Box Score Game Summary

The No. 10 Waterloo men's volleyball team continued to roll after a 3-1 (25-17, 15-25, 25-19, 25-19) win over the defending OUA champions, Queen's Gaels on Saturday night at the PAC.  The win keeps the Warriors perfect at 5-0 while the Gaels drop to 4-2 on the season.

The Warriors were led by their middles Jordan Dyck (St. Catharines/) and Tyler Motherwell (Toronto) who had 11 and 10 kills respectively.  They also combined for eight blocks. 

Fourth year setter Scott Thomson (St. Marys/) was again a huge factor for the Warriors with an astounding 43 assists in the match.

The first set saw the Warriors jump out to a 15-11 lead before the Gaels would quiet the rambunctious home crowd with four straight points to pull within one.  Motherwell would put an end to the Gaels run and put the Warriors up 16-14 into a technical timeout. 

From there the Warriors would continue their strong play taking a 19-17 lead and following it up with the next six points to claim the first set 25-17.

The home side would fall asleep in the second set as the Gaels controlled it from the get-go, opening a 21-11 lead en route to the 25-15 set win.

All square at one set a piece, the pivotal third set would prove to be a seesaw affair with Waterloo extending an eight point lead (19-11) before watching it evaporate as the Gaels would close to within three.

The Warriors would maintain their three point lead until libero Erich Woolley (New Dundee/) would make the dig of the night sending it to an empty back court to extend their lead to 21-17.  That stellar defensive play would ignite the Warriors and give them the momentum to take the third set 25-19.

The fourth set would open again as a point-for-point affair before the Warriors would open a 13-9 lead on a great dump by Thomson.   The fourth year recreation and business student would then take over the serving position and notch three straight points to give his Warriors a 16-9 lead.

The eight point deficit would prove to be too insurmountable for the Gaels and the Warriors would cruise to take the set 25-19 and match 3-1.

Rookie left side, Sergey Grabovsky (Aurora/) was looking anything but a first year with timely hits and digs throughout the match.  He finished the game with 12 kills, six digs and three blocks.  Zachary Doherty (Goderich/) and Aleks Poldma (Toronto) were also crucial factors in the win with eight and seven kills respectively.

Defensively, Woolley stepped up his game in the late going of the match and had a total of 14 digs, the highest amongst both teams.

For the Gaels Philippe Goyer (Ottawa) led his team with 14 kills, four digs and two blocks.  Outside hitter Mike Tomlinson (Stratford) was as impressive with 12 kills while setter Jackson Dakin (Courtenay) had 31 assists. 

The undefeated Warriors travel to Toronto next Saturday for an afternoon match with the York Lions before they clash with the McMaster Marauders on Sunday at 3pm.