Box Score Game Summary 

The No. 9 nationally ranked men's volleyball team closed out a tremendous first half to their season with a straight set victory (25-17, 25-9, 25-22) over the Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday night at the PAC.  The Warriors head into the Christmas break with an 8-1 record, good for second spot in the OUA.  Meanwhile, the Blues fell to 2-7 on the season and sit in seventh place.

The Warriors controlled the opening set from start to finish, jumping out to an 11-7 lead and extending that to a seven point advantage late in the set.  Hussein Abdo (Ottawa) was distributing the ball well throughout the set as Waterloo cruised to the 25-17 win.

The second was much of the same as the black and gold continued to dominate on both sides of the net with even distribution on the attack.  Waterloo jumped out to a 10 point lead and captured the second set 25-9.

A new Blues team emerged in the third set and seemed determined to extend this match to a fourth set after taking a 19-15 lead.  A timeout by coach Chris Lawson calmed the home side down and the Warriors stepped back out and took 10 of the next 13 points to complete the sweep. 

Three different Warriors led the way with seven kills apiece.  Outside hitters Fiodar Kazhamiaka (Waterloo/) and Aleks Poldma (Toronto) and middle Tyler Motherwell (Toronto) were the catalysts for the Warrior attack.  Abdo collected 16 assists while Erich Woolley (New Dundee/) and Poldma were digging everything with 10 and seven digs respectively.  Woolley continues to lead the OUA in digs with 108, 32 more than any other player in the province. 

For the Blues, Mitchell Woodside (Clyde River) had a team high six kills while setter Michael Denton (Scarborough) had 22 assists in the loss.

The Warriors travel west for a tournament in the new year at Mount Royal College before returning to regular season action with a road trip to Kingston to face RMC and Queen's.