season to move to 6-6 on the season.  Windsor fell to 8-4 with the loss.

Second year outside hitter Fiodar Kazhamiaka (Waterloo/) was a force once again for the Warriors with a game high 21 points including 19 kills while setter Scott Thomson (St. Marys/) was a catalyst for the black and gold with 51 assists.

Windsor took control of the match in the early going with a 25-20 first set win before a spirited second set would see both teams battle for net presence.  With Windsor up 15-13, Waterloo would respond to even the score at 15 and both squads would go point for point to make it 21 all.  The Lancers would notch the next three points and sneak away with a 25-23 set win.

A new Waterloo team would appear in the third set with Kazhamiaka and Thomson leading the charge.  Cameron Wheelan (Barrie/) and James Evans (Rockwood/Warriors) would step up their game as well to get the Warriors back in the game with a 25-20 third set win.

Windsor would continue to have no answer for the re-energized Warrior squad in the fourth as they would match their third set score of 25-20.

The fifth and final set would cap off a spectacular evening of volleyball with Waterloo earning the early edge in the set before Windsor would tie it up at 5-5.  The set would continue to go back and forth before a well disguised dump by Thomson would give Waterloo a 12-11 lead. 

Waterloo would take the first two point lead of the set off of a Kazhamiaka block at 13-11.  Following an exchange of side-out's Windsor's Ryan Le (Windsor, Ont.) would put up a service error to hand Waterloo the final set (15-13) and match.

Evans and Wheelan finished the game with 14 and 13 kills respectively while Tyler Motherwell (Toronto/Warriors) and Jordan Dyck (St. Catharines/) rounded out the attack with six kills each.

Harrison Oake (Rodney, Ont.) led the Lancers with 20 points including 19 kills and one block while adding three digs in the loss.  Kyle Williamson (Essex, Ont.) added 15 kills with setter Will Alexander (Windsor, Ont.) putting up 39 assists.

Waterloo will look to move one game above .500 when they face the undefeated and No. 6 team in the country, Western Mustangs tomorrow evening.  Game time is set for 8pm at the PAC.