Box Score The Waterloo men's volleyball picked up their fourth straight win in 2014 to improve to 11-3 on the season taking care of the OUA newcomers Nipissing Lakers in four sets.Â
The win puts Waterloo in a tie for second overall in the OUA standings while McMaster continues to dominate the conference at 13-0 dropping only six sets in the process.
Waterloo came out flying with their veterans on the court winning the opening set 25-10 but Nipissing showed their fight in the second pushing the Warriors to the brink. The black and gold did however manage to escape with the 30-28 set victory to take a commanding 2-0 lead.
Nipissing continued to show their bright future in the third set winning it 25-22 but could not handle the Waterloo vets in the fourth set as Waterloo took the match winning the set 25-16.Â
Waterloo's balanced attack was led by
James Evans (Rockwood/Warriors) who had 10 kills and added three blocks. Fifth year outside hitter
Aleks Poldma (Toronto/Warriors) had seven kills and five digs while rookie
Jordan McConkey (Stratford/) saw some extended court time and made the most of it with six kills.Â
Fifth year
Scott Thomson (St. Marys/) and rookie
Gibson Graham (Markham/) shared the setting duties and combined for 38 assists in the match. At the net
Tyler Motherwell (Toronto/Warriors) stood tall with six blocks.
On the visiting side of the net Nipissing's Cameron Branch led all players with 13 kills while Frankie Edgecombe had 10.Â
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The Warriors now turn their attention to one of their biggest contests of 2014 to date welcoming the mighty Marauders to the PAC on Friday night at 8pm. The last time the two teams met Waterloo gave the number one team in the country a scare but came up short in five sets. The contest can be seen live on Warriors TV.