Box Score The men's volleyball team was slow out of the gate but managed to get back on track and pick up their first victory of 2013 with a 3-1 (31-33, 25-13, 28-26, 25-20) win over the RMC Paladins on Saturday afternoon in Kingston.

The win gives the Warriors a 9-1 record, two points back of the first place McMaster Marauders (10-0) while RMC dropped to 0-10 on the season.

Waterloo got off to a sluggish start making several errors, allowing the Paladins to take the first set 33-31 but Waterloo responded as they have all year to capture the second set with ease, 25-13.  The third and pivotal set was a back and forth affair that would end in favour of the Warriors 28-26.  The Paladins could not recover in the fourth and Waterloo would take the set 25-20 and match 3-1.

Rookie outside hitter Sergey Grabovsky (Aurora/) was an offensive threat for Waterloo collecting 18 points in the win.  Grabovsky had 14 kills while adding six digs and four blocks.  Third year, Jordan Dyck (St. Catharines/) was a blocking machine in the middle with a game high six blocks.  Dyck also added 13 kills for the black and gold.

Setting up the Warriors was Hussein Abdo (Ottawa) who tallied 39 assists and an astounding five service aces. 

For the Paladins the duo of Thomas McMullen (Ottawa) and Tyler Leknois (Kingston) combined for 28 kills while setter Eric Hawn (London) had 37 assists in a losing effort.

Waterloo will now prepare for a match with the Queen's Gales (6-3) on Sunday afternoon in Kingston at 2pm.