The women's volleyball team ended a seven game losing streak on Friday night in a straight set victory over the Windsor Lancers at the Physical Activities Complex in Waterloo.
The black and gold got a boost from a pair of rookies as
Natasha Spaling (Drayton/) and
Oksana Kozak (Mississauga/) who led the charge with eight and seven kills respectively while teaming up for a combined 16 digs.
The Warriors dazzled the boisterous hometown crowd as part of Warrior night to pick up their fourth win of the season. Waterloo is now 4-7 on the season while Windsor fell to 2-10.
The opening set saw the Warriors take control early and set the tone for the match as Kozak led the charge with thunderous kills. Waterloo would lead the set from start to finish en route to a 25-18 win.
The second set saw the Lancers battle back as third year outside hitter Kaila Seguin (Windsor, Ont.) would respond with several kills of her own but the Waterloo defense would answer the call. Libero
Katie Spack (Ottawa/) was stellar on defense with 14 digs in the match and Waterloo would take the second set 25-20.
Waterloo would close out the match in the third and final set thanks to some skillful serving by Kozak. With the score tied 13-13 Kozak would step up and earn five straight points on her serve to give Waterloo an 18-13. Windsor would fight back to within three but the black and gold would shut down any comeback attempt and cruise to a 25-19 set win.
Warriors setter
Mikaela Klie (/) would finish the match with 17 assists while
Kayla Ng (London/) took the role of outside hitter in the match finishing with four kills, seven digs and seven assists.
Windsor was given a balanced attack in the loss with Seguin as the top point getter at seven. Setter Jessica Shepley chipped in with 11 assists in the loss.
The Warriors look for their fifth win tomorrow night as they welcome the Western Mustangs to the PAC for a 6pm match.
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